Linda Hunter | Board Member, Treehouse and former

Jennifer
Mace CPA, Senior Manager
Linda Hunter
Maybe it’s the fact
thatHunter
she comes
from afrom
two-team
family,
butaudit
Jennifer
thrives on
Linda
retired
KPMG
as an
partner
in
difficulty. She loves
putting
her
skills
to
the
test
every
day
on
behalf
of
tech,
manufac2013 after a 30-year career in public accounting. In
turing, and engineering clients. Yet even in the midst of the most brain-bending tax
“retirement”, Linda is thrilled to devote more time to
accounting feats, she never forgets that trust and listening are the building blocks of
community
volunteer
serves
on the Board
every client relationship.
Jennifer’s
clients interests.
are primarilyLinda
domestic
and international
of Treehouse
for Kids and
was the Board
from
companies in technology,
manufacturing,
and engineering.
Prior tochair
joining
Clark2010
Nuber,–
Jennifer worked
in
the
international
tax
group
at
KPMG,
LLP.
2012. She also is honored to volunteer as a court
appointed advocate for foster kids (CASA), as well as
several leadership positions with her church. While at
and compliance
for the
domestic
andNorthwest’s
foreign corporations
and pass›› Tax planningKPMG
Linda led
Pacific
Retirement
Plan
through entities
Assurance Practice in addition to leading the Seattle
›› Structuring inbound
outbound international
business
expansion
investment
office’sand
community
involvement
efforts
as theand
“Involve”
entity selection
and equity
arrangements
for technolo›› Consulting on
partner
champion.
Lindacompensation
received KPMG
Chairman’s
gy companies
Award for Excellence in Volunteerism in 2010. Linda and
Proven Resultsher husband have twin young adult sons, are active with
their church
andtax
enjoy
attending
symphony
and comforeign
credit
analysis forthe
a domestic
technology
›› Provided comprehensive
theatre. operations and developed strategies designed to maximize
pany with international
Practice Emphasis
the utilization of foreign tax credits.
›› Advised several technology companies regarding the use of LLC profits interests to
create employee equity compensation arrangements.
›› Advised domestic manufacturing company on establishing a new global holding
company and Asian subsidiaries in order to maximize foreign tax credits and minimize tax on sale of operations.
Education
›› Seattle Pacific University, B.A., Accounting
Activities
›› American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
›› Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants