Susan E. Mitchell (U.S. Army, Retired) attended the University of Kansas and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. Upon graduation, she served three years as a police
officer for the city of Lawrence before attending the University of Kansas School of Law and commissioning in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. During her legal career,
Susan earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center (2012) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Military Law from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (2004).
Susan was selected as the Executive Director of the Armed Forces Tax Council (AFTC) in 2020, where she currently serves as the principal tax advisor to the Department of Defense (DoD), representing the Department on tax and compensation issues with the Internal Revenue Service, Veterans Affairs, Department of State, Department of Justice, and other entities within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Prior to her selection as Executive Director of the AFTC and upon retiring from the U.S. Army in 2015, Susan was selected as the Senior Technical Advisor, Taxpayer Advocate Service, at the Internal Revenue Service. She served in that role until August 2019, when she was selected the Senior Judicial Clerk in the Office of the Honorable Judge Elizabeth Crewson Paris at the United States Tax Court.
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