| Nominating
Committee Biographies
| FOR
PRESIDENT-ELECT |
| JEFFREY
R. HOOPS, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP, New York, New
York. Member of the Society since 1977. Currently serving as
a member of the Tax Division Oversight Committee (Chair), Awards
Committee, Committee on Committee Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions
Committee, Committee Coordinators Committee, and on the AICPA
Council. Prior committee service includes Taxation of Financial
Products Committee, Taxation of Individuals Committee, Annual
Leadership Conference (Chair), Finance Committee, Mergers and
Acquisitions Committee, Publishing and Printing Committee, Task
Force on Member Firm Involvement, Consolidated Returns Committee,
Affiliated and Related Corporations Committee (Chair), Chapter
Operations Committee, Legislation Committee, Depreciation and
Investment Tax Credit Committee (Chair) and the Strategic Planning
Task Force. Previously served as Vice President and member of
the Board of Directors and as President, President-Elect, Vice
President, and Secretary of the Nassau Chapter, and a member
of the Nassau Chapter Executive Board. |
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| FOR
VICE PRESIDENT |
LAURENCE
KEISER, Partner, Stern Keiser Panken & Wohl, LLP, White
Plains, New York. Member of the Society since 1975. Currently
serving as a member of the Estate Planning Committee. Prior
committee service includes the Taxation of Individuals Committee,
Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Relations With Internal
Revenue Service Committee (Chair), Legislation Committee, Finance
Committee, Income of Estates and Trusts Committee, Task Force
on Issues of Privilege Committee, Closely Held and S Corporations
Committee, Tax Education Committee, Tax Division Executive Committee,
Tax Practice Administration Committee (Chair) and the Westchester
Chapter Executive Board. Previously served as a member of the
FAE Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors and the Executive
Committee, as Treasurer, and as President, President-Elect,
Vice President and Treasurer of the Westchester Chapter.
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| FOR
VICE PRESIDENT |
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| STEPHEN
F. LANGOWSKI, Audit Partner, KPMG, LLP, New York, New York.
Member of the Society since 1981. Currently serving as a member
of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, a member
of the Finance Committee, and at-large trustee on the board
of the Political Action Committee Prior committee service includes
the Federal Government Contracts Committee (Chair) and the Government
Accounting and Auditing Committee (Chair).
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| FOR
VICE PRESIDENT |
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CAROL
C. LAPIDUS, Managing Director, American Express Tax and
Business Services Inc., New York, New York. Member of the Society
since 1987. Currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors
and the Executive Committee, Membership Committee (Chair), and
the CPA2Biz Task Force. Prior committee service includes the
Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganizations Committee, Retail Committee
(Chair), Apparel and Textile Committee, Accounting and Auditing
Oversight Committee (Chair) and the Committee on Committee Operations
(Chair).
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| FOR
VICE PRESIDENT |
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IAN
M. NELSON, Ian M. Nelson, CPA, West Orange, New Jersey.
Member of the Society since 1983. Currently serving as a member
of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, the Consulting
Services Oversight Committee (Chair), Awards Committee, and
the Committee on Committee Operations. Prior committee service
includes the Finance Committee, Management Tools and Techniques
Committee, Government Relations Director, Estate Planning Committee,
Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Alternative Tax Systems
Task Force Committee and Professional Service Corporations Committee.
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| FOR
SECRETARY |
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THOMAS
E. RILEY, Partner, Fagliarone Group CPAs, P.C., Syracuse,
New York. Member of the Society since 1982. Currently serving
as a member of the FAE Board of Trustees and the Syracuse Chapter
Executive Board and the Estate Planning Committee, Audit Committee,
Membership Committee, Committee Coordinators Committee and Syracuse
Chapter Government Relations Directors Committee. Prior committee
service includes the Executive Committee, Committee Coordinators
Committee, Government Relations Directors Committee, Finance
Committee, Chapter Relations Committee, Estate Planning Committee,
New York State, Municipal, and Local Taxation Committee, Public
Relations Committee, Chapter Operations Committee, Legislation
Committee, Community Affairs Committee and Chapter Public Relations
Committee. Previously served as Vice President and as a member
of the Board of Directors and as President, President-Elect
and Vice President of the Syracuse Chapter.
