One Big Beautiful Journey: Private Company Perspectives on Tax Policy and the One Big Beautiful Bill

Angela Heyroth is a talent management expert who has led and transformed teams at some of the world’s most successful companies. With a passion for creating and enhancing the employee experience, she brings a 25 year track record of architecting and implementing programs across every aspect of the talent lifecycle, from attracting and hiring top talent, to developing and retaining high-performers, to engaging and inspiring them to achieve their full potential and engage with the organization. As a trusted advisor and a culture champion, Angela now partners externally with organizations as the Founder and Principal of TALENT CENTRIC DESIGNS, shaping their talent strategy and designing their talent programs to align with their vision and values, all to further their organization's performance. She is also on faculty with the University of Denver, teaching talent management and organizational design in the Masters of HR graduate program. Angela has an MBA and holds several certifications including as a Gallup Strengths Coach; she lives in the Denver, Colorado area with her husband, son, two cats, and several fish.

Brian spent over 16 years serving public and private corporations, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals in the Denver and Washington National Tax offices of Deloitte Tax LLP. He served as the real estate tax practice leader for Deloitte’s Denver office, serving public REITs and private real estate developers in both domestic and foreign markets. In addition to real estate taxation, Brian also specialized in Federal income tax accounting, with an emphasis on the timing of income and deductions and capitalization and cost recovery matters. Brian has been with The Anschutz Corporation since 2016, serving first as its Vice President of Tax, and since 2020 as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. His responsibilities include consolidated financial reporting and tax planning and policy for the global company. Brian received his Masters of Accounting (MAcc) and Bachelor of Science (BS) in accounting from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. Brian is a Certified Public Accountant in Colorado and Washington, D.C., and he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants. Brian currently serves on the board of directors of the National S Corporation Association and on the board of trustees of the Greater Colorado Council of Scouting America. He previously served on the Tax Methods & Periods Technical Resource Panel of the AICPA and was co-author of the article “Accounting for Bonus Compensation Under the Final Corporate Estimated Tax Regs,” The Tax Adviser, March 2008. Brian and his wife, Jena, live in Centennial, Colorado. They have 6 children.