In his most recent role as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax and Budget at the Treasury Department, he served as a key policy and legislative advisor on priority initiatives including Inflation Reduction Act implementation, the OECD’s Two-Pillar international tax project, Internal Revenue Service funding and policy priorities, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation and CHIPS and Science Act implementation. As part of these responsibilities, Ron was responsible for representing the Treasury Department with Congressional committee, leadership, and member office staff, analyzing political and policy impacts of proposed tax legislation and regulations and collaborating with the White House, federal agencies, congressional Members and staff and external stakeholders to advance key tax policy objectives.

Previously, Ron served as the Director of Tax and Economic Policy for the Office of senior Senate Finance Committee Member Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), acting as the Senator’s principal policy advisor on tax, international trade, retirement, financial services and the economy. Concurrently, he served as senior staff of the Senate Small Business Committee Democratic staff. In these roles he contributed significantly to the development and passage of SECURE 2.0, Inflation Reduction Act, CARES Act, American Rescue Plan, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and more.

His time on Capitol Hill also included serving as the Senior Economic Policy Advisor for Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), advising and analyzing tax, international trade, retirement, financial services, budget and small business issues. He also helped develop and advance Sen. Kaine’s legislative priorities during consideration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Trade Promotion Authority, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018, Bipartisan Budget Acts and numerous congressional budget resolutions. Early in his career, he also served on the Senate Budget Committee Democratic staff under Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND).

In addition to his governmental experience, Ron worked at Deloitte & Touche LLP as an Enterprise Risk Services Consultant, developing, deploying and improving operational and enterprise risk management programs at numerous public companies and government clients.

Ron graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Minors in Business Administration and Music.