Jump to content

Mark Everson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Everson
Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development
In office
May 2010 – May 2012
GovernorMitch Daniels
Preceded byTeresa Voors[1]
Succeeded byScott Sanders[2]
Commissioner of theIndiana Department of Administration
In office
January 2009 – May 2010
GovernorMitch Daniels
Preceded byCarrie Henderson[3]
Succeeded byRobert Wynkoop[4]
President and Chief Executive Officer of theAmerican Red Cross
In office
May 29, 2007 – November 27, 2007
Preceded byJack McGuire (acting)[5]
Succeeded byMary Elcano (acting)[6]
46thCommissioner of Internal Revenue
In office
May 1, 2003 – May 4, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byCharles Rossotti
Succeeded byDouglas Shulman
Deputy Director of theOffice of Management and Budgetfor Management
In office
August 1, 2002 – May 1, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded bySally Katzen
Succeeded byClay Johnson
Personal details
Born
Mark Whitty Everson

(1954-09-10)September 10, 1954(age 70)
New York City,New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNanette Rutka(1984–2008)
Children4
EducationYale University(BA)
New York University(MBA)
Signature

Mark Whitty Everson(born September 10, 1954) is an American politician who is currently the Vice Chairman ofalliantgroupand served as the 46thCommissioner of Internal Revenuefrom 2003 until 2007.[7][8]Prior to his appointment as Commissioner of theIRS,Everson held a number of federal government positions in the administrations ofGeorge W. BushandRonald Reagan,as well as at the state level within the administration of Indiana GovernorMitch Daniels.

In August 2009, Everson joinedalliantgroup,LP, a national tax advisory consultant, to advise the firm and its clients on matters related to the IRS and on strategic, operational, and client service initiatives.[9]Everson was a candidate for theRepublican presidential nomination in 2016,until he withdrew his candidacy on November 5, 2015.

Education

[edit]

Everson received hisBachelor of Artsdegree inhistoryfromYale UniversityandMaster of Sciencedegree inaccountingfromNew York University'sStern School of Business.[10][11]

Public service and business experience

[edit]

Everson served in theReagan administrationfrom 1982 until 1988 holding several positions at theUnited States Information Agencyand theDepartment of Justice,where he was deputy commissioner of theImmigration and Naturalization Service.While at INS, he oversaw implementation of theImmigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,landmark legislation providing for sanctions against employers hiringundocumented immigrantsand granting amnesty to qualifying undocumented immigrants.

Prior to joining the Bush administration in August 2001, he was group vice president of finance atSC International Services,Inc., at the time a $2 billion privately owned,Dallas-based,food servicescompany with leading market positions in bothairline cateringand home meals. From 1988 until 1998, he was an executive with thePechiney Group,one ofFrance's largest industrial groups. While with Pechiney, he held various financial and operating positions in the United States, France andTurkey.[citation needed]

From August 1, 2002, until his IRS confirmation, Everson served as deputy director for management for theOffice of Management and Budget(OMB). He chaired the President's Management Council, which is composed ofcabinetdepartment and major agency chief operating officers. The council is charged with improving overallexecutive branchmanagement, including implementation of the President's Management Agenda. Before becoming deputy director for management, he served as controller of theOffice of Federal Financial Management,also a part of OMB.

Everson was appointed by PresidentGeorge W. Bushto a five-year term asCommissioner of Internal Revenue,the head of theInternal Revenue Service(IRS), and was confirmed by theU.S. Senateon May 1, 2003, as its 46th commissioner. Areas of focus during his tenure with the IRS included combating abusive tax shelters and the development of more productive enforcement relationships with counterpart tax authorities in other countries.[12]Everson left the IRS effective May 4, 2007, before the end of his term to join the American Red Cross as its new CEO.[13]

Later, Everson was a cabinet member for Indiana GovernorMitch Daniels[14]from January 2009 to May 2012, where he served initially as Department of Administration Commissioner. From 2010 to 2012, Everson served as the Commissioner of the Department of Workforce Development, where he oversaw the state's unemployment system and federal training programs. In this role, Everson began a program that was endorsed by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana Manufacturers Association that helped qualifying ex-offenders realize employment opportunities.[15]