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| FOR
TREASURER |
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FRANK
J. AQUILINO, Chairman of the Accounting, Law and Taxation
Department at Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New
Jersey. Member of the Society since 1976. Currently serving
as Treasurer, member of the Board of Directors and the Executive
Committee and a Government Relations Director. Prior committee
service includes the Hall of Fame Committee, Finance Committee
(Chair), Staten Island Chapter Education Committee, Annual Leadership
Conference (Chair), Audit Committee (Chair), Chapter Relations
Committee, Tax Education Committee, Cooperation With Bankers
and Other Credit Grantors Committee, Education in Colleges and
Universities Committee and Members in the Field of Education
Committee. Previously served as Vice President and member of
the Board of Directors, and as Treasurer of the Staten Island
Chapter and member of the Staten Island Chapter Executive Board.
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| DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS |
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SPENCER
L. BARBACK, Partner-in-Charge, Barback Uliano & Company
P.C., White Plains, New York. Member of the Society since 1972.
Currently serving as a member of the Committee on Committee
Operations (Vice Chair). Prior committee service includes the
Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Chapter Relations Committee,
Scholarship Awards Committee, Legislation Committee, Task Force
on Assessment of Members’ CPE Needs, Cooperation With the
State Bar Association Committee and Local Practitioners and
Small Firms Committee. Previously served as a member of the
Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, and as President,
President-Elect, Vice President and Treasurer of the Westchester
Chapter and member of the Westchester Chapter Executive Board.
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MICHAEL
G. BARITOT, Tax Partner, KPMG, LLP, Buffalo, New York. Member
of the Society since 1989. Currently serving as President of
the Buffalo Chapter. Prior committee service includes the Buffalo
Chapter Firm Liaison Committee and Buffalo Chapter Membership
Committee. Previously served as President-Elect and Secretary
of the Buffalo Chapter.
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NEVILLE
GRUSD, Executive Vice President, Merchant Factors Corporation,
New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1979. Currently
serving as a member of the Finance Committee, Committee on Committee
Operations, Chief Financial Officers Committee, Industry Oversight
Committee, Cooperation with Bankers and Other Credit Grantors
Committee and the Professional Liability Insurance Committee.
Prior committee service includes Chief Financial Officers Committee,
and Financing and Leasing Companies Committee, Industry Oversight
Committee (Chair), Consulting Services Oversight Committee (Chair),
Management Tools and Techniques Committee (Chair), Emerging
Technologies Committee, Cooperation with Bankers and Other Credit
Grantors Committee and the Cooperation with Commercial Credit
Grantors Committee.
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JOSEPH
J. SCHLEGEL, Tax Partner, Fust Charles Chambers LLP, Syracuse,
New York. Member of the Society since 1991. Currently serving
as a member of the Syracuse Chapter Executive Board, Syracuse
Chapter Membership Committee (Chair) and the Membership Committee.
Prior committee service includes the Chapter Relations Committee,
Syracuse Chapter Cooperation with Educational Institutions Committee
and the Legislation Committee. Previously served as President,
President-Elect, Vice President and Treasurer of the Syracuse
Chapter.
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ROBERT
E. SOHR, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Investment
Management Services, New York, New York. Member of the Society
since 1968. Currently serving as a member of the Accounting
and Auditing Oversight Committee (Vice Chair) and the SEC Practice
Committee. Previously served on the Financial Accounting Standards
Committee (Chair), Health Care Committee, Accounting and Auditing
Oversight Committee, Auditing Standards and Procedures Committee,
Publishing and Printing Committee, and Construction Contractors
Committee.
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DIRECTORS
AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES
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| ADIRONDACK
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERM |
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BARBARA
S. DWYER, Sole Practitioner, Lake Placid, New York. Member
of the Society since 1986. Currently serving as President of
the Adirondack Chapter. Prior committee service includes the
Adirondack Chapter Steering Committee (Chair) and the Advancement
of Women in the Accounting Profession Committee.
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BROOKLYN
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERM
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PHILIP
WOLITZER, Professor, Department of Accounting and Taxation,
Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York. Member of the Society
since 1943. Currently serving as a member of the Brooklyn Chapter
Executive Board Committee, Scholarship Awards Committee, Higher
Education Committee, Brooklyn Chapter Board of Directors, Future
of the Profession Oversight Committee, Public Relations Committee
and Furtherance Committee. Prior committee service includes
the Furtherance Committee (Chair), Cooperation with Financial
Media Committee, Professional Employment Network of New York
Committee, Committee on Committee Operations, Federal Government
Contracts Committee, Financial Accounting Standards Committee,
Insurance Companies and Agencies Committee, Not-for-Profit Organizations
Committee, Public Schools Committee, Publishing and Printing
Committee, Real Estate Committee, Cooperation with Bankers and
Other Credit Grantors Committee, Financial Accounting Standards
Committee, Professional Ethics Committee, Quality Control Practice
Assistance Committee, Practice Evaluation and Assistance Committee
and the Advisory Committee on Appointments.
