Jesse Palmer is a Partner in BKD’s National Office Tax Department and serves as the firm’s director of tax quality control. His responsibilities include quality control, risk management, and day-to-day administration of the firm’s tax practice, and he also provides technical support and training to BKD’s tax professionals. Jesse serves as Co-Chairman of the firm’s Tax Committee and works closely with the national tax director on firmwide tax-related growth initiatives. Before joining BKD’s National Office as a national tax assistant director, he worked in the Kansas City office and focused on tax consulting with manufacturing and distribution organizations and auto dealerships. Jesse assisted clients with general tax and business consulting and performed corporate and individual tax planning for closely held businesses. Jesse is a member of the AICPA and the Missouri Society of CPAs. He previously served on the AICPA’s Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee. Jesse graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia, with BS and MS degrees in Accounting.