Instructors in the Grad Tax Program

Sean McMahon

D. Sean McMahon is a former Senior Attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel and a former Special Assistant United States Attorney for Massachusetts and New Hampshire where he was responsible for tax cases. Sean has more than fifteen years of experience investigating and defending IRS and state tax matters and excels at resolving […]

Imelda Monaghan

Imelda Monaghan is a partner in the law firm of Wilchins Cosentino & Novins LLP.  She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and estate administration, trust administration, and taxation.  Imelda works closely with clients to implement a comprehensive estate plan that meets the family’s goals. She is knowledgeable about all aspects of […]

Thomas E. Peckham

Tom Peckham is a partner in the Private Client Group of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. His practice is concentrated in the areas of sophisticated estate planning for high net-worth individuals, estate and trust administration, and related tax and business planning. Mr. Peckham has more than 40 years of experience in tax and estate planning. […]

Ameek A. Ponda

Ameek Ashok Ponda is a tax partner at Sullivan & Worcester in Boston and was previously a member of the firm’s Management Committee and director of the firm’s Tax Department. His practice includes domestic and international taxation, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and real estate investment trusts. As an adjunct professor with the Boston […]

Christina Rice

Christina brings a unique perspective to her role Assistant Dean Graduate, International & Online Programs, having been a student of both the JD and LLM in Taxation programs at BU Law and an instructor in the GTP prior to assuming the director role. She also has a BA in Theater Education from Emerson College and […]

Phillip G. Roshak

Mr. Roshak is a tax partner in the Boston office of Ernst & Young with over 19 years of experience providing tax services in both public accounting and corporate tax practice; he focuses on serving clients in the retail and consumer products industries. His experience also includes working with companies in the technology, medical device, […]

Matthew D. Schnall

Matthew D. Schnall, a partner in the Boston office of WilmerHale, handles a diverse range of business-related tax matters, and has extensive experience with state tax controversies. He lectures frequently on subjects in federal and state tax law. Mr. Schnall has served as chair of the Boston Bar Association Tax Section and of its State […]

Andrew Shact

Andrew Shact is a seasoned corporate tax executive with extensive experience organically building, externally acquiring, and tax efficiently restructuring multinational companies. He has a proven record delivering bottom-line tax expense reduction and cash savings. Andrew has built and revitalized tax departments at several high growth publicly traded and private equity owned US and foreign based […]

Amy Sheridan

Amy Sheridan is a Lecturer in Law in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law, where she has taught Executive Compensation since 2019. She is also a partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Amy concentrates her practice in the area of employee benefits and […]