Our team
The people behind MMWA
Former IRS special agents and revenue officers, Enrolled Agents, CPAs, bookkeepers and licensed investigators.

Max M. Wayman, EA, CFE
Founder & CEO
Founded Max M. Wayman & Associates in 1985 following a 10-year career with the Internal Revenue Service, during which time he served as a special agent in the Intelligence Division (later known as the Criminal Investigation Division) and received specialized training at Glynco Naval Air Station, Georgia, in seizure and arrest techniques, locating witnesses and assets, indirect methods calculations, handgun marksmanship, self-defense and providing testimony at trial.
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Special agent experience includes conducting a major conspiracy investigation, obtaining leads, evidence and witnesses throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Wayman has provided testimony to both federal courts and grand juries, and has conducted arrests, search and seizure operations and electronic surveillance.
Mr. Wayman has garnered recognition for superior performance throughout the U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments. He was elected Vice Chairman of the IRS District Director’s Practitioner Liaison Committee, is a member of the National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Texas Board of Private Investigators, and is an Enrolled Agent to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
Representation of clients has included direct involvement in the 1994 Whitewater investigation by Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr and the Office of Independent Counsel, a $1 billion embezzlement case involving a large South American bank, international espionage, political scandals and numerous cases involving allegations of conspiracy.
In addition to a successful career outside of the U.S. Government, Mr. Wayman serves on the Board of Trustees for his alma mater, Texas Wesleyan University. His service as trustee includes membership on the executive committee, government affairs committee and finance and audit committee. Mr. Wayman is also Chairman of the Board for the school’s Forensic Accounting program.
Donna Bakouris
Lead Investigator
Joined MMWA in 2002 and became licensed in 2004 by the Texas State Board of Private Investigators.
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Donna is currently MMWA’s lead investigator and lead researcher. As such, she has coordinated and provided investigative services to law firms, individuals, and businesses in the areas of witness location, asset searches, civil and criminal cases, background checks, and surveillance.
She is proficient in all relevant investigative databases and has been actively involved in providing litigation support on white collar criminal cases and civil cases on local and national levels.
Donna is also a supreme court certified process server licensed by the Judicial Branch Certification Commission and has served citations, subpoenas, deposition notices and other legal papers in federal and state cases.

Chelsea Savage
Human Resource Manager
Graduated from TCU with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work in 2009. In addition to being a social worker, Chelsea has experience as a paralegal in the areas of tax, estate planning, and guardianship matters.
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Chelsea has worked at the family business sporadically growing up, and took on the role of Human Resource Manager in August 2014. She oversees general office matters, manages bookkeeping and vendor relations, and maintains employee-related proceedings and payroll.

Bryan Bayless, EA
Enrolled Agent
Bryan graduated from Bowie High School in Arlington in 1978. He served in the U.S. Army for three years as an MP (Military Police). He received his bachelor of science in Criminal Justice in 1985 from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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In 1987 he began working with the Internal Revenue Service as a Field Revenue Officer. He was promoted to Supervisory Revenue Officer in 2009 and ultimately retired in January 2019, when he started working for MMWA.

Stacey Lusby
Administrative Assistant
Stacey owned and operated a successful business for over ten years in the Fort Worth area, contracting environmental and landscaping services, including sales, bookkeeping, accounting services, human resources and management.
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She joined MMWA from another Fort Worth accounting firm in January 2004, performing full-charge bookkeeping services, complete accounts payable services, and payroll services for various types of businesses. She provides support to associates representing clients in IRS collections and other matters. She’s experienced and qualified in the preparation of income tax returns, payroll tax returns, sales tax returns, periodic financial statements, and budget reports.
Stacey is qualified to review extensive financial paperwork in order to prepare complete and accurate general ledgers for multiple years, in preparation of all returns, forms and paperwork legally necessary for the State of Texas and United States government. She has over 15 years’ experience with various tax and accounting software including, but not limited to, QuickBooks, Planary Accounting Software, Lacerte Tax Software, J.D. Edwards and CFS Payroll and Tax Tools.

