Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Immediately prior to joining Goodwin, Carrie worked with KPMG’s Washington National Tax practice in its Exempt Organizations group as a Senior Manager. Prior to legal practice, Carrie was a 5th grade teacher in The Bronx with Teach For America.
Professional Activities
Carrie is a member of the District of Columbia and American Bar Associations. She is the former Chair and Vice Chair of the D.C. Bar’s Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee and the former Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Nonprofit Organizations Committee Trade and Professional Association Subcommittee. Carrie is also a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).
Carrie is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law with American University Washington College of Law where she teaches nonprofit law courses.
Credentials
Education
LLMTaxation
Georgetown University
JD
American University
MSEd
Bank Street College of Education
BA
Bates College
Admissions
Bars
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Washington, D.C.
Courts
- U.S. Tax Court
Recognition & Awards
Publications
Carrie is a frequent speaker on nonprofit tax-exempt matters at continuing legal education seminars and training programs such as:
- Council on Foundations, “Guide to Granting Scholarships to Individuals” for the Mastering Foundation Law: The Council on Foundations Compendium of Legal Resources (2023)
- PLI’s Advising Nonprofit Organizations 2023, “Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Public Charity Compliance Primer” (2023)
- ALI CLE, “Donor Advised Funds Update: A Philanthropic Strategy in the Crosshairs” (2023)
- D.C. Bar, Taxation Community, Exempt Organizations Committee, “Tax-Exempt LLCs – Announcement 2021-56” (2022)
- ALI CLE, “Donor Advised Funds Update: Current Developments Including the ACE Act” (2021)
- ASAE Annual Meeting, “Unenforceable? A Legal Deep Dive into Association Codes of Ethics & Conduct” (2020)
- ALI CLE, “Five Key Updates for Nonprofits: Staying Ahead in 2020 and Beyond” (2020)
- ASAE Annual Meeting, “Creative Legal Structuring for Revenue-Generating Opportunities” (2019)
- ALI CLE, “Maximizing Nonprofit Impact: Key Considerations in 501(c)(3) & 501(c)(4) Affiliations” (2019)
- Foundation Center, “International Nonprofit Operations: Key Legal Considerations” (2018)
- American Bar Association Section on Taxation May Meeting, “Teaching Tax: Incorporating the New ABA Teaching Standards into the Tax Curriculum” (2017)
- Council on Foundations Annual Meeting, “Self-Dealing and the Duty of Loyalty: Revisiting the Sibley Hospital Case” (2016)
- Council on Foundations Annual Meeting, “Scholarships: Unique Challenges and Issues for Public Charities and Private Foundations” (2015)