New ways of working within the Life Sciences Tax Function

Lindsey leads AbbVie’s Tax function, and reports to Scott Reents, Chief Financial Officer. Lindsey has responsibility for all International and Domestic Tax matters, as well as the Global Trade Compliance function. Lindsey is involved with various initiatives at AbbVie, including being an Executive Sponsor on AbbVie’s Finance and BTS Diversity Council for which she received a Chairman’s Award in 2021, an Executive Coach in the PowerHer Program, participating in cross-functional business projects and mentoring colleagues.

Prior to joining AbbVie in December 2019, Lindsey was an International Tax Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where she worked on a variety of US and non-US multinational clients in the health care and industrial products industries. Lindsey held various firm leadership roles while at PwC, most recently being the National Operations leader for the International Tax Practice. Previously she led PwC’s Global Structuring team in the Central market which comprises international tax, M&A, and transfer pricing services, and was the Midwest Regional international tax leader.

Lindsey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting as well as a Master’s degree in Taxation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While at Illinois, Lindsey played on the Women’s Tennis Team and earned All-American Honors, as well as being named the Big Ten Player of the Year. In 2019, Lindsey was inducted into the University of Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame.

Tricia is a senior tax leader with almost 30 years of experience inside and outside of Johnson & Johnson. As the VP, Global Transfer Pricing & Tax Disputes, reporting to Louise Weingrod, Tricia leads a team of best-in-class experts responsible for pricing among affiliates within the J&J family, partnering with government authorities to shape tax and cross-border tax policies, negotiating tax rulings, advising on global tax audits and litigation, and representing J&J on IRS audits. She is a member of the Global Tax Leadership Team and the North America CFO Council, as well as a Co-Sponsor of the Open & Out Finance Council.

Tricia joined Johnson & Johnson in 2018, serving as Senior Director, Global Tax Disputes, where she led a team responsible for global tax audits and dispute resolution. Leveraging her legal expertise, Tricia has provided strategic leadership through our government tax audits around the world as well as innovative solutions to our risk-mitigation processes.

Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Tricia was a partner at Baker & McKenzie, a leading international law firm, where she was a principal in the Tax Controversy practice, focusing on transfer pricing and international tax. Preceding her time at Baker & McKenzie, Tricia was a partner in the Tax Controversy practice at Mayer Brown, focusing on all levels of tax controversy, from audit through appellate litigation. In both roles, she was significantly involved in recruiting and DE&I efforts.

Tricia holds a B.A. from Harvard University, where she majored in Economics, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Between university and law school, Tricia lived in Japan, where she worked as a translator for the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, interpreting for Japanese government officials and English- and Spanish-speaking foreign officials.

Tricia lives in Warren, New Jersey, with her husband Clisson and children Petunia and Charlie. She enjoys various types of fiber arts (tie dye, knitting, and crochet), traveling, spending time with her family, dabbling in foreign languages, cooking, and playing very bad tennis and golf.