GOP's Everson to Speak at University Town Hall

GOP presidential candidate and former IRS and Deputy INS Commissioner Mark Everson will speak at Plymouth State University in Plymouth at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Room 144 of Boyd Hall, according to a press statement.

His appearance kicks off the university’s series of presidential candidates visits for the 2015-2016 academic year.

• Who: GOP Presidential Candidate Mark Everson
• What: Town Hall at Plymouth State University
• When: 4 pm, Wednesday October 21, 2015
• Where: Room 144 of Boyd Hall, Plymouth State University, 17 High St., Plymouth

Everson is the only presidential candidate with both extensive business and federal executive branch experience. In the private sector, Everson has held both operating and financial positions within companies in the United States, Turkey, France and Zambia. His assignments have ranged from plant manager of a unionized beverage can factory to senior financial positions at the world’s largest packaging and airline catering companies.

In the Reagan Administration, Everson held foreign policy and law enforcement positions at the US Information Agency and in the Department of Justice. At USIA, Everson worked on sensitive public diplomacy projects, including INF deployment and the establishment of Radio Marti. At the DOJ, Attorney General Ed Meese appointed Everson to Deputy Commissioner at the INS, where he supervised all agency operations, including the Border Patrol and inspectors at the ports of entry.

In the second Bush Administration, Everson was Deputy Director for Management at the OMB before his appointment as Commissioner of the IRS, which achieved record service and enforcement results under his leadership. In addition to twelve years of federal government service, Everson has state government experience as well, having served in the cabinet of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels for three years. Under Daniels, he ran Indiana’s unemployment insurance and job training programs.

Everson was the CEO of the American Red Cross and is currently Vice Chairman of Alliantgroup, a leading provider of specialty tax services for small and mid-sized businesses. Everson is a graduate of Yale and the NYU Stern School of Business. Mark has four children and lives in Mississippi.

For more information on Commissioner Mark Everson visit MarkForAmerica.com .