March 7, 2003

Carol M. Calkins is the National Partner in Charge of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Transaction tax group which is comprised of 17 partners and more than 300 staff. PricewaterhouseCoopers, included in the "Big Four" accounting firms, has locations in 150 countries and territories. PricewaterhouseCoopers is headquartered in New York City with 9,400 partners and over 124,500 employees.

Calkins joined the Multistate tax practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1986. Calkins also leads the PARR™ business unit, which is the firm's accounts payable recovery service offering. She has also served as PricewaterhouseCoopers' National Co-Chair on Diversity and Worklife Quality. Calkins served as the state tax supervisor for Sun Oil Co. of Delaware, responsible for tax compliance, audit, legislation, litigation and planning. During her six years with Sun, she helped formulate proactive state tax legislation in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

After graduating from LSU in 1970 in Accounting, she was a field auditor for the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation in Baton Rouge and later a supervisor in Dallas. Calkins is a nationally recognized specialist on state taxation. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of CPAs, Institute of Professionals in Taxation, International Accounts Payable Professionals, and TTARA. She has published several articles on electronic commerce, the deregulation of the electric utility industry and the impact of legislation on the oil and gas industry. She also served as the Dallas chapter president of the Institute of Management Accountants and vice-president of the Dallas chapter of the LSU Alumni Association. Calkins recently served on the board and the finance committee for the Dallas Theater Center and as treasurer of the Dallas Theater Center Endowment Fund. She currently serves on the Grants and Nominating Committees of TACA, the umbrella organization for funding the performing arts in Dallas County. Additionally, she serves on the Partners for Excellence Board of the E.J. Ourso School of Business at LSU Baton Rouge.

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