PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current
            - Principal, Ryan, Houston office
- Specializes in providing marketing cost deduction or post-production cost, well incentives, tax reimbursement, and royalty reviews to upstream oil and gas producers.
 - Provides ongoing severance tax and royalty compliance consulting services to clients on a multinational basis.
 - Has more than 20 years of state and local tax experience.
 
 
- Director, Severance Tax/Royalty, Ryan, Houston office
 - Project Manager and Audit Lead, national oil and gas accounting firm
 
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous- Auditor, Sales and Use Tax, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
 - Auditor, Severance Tax, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
 
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Ms. Shipes lectures on various tax topics for Ryan clients and has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
- American Petroleum Institute
 - P2 Energy Solutions’ ASCEND Conference
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Independent Petroleum Association of America
 - Petroleum Accounting Society of Houston
 
EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION
- Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Accounting, McNeese State University
 - Bachelor of Arts Degree, History, Lamar University