Ms. Manasevit began her legal career as an attorney advisor to the Honorable Joel Gerber of the United States Tax Court. She recently retired after 26 years at the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, where, for the last ten years she served as Counsel’s Career Development Advisor. She is certified in group facilitation, as well as Meyers-Briggs Testing and Interpretation. Ms. Manasevit is a four-time recipient of the National Instructor Excellence Award and was awarded the Treasury Legacy Award for the development and implementation of IRS Counsel’s National Mentoring Program. She served on the Advisory Board of Georgetown Law School’s Legal Writing Academy. Patricia presently serves on the Board of the Affiliated Santé Groups, seven affiliated organizations providing crisis response, community outreach and treatment and recovery services, among other things. Ms. Manasevit received her B.A. from Lehigh University and her J.D., cum laude from the Washington College of Law.