American Red Cross

[edit]

On April 18, 2007, the Board of Governors of theAmerican Red Crossunanimously approved Everson as president and chief executive officer of the American Red Cross, effective May 29, 2007.[16]

On November 27, 2007, the Board of Governors, after learning that Everson engaged in a personal relationship with a subordinate employee, asked for and received Everson's resignation.[17]

2016 presidential campaign

[edit]
Mark Everson's campaign logo

On March 5, 2015, Everson announced his intention to seek theRepublican Party'snomination for President of the United States in the2016 Presidential election.[18]He launched his bid with a video and 16-pageopen letter,in which he laid out six primary issues:

  1. Fundamental tax reform.
  2. Confronting the lawlessness of the Big Banks.
  3. Re-establishing the draft in order to have a shared sense of national service.
  4. Real, balanced reforms to America's entitlement programs.
  5. Reinforcing the American tradition of assimilation through comprehensive immigration reform.
  6. Serving only a single term to keep re-election politics out of Presidential decision-making.

On September 11, 2015, theDes Moines Registerpublished an op-ed entitled "Iowans should learn Everson's name, ideas", praising him as a candidate "insider enough to understand the messy business of political compromise, and outsider enough, in his words, not to 'owe any backers.'"[19]

Everson was the first declared candidate to open an office in Iowa, and logged more visits to the state than seven major candidates.[19]He was one of the 18 candidates listed on the Republican National Committee's straw poll, and he outperformed some of the GOP's front-runners in non-scientific straw polls.[19][20]However, he was not listed in the Iowa Poll sponsored by Register and Bloomberg Politics[19]and was not invited to the televised debates.[19][20]

After being informed that he would not be allowed to participate in a scheduled Fox News debate in Cleveland on August 6, 2015, Everson filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission, arguing that Fox News had violated election laws by failing to adhere to consistent criteria in determining which candidates would make the debate stage.[21]Fox News originally stated that candidates must be polling at 1 percent in an average of five national polls to participate, but did away with the standard a week before the scheduled debate.[21]On August 7, 2015, theCleveland Plain Dealerran an op-ed arguing that Everson should have been included in the 5 p.m. debate.[22]

While on the campaign trail, Everson was one of the earliest critics of eventual Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. After Trump's presidential announcement, Everson called for Trump to drop out of the race; he asserted that comments made by Trump about Mexican immigrants "'divide at a time when we need to unite and reinforce our proud tradition of assimilation'".[23][24]

Everson put almost $400,000 of his own money into the campaign and raised approximately $100,000. On November 5, 2015, Everson withdrew from the race, citing lack of funds, non-inclusion in debates, and scarce media attention as factors in his decision.[25]

In June 2016, before the Republican convention, Everson stated that he could neither "get on board" with Trump nor "look the other way." He condemned the candidate's policy proposals as "reckless, be they stripping trillions in revenues from the Treasury... or countenancing nuclear proliferation to name two of the worst." Everson wrote that "the deplorable demeanor he has deliberately cultivated over decades" disqualifies Trump from public service and that "his campaign is more than divisive; particularly for our young it is destructive and even frightening."[26]

Further reading

[edit]
  • Crenshaw, Albert B. "IRS to Tell Taxpayers Of Frozen Refunds", Washingtonpost.com. Page D01. January 25, 2006.
  • Block, Sandra. "IRS Quietly Freezes Many Refunds", USA Today. January 10, 2006.[27]
  • "Everson: IRS Will Review Frozen Refund Program"[28]
  • "I.R.S. Going Slow Before Election"[29]

Footnotes

[edit]

