Alison has thirteen years of experience in the expatriate HR/taxation field. She specializes in the design and implementation of international assignment policies (including taxation policies), benchmarking international assignment programs (including tax aspects of the program), designing and coordinating surveys on various topics such as tax and current issues, developing cost projections for international assignments (both individual and global program costs) and understanding the impact and use of international totalization and taxation treaties.

Alison’s specialization applies across all markets and subsequently she has provided services to a vast range of clients in terms of size, global locations, and industry (e.g., electronics, engineering, energy, financial services, food & beverage, healthcare, high technology, industrial products, not-for-profit, pharmaceuticals, retail & consumer products, and telecommunications). Alison is a frequent instructor and has presented on Trends in Tax Reimbursement Policies, Introduction to International Human Resources, Best and Worst Practices in International Assignment Programs, Myths of Short-term Assignments, and Tax and HR issues for U.S. Inbound assignments Alison is certified as a Global Professional in Human Resources, has a BA in Government and Law from Lafayette College and possesses an MA in Social-Organizational Psychology Teachers College from Columbia University.

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