Margaret Milner Richardson (Peggy) became a member of Ernst & Young LLP, in Washington, D.C. in December, 1997. She advises Ernst & Young's largest clients on domestic and global tax issues. An attorney with an extensive background in tax and financial services issues, she served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1993 to 1997.

As Commissioner, she worked to provide taxpayers with better service and to make it easier for them to obtain information file returns, and make tax payments. She actively promoted her vision of improved tax administration in speeches before the leading professional tax societies across the country, as well as before such forums as the National Press Club, The Economic Club of Detroit, the Houston Forum and the Commonwealth Club of California. She has also been profiled in a number of major national newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today.

Mrs. Richardson was named Woman of the Year in 1993 by the Financial Women's Association, and she is the recipient of the Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation's Kenneth Liles Distinguished Service Award, the Tax Executives Institute Distinguished Service Award, and the Hartford Institute 1997 Tax Award.

Mrs. Richardson is a 1965 graduate of Vassar College with a degree in political science. She received her J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School in 1968, where she was an editor of the Law Review. After law school she clerked at the U.S. Court of Claims (now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) and then joined the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. She later became the first woman promoted to executive rank in the history of the Office of Chief Counsel.

In 1977, she joined the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan in Washington D.C. She was appointed to the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner's Advisory Group, serving as a member from 1988 to 1990 and as chair from 1989 to 1990.

Mrs. Richardson, a native of Waco, Texas, is married to John L. Richardson, a lawyer, and has one daughter. She is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She is also a member of the Financial Women's Association, the Washington Women's Forum, the International Alliance, and serves on the board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Board of Advisors for George Washington Law School and the Board of Advisors of the American University Federal Tax Clinic. She was appointed by the President as a member of the Holocaust Assets Commission. She has served as a member of the Board of the National Cathedral School, the Development Board of the Hospital for Sick Children, and the Women's Campaign Fund.