Eric Slack is the Director of Employee Plans where he is responsible for EP’s Examinations, Determinations, Voluntary Compliance and Technical programs. He will guide EP in implementing changes required by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019. Eric Slack was serving as the Director of Field Operations-West for the Western Compliance Practice Area in the Large Business and International Division. He formerly was the Senior Tax Law Specialist in the Employee Plans Division of TE/GE. Prior to this, he was the Acting Area Manager, Mid-Atlantic, overseeing examinations of qualified plans in the area from Philadelphia to South Carolina and west to Ohio and West Virginia. Before leading the Mid-Atlantic Area, Eric served as Detailed Tax Counsel to the Senate Finance Committee under Ranking Member, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), where he worked on tax issues including the negotiation of the omnibus spending and tax extender bill of December 2015. Eric began his IRS career as an Attorney-Advisor to the National Taxpayer Advocate in Washington, DC. After leaving the NTA, he worked in the IRS TE/GE Employee Plans Division. He developed and implemented a Knowledge Management strategy, working closely with the TE/GE Commissioner, and internal and external stakeholders to effectively develop and retain information across the Operating Division. Eric is a graduate of Washburn University of Topeka with a bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish. He has a J.D. degree from George Washington University and an LLM. degree in Taxation from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He has lived around the world from Kansas to Hawaii to Rio de Janeiro and is most proud of his wife Robyn, and two children Charlie and Hera.