Debora Gorman joined the Comptroller’s Office in 2004 as a hearing officer in the Compliance Division where she developed her foundation in Maryland tax law. She was subsequently promoted to Manager of the Hearings and Appeals Section which resolved over 3000 appeals cases annually. In 2011 she was promoted to Assistant Director of the Compliance Division over appeals and individual collections. Throughout her career at the Comptroller’s Office, she has participated in the drafting and review of state tax regulations and proposed legislation, and in 2013 she led the agency’s 8-year review and update of Title 03 – Comptroller of Maryland in the Code of Maryland Regulations. From 2018 through 2022 she served as Deputy Director of the Revenue Administration Division, part of the senior management team responsible for directing the work of the legal unit, returns and payment processing, taxpayer registration, fraud detection, prevention, and audit, forms development, revenue accounting, taxpayer accounting, project management, and a number of other tasks. In September 2022 she was named Director of the Legal Division, to stand up this new division with the goal of expanding taxpayer access to tax guidance, including implementing a private letter ruling program in the State of Maryland.

Since 2008, Debora has also served in a variety of management roles propelling the agency’s modernization efforts, including serving as program manager through the procurement phase of the Compass project. She has been a guest lecturer for a number of classes on State and Local Taxation at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Prior to joining the Comptroller’s Office, Debora worked for nearly a decade as an in-house counsel focused on collections, contract, and commercial real estate matters. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in Justice from The American University and her Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center.