Ginny B. Kissling

Current

• Global President and Chief Operating Officer, Ryan, Dallas office
  • Leads Ryan’s Global Operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, including Service Delivery, Business Development, and Global Shared Services.
• Member, Board of Managers, Ryan, LLC
• Principal, Ryan, Dallas office
  • Specializes in providing transaction tax services, including multistate audit defense representation, research, reverse audits, and transaction tax education on a national basis.
  • In addition to transaction tax services, Ms. Kissling is an industry-recognized expert in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program (TEZP), which is a business incentive for capital investment and new or retained jobs, and other state and local incentives in Texas.

Previous

• President, U.S. Operations, Ryan, Dallas office
  • Led 1,300 employees across the United States, as well as 350 employees in Hyderabad, India.
  • Responsible for all aspects of service delivery operations within the United States, including 17 practices and 75 sub-practices, Business Development, and Quality Assurance.

Ms. Kissling has written articles for the New York University, Institute on State and Local Taxation and Institute for Professionals in Taxation.

AWARDS

RECOGNITIONS

• Featured in FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2019 issue, “A Culture Built for Work-Life Success”
• Featured in FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2018 issue, “Creating a Corporate Culture of Trust”
• Featured in the International Tax Review’s Women in Tax Leaders 2015

VOLUNTEER WORK

• Circle of Red, American Heart Association – Dallas County
• Heart Ball, Executive Leadership Team – Collin County
• The Ryan Foundation
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • National Charity League
  • North Texas Food Bank
  • Ronald McDonald House

• Collin County Heart Ball Under the Stars
  • Executive Leadership Team (2018)
• Dallas Citizens Council, Executive Women’s Roundtable (2020–Present)
• Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association
  • Executive Director (1996–2000)
  • Secretary/Treasurer (1993–1995)
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
  • Annual Conference
    • Committee Member (2002–2003, 2009)
  • Membership Promotion and Public Relations Committee
    • Chair (2010–2011)
  • Sales and Use Tax Symposium
    • Chair (2005)
    • Vice-Chair (2004)
    • Committee Member (2000–2001, 2003)
• National Charity League/North Prestonwood Chapter (2015–Present)
  • Grade Level Advisor
• New York University’s Institute on State and Local Taxation
  • Advisory Board (2007–Present)
• North Texas Food Bank
  • Board Member (2018–Present)
  • Finance and Executive Committee (2019–Present)
    • Chair (2021–Present)
• Ryan, LLC
  • Board of Managers (2012–Present)
• Ryan West
  • Board Member (2018–Present)
• TexasOne (2008–2012)
• University of North Texas, Department of Accounting, Advisory Board
  • Chair, Development Committee (2009–2011)
  • Chair-Elect, Executive Committee (2012)
  • Chair, Executive Committee (2013)
• University of North Texas, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, Dean’s Advisory Board (2016–Present)
• Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Gold Maverick Chapter (2018–Present)
  • Alpha Forum (2019–Present)
    • Alpha Forum Moderator (2020–Present)
• Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Wild West Chapter (2015–2018)

• Master of Science Degree, Accounting (Emphasis in Taxation), University of North Texas
• Bachelor of Science Degree, Accounting, University of North Texas