James Yoakum Email & Phone Number

Chatham, Nj, Us

As Chairman, establishes governance principles and policies, monitors compliance, and assists the Board in the oversight of financial affairs. The Homeland Security Foundation of America is a non-profit, non-Federal public entity for public safety, energy security and health and human services, incorporated in Georgia in 2002, and reorganized under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) with 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) status. HSFA works to help EDUCATE, SERVE and PROTECT the public.

Providing compliance and related management consulting and services to the insurance and securities industry. Specializing in helping clients identify and mitigate compliance and ethics risk, and build top quality compliance and ethics programs and processes.

Providing expert advice and consultation on the array of issues impacting career development and progression.

Providing thought provoking writings on business and life's experiences through published articles, organizational newsletters (LIMRA, WCW Consulting, ETP Networking; published poetry and virtual media outlets.Serves as Managing Editor of Awareness Journal, HSFA's journal of public safety studies in Amercia.

Advisory Board Member providing legal and compliance expertise to Connective Research which is a research based marketing consulting firm for the insurance and investment industries that provides and helps drive profitable growth by improving client results in advisor and consumer acquisition, retention and cross-selling.

Served as Vice President of the newly merged functions of risk management, regulatory affairs and compliance for Prudential's agency system.

With emphasis on cost control of risk management, regulatory affairs, and compliance, selected to oversee the merger of these functions within Prudential's individual insurance and annuities businesses.

Due to the successful completion of the Tax Program, chosen to build a risk management/internal control function for the individual insurance and annuities lines of business. The function was needed due to the significant risk Prudential faced with regulators and customers from past actions. Included managing a staff of 60 located in 9 offices throughout the U.S.

Selected as Program Manager for a a series of projects to fully automate federal and state tax withholding and reporting on Prudential's life and annuity products.

Recruited to create and implement a state tax program as Prudential expanded into non-insurance business and activities. Also responsible for the insurance operation's state premium taxes. Eventually promoted to lead Prudential's company tax unit with overall responsibility for federal and state taxes. Additionally, lead a special project, under the direction of the General Counsel, to revamp the Prudential Political Action Committee's finance, accounting and fundraising efforts including the research, determination and implementation of a program to monitor compliance with all federal and state lobbying laws.

Promoted to consolidate all Mead's state taxes into one centralized function. Included responsibility for all aspects (return preparation, accounting, appeals, legislative, planning and valuation) for income/franchise, sales/use, real estate and personal property taxes.

Promoted with responsibilities expanded to include all state income/franchise tax appeals and legislation; had overall responsibility for the entire sales/use tax function.

First job following graduation from Law School working for a Fortune 100 company (paper, forest products and packaging). Learned the "nuts and bolts" of state income and franchise tax return preparation and accounting for operations and multiple companies in all 50 states. Also responsible for planning, appeals and legislation for state income and franchise taxes.

Recruited as the first legal intern for the Ohio Department of Taxation - Legal Division. Worked full time during the summers and part time during Law School. Served as a hearing officer processing state tax appeals.

Summer employment serving as a project manager as part of a program to automate the real estate valuation records for Ohio's eight largest counties.

A.D., Accounting/Finance

Following graduation from Law School, attended to take the requisite accounting courses to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Moot Court Justice, President, Student Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (PAD)Recipient.

B.A., Political Science/American History

Activities and Societies: President, Pre-Law Club, Ohio State Senate Internship, Campaign volunteer in numerous electionsSchool partially.