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Meet the Staff

Lance Palmer

Lance Palmer

Lance has coordinated UGA VITA for over ten years and teaches the weekly VITA class as well as the prerequisite, FHCE 4230/6230. Lance also leads the in-person VITA sessions throughout the Athens Community.

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Wil Golden

Wil Golden

Wil assists with VITA client meetings and coordinates community outreach in Athens.

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Travis Mountain

Travis Mountain

Travis is an Assistant Professor of Extension in Financial Planning. He works on the virtual VITA program as well as operations for our on-campus site.

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Judy Hibbs

Judy Hibbs

Judy provides leadership to UGA Virtual VITA by training Cooperative Extension agents, connecting agents with student tax preparers, and assisting agents with taxpayers’ questions. She previously worked as a UGA Extension Agent for 35 years.

Josh Brumbach

Josh Brumbach

Josh is a M.S. Financial Planning student with a Behavioral Financial Planning specialization. He is working this season as a Site Coordinator with UGA VITA.

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Jenny Short

Jenny Short

Jenny is a M.S. Financial Planning student with a Behavioral Financial Planning specialization. She is working this year as a Site Coordinator with UGA VITA.

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JT Hammond

JT Hammond

JT is a Masters of Accountancy student on the Audit track. He is working this season as a Site Coordinator with UGA VITAConnect on Linkedin

Jae-Hyung Ryoo

Jae-Hyung Ryoo

Jae-Hyung is an alumnus of the Masters of Accountancy (MAcc) program at UGA. He is assisting with research and international student tax preperation.

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Anthony Mallon

Anthony Mallon

Tony is the director of the Institute for Nonprofit Organizations at UGA. He primarily designs, implements, and evaluates community-based interventions related to unemployment, job training, and financial asset-building.

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