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CENTRAL
SOUTHERN TIER CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR ONE-YEAR TERM
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NANCY
A. KIRBY, Senior Partner, Kirby Beals Maier CPAs PLLC, Elmira,
New York. Member of the Society since 1978. Currently serving
as President of the Central Southern Tier Chapter. Prior committee
service includes the Emerging Technologies Committee, Continuity
of Practice List Committee and the Central Southern Tier Chapter
Steering Committee.
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| MANHATTAN/BRONX
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR ONE-YEAR TERM |
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WILLIAM
AIKEN, Consultant, RHI Management Resources, New York, New
York. Member of the Society since 1981. Currently serving as
President of the Manhattan /Bronx Chapter. Currently serving
as a member of the Awards Committee, Insurance Companies and
Agencies Committee and Political Action Committee, and Board
of Trustees. Prior committee service includes the Audit Committee,
Industry Oversight Committee, Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee,
Chief Financial Officers Committee, and Cooperation with Government
Officials Committee.
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| NASSAU
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERM |
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ANDREW
M. COHEN, Partner, M.R. Weiser & Co. LLP, Lake Success,
New York. Member of the Society since 1981. Currently serving
as President of the Nassau Chapter and a member of the Nassau
Chapter Accounting and Auditing Procedures Committee. Prior
committee service includes the Accounting and Review Services
Committee (Chair), the Nassau Chapter Accounting and Auditing
Procedures Committee (Chair) and the Nassau Chapter Professional
Ethics Committee. Previously served as a member of the Nassau
Chapter Executive Board.
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| QUEENS
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR TWO-YEAR TERM |
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ROBERT
A. SYPOLT, Sole Practitioner, Forest Hills, New York. Member
of the Society since 1988. Currently serving as President-Elect
of the Queens Chapter. Also currently serving on the Queens
Chapter Federal Tax Committee (Chair) and on the Queens Chapter
Meetings Committee (Chair).
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| ROCHESTER
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERM |
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DAVID
W. HENION, Managing Member, Forté Capital LLC, Pittsford,
New York. Member of the Society since 1993. Currently serving
on the Rochester Chapter Executive Board and as a member of
the Rochester Chapter Cooperation with the Bar Committee (Chair),
the Rochester Chapter Social Networking Committee, and the Chapter
Relations Committee. Previously served as President of the Rochester
Chapter and a member of the Rochester Chapter Executive Board.
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| ROCKLAND
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR TWO-YEAR TERM |
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DAVID
EVANGELISTA, Partner, Korn Rosenbaum Phillips & Jauntig,
LLP, Pomona, New York. Member of the Society since 1988. Currently
serving as President of the Rockland Chapter. Prior committee
service includes the Mid-Hudson Chapter Accounting and Careers
Committee, Mid-Hudson Chapter Governmental Committee (Chair),
Mid-Hudson Chapter Not-for-Profit Committee (Chair), Mid-Hudson
Chapter Auditing Committee, Mid-Hudson Chapter Accounting Committee
and the Public Schools Committee. Previously served as Secretary
of the Mid-Hudson Chapter and member of the Mid-Hudson Chapter
Executive Board.
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| STATEN
ISLAND CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERR |
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WALTER
DASZKOWSKI, Partner, Trochiano & Daszkowski, LLP, Staten
Island, New York. Member of the Society since 1998. Currently
serving as a member of the Chapter Relations Committee, Small-Sized
Firms Practice Management Committee and the Estate Planning
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Interactive
Online Resource Committee and the Staten Island Chapter Young
CPAs Committee (Chair). Previously served as President of the
Staten Island Chapter.
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| SUFFOLK
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THREE-YEAR TERM |
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ROBERT
S. PEARE, Shareholder, Peare & Heller, CPAs, P.C., Hauppauge,
New York. Member of the Society since 1969. Currently serving
as a member of the FAE Board of Trustees, the Investment Committee
and Suffolk Chapter Nominating Committee. Prior committee service
includes the Annual Leadership Conference Committee (Chair),
Suffolk Chapter Executive Board Committee, Estate Planning Committee,
Medium-Sized Firms Practice Management Committee, Management
of an Accounting Practice Committee, Legislation Committee,
Finance Committee and the Chapter Relations Committee. Previously
served as President, President-Elect, Vice President and Treasurer
of the Suffolk Chapter.
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