The 2024 Annual SASPTA Conference is all wrapped up! This year’s conference was held in the bustling port town of Savannah, GA just a few blocks off the famous waterfront district River Street. This year’s attending members included valuation experts from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Attendees were welcomed by Chatham County’s Chief Appraiser Corey Gillenwater. Guest speakers included Toby Reese, Managing Director for Kroll; Richard Sullivan, Director of Tax for AT&T; Josh Cupit, Indirect Tax Manager for Colonial Pipeline; Greg Wood, Senior Manager for Ryan; Mace Gunter, Tax Counsel for Delta; Erik Hirsch, Senior Manager of State Taxes for Norfolk Southern; Mike LoPresti, Director of State Taxes for Norfolk Southern; Lee Beckman, Manager of Governmental Affairs for Georgia Ports Authority; Kevin Foster, Director of Innovation for CSX; and Rashard Howard, Director of Industrial Development for CSX.
The whole event was highlighted with a guided tour of the Savannah Port, where attendees were able to get an up-close look at the operations involved with transferring goods from merchant ships to the Road and Rail delivery systems our nation runs on.