Notes

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^"Mark Everson Administration".The Indianapolis Star.8 May 2010. p. A10.RetrievedNovember 16,2017.
  2. ^"Everson to leave Indiana Department of Workforce Development".News and Tribune.The Associated Press.April 17, 2012.RetrievedNovember 16,2017.
  3. ^"Mark Everson, Carrie Henderson".The Indianapolis Star.January 23, 2009. p. A27.RetrievedNovember 16,2017.
  4. ^Indianapolis Star 2010a.
  5. ^Hendrix, Steve (April 18, 2007)."IRS Commissioner Named to Lead Red Cross".The Washington Post.Archived fromthe originalon June 12, 2018.RetrievedApril 19,2007.
  6. ^"Red Cross president forced out over 'personal relationship'".CNN.November 27, 2007. Archived fromthe originalon February 13, 2018.RetrievedNovember 27,2007.
  7. ^Nomination of Hon. Mark W. Everson: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on the nomination of Hon. Mark W. Everson to be Deputy Director for Management.S. hrg.; 107-617. Office of Management and Budget. 17 July 2002.
  8. ^Chuck Grassley (R - IA); Senator Max Baucus (D - MT) (18 March 2003).Nomination of Hon. Mark W. Everson [microform]: hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, on the nomination of Hon. Mark W. Everson, to be Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service.S. hrg.; 108-305.
  9. ^"IRS Commissioner Joins alliantgroup".Alliantgroup.com. 2009-08-04.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  10. ^"Previous Fellowes | Association of Yale Alumni".www.aya.yale.edu.5 August 2015.Retrieved2017-11-16.
  11. ^"White House Announces Mark W. Everson Tapped to Serve as New IRS Commissioner".www.treasury.gov.Retrieved2017-11-16.
  12. ^"KPMG to Pay $456 Million for Criminal Violations".Irs.gov.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  13. ^"Red Cross appoints new CEO - The NonProfit Times".The NonProfit Times.Retrieved2017-11-16.
  14. ^"Mark Everson".Des Moines Register.Retrieved2017-11-16.
  15. ^"State launches program to help employ ex-offenders".Ibj.com. 2011-08-24.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  16. ^Donmoyer, Ryan J. (2007-04-18)."IRS Commissioner Mark Everson to Head American Red Cross".Bloomberg.com.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  17. ^Strom, Stephanie (November 27, 2007)."Red Cross Dismisses President, Citing Relationship".The New York Times.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  18. ^"Mark Everson, former Reagan & Bush aide, launches GOP White House bid on pro-amnesty platform".Washingtontimes.com.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  19. ^abcde"Editorial: Iowans should learn Everson's name, ideas".The Des Moines Register.10 September 2015.Retrieved11 September2015.
  20. ^abHarper, John (6 August 2015)."Missing in Cleveland: GOP candidate Mark Everson".Cleveland.com.Retrieved6 August2015.
  21. ^abJohn Harper 2015.
  22. ^"Cheers & Jeers, with a Jeer to those who let maggot-ridden, starved Akron dog die: editorial".Cleveland.com.7 August 2015.Retrieved7 August2015.
  23. ^Carden, Dan (9 July 2015)."GOP presidential candidate demands Trump quit race".nwitimes.com.RetrievedJan 5,2021.
  24. ^Derby, Kevin (24 June 2015)."Donald Trump Compared to Dylann Roof by GOP Dark Horse Mark Everson".Sunshine State News.Retrieved24 June2015.
  25. ^Bump, Phillip (2015-11-05)."The Republican field's 16th candidate is ending his longest-shot campaign".Washington Post.Retrieved2015-11-21.
  26. ^Everson, Mark W."Why I cannot support Trump".The Des Moines Register.
  27. ^Block, Sandra (2006-01-10)."IRS quietly freezes many refunds".Usatoday.com.Retrieved2015-04-11.
  28. ^"Everson: IRS Will Review Frozen Refund Program".25 January 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2007.RetrievedSeptember 28,2007.
  29. ^"I.R.S. Going Slow Before Election".The New York Times.2006-10-27.Retrieved2015-04-11.

This article incorporates information from theUnited States Internal Revenue Service.As a work of theU.S. federal government,it is in thepublic domain.

[edit]
Wikinews has related news:
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Everson&oldid=1202279776"