Tamara Williams
Accounts Receivable Manager
Tamara started with MMWA as Receptionist in November 2018, and was promoted to Accounts Receivable Manager in January 2022. Tamara enjoys working with clients and is proud to serve as an outstanding problem solver. Tamara has also been a licensed property and casualty agent since 2017.
Anita Turner
Certified Public Accountant
Anita is the Certified Public Accountant at Max M. Wayman & Associates. She has over 30 years of experience in the accounting profession. She prepares tax returns, including, but not limited to, individual, corporate, partnership and trust returns.
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Anita graduated from Texas Woman’s University in 1990 with a BBA in accounting. As a competitive gymnast on TWU’s nationally ranked gymnastics team, she learned that faith in God, hard work, dedication, teamwork and striving for perfection are key ingredients for being a success in everything she does. She uses these skills in her accounting career and her personal life as well.
She gains pleasure in the opportunity to help others save money on their taxes and in dealing with the IRS. Her greatest joy in life has been raising two handsome, successful children, now grown young men, with her husband Tim. Both of her children are graduates of Baylor University.
Cynthia Barnes
Bookkeeper
Born in Argentina and transplanted to the United States at fifteen, Cynthia’s academic journey culminated in an Honors graduation in Los Angeles, California.
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Her passion for bookkeeping ignites when aiding entrepreneurs in constructing financial systems from scratch, with an enduring vision for business success.
Boasting 15+ years in bookkeeping, Cynthia shines as a detail-oriented, reliable, and adept problem solver, holding the mantle of a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
Her skills encompass a range of financial operations, from incisive analysis, forecasting, and budgeting, to meticulous retroactive bookkeeping, seamless account setup, and ongoing maintenance. Additionally, her expertise spans payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, journal entries, and comprehensive monthly/yearly financial reporting, culminating in adept month- and year-end closures.
Ashley Canada
Administrative Assistant
Ashley joined MMWA in December 2022 as the receptionist for the office. She is responsible for handling the front desk, answering the phones, and enjoys welcoming clients.
Tommy Springer
Certified Public Accountant
With over 40 years as a CPA, Tommy Springer has joined our firm to aid with tax compliance. His experience was always as a self-employed individual, and Tommy understands the difficulties of hard work, balanced with family.
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His education began in Abilene, Texas at Hardin-Simmons University (BBA) and later at North Texas State University (MBA). Professionally, through the years Tommy was extremely active as a civic leader and mentor to his full-service CPA firms. His unwavering loyalty is evident throughout an engagement.
He is an excellent communicator, and many times will take difficult cases with Internal Revenue issues, due to being overly sensitive to specific needs. His philosophy remains to work hard for the client, and this dedication fits perfectly with MMWA.
Alan Hampton
EA, ACAMS, CGSS
Over 33 years of experience with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division. As a Special Agent, worked several large-scale complex investigations, including terrorism, narcotics trafficking, alien smuggling using informal value transfer systems, Russian organized crime, health care fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, theft of government funds, corporate and individual large-scale tax, bank fraud, intellectual property theft, virtual currency and securities fraud cases.
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A member of the Dallas Joint Terrorism Task Force from 2001 through 2009, working some of the largest terrorism funding cases in the country. A member of the IRS-CI Money Laundering Expert Witness Cadre from 2004 through 2024, working in multiple jurisdictions across the country.
As a Deputy Attaché for IRS-CI in London, UK, was a conduit for agents in the US to foreign counterparts. The London office was responsible for law enforcement contacts in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During that time, served as a Member of the US Delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France in 2010, an inter-governmental body whose purpose is the development and promotion of national and international policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
Headed the Dallas Field Office SAR Review team from 2010–2019, in which investigations involved the avenues to secure the appropriate evidence from foreign governments in Europe, South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Worked with the US Treasury Department as an Economic Crimes Team Advisor, assisting counterpart governments in Latvia, Estonia, Ecuador, and Sierra Leone in the development and implementation of AML/CFT regimes, creating sound partnerships with host-country stakeholders at ministries of finance, justice, and interior; central banks and other regulatory bodies; and financial intelligence units.
A member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) with certificates in ACAMS and Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS); has taught multiple classes including Sanctions, Trade-Based Money Laundering, Virtual Currency, KYC and SAR Writing, Risk Assessment, Investigations, Terror Finance and others.
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