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Nominating
Committee Biographies
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STEPHEN
F. LANGOWSKI, Partner, KPMG, LLP, New York, New York.
Member of the Society since 1981. Currently serving as a member
of the Audit Committee (Chair), COAP Funding Committee, Legislative
Task Force, Policy Task Force and Political Action Committee.
Prior committee service includes Executive, Finance, Federal
Government Contracts (Chair), and Government Accounting and
Auditing (Chair). Previously served as Vice President and
Director of the Board of Directors and as a representative
of the Nassau Chapter Political Action Committee.
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THOMAS
E. RILEY, Principal, Fagliarone Group CPAs P.C., Syracuse,
New York. Member of the Society since 1982. Currently serving
as a member of the Membership Committee (Chair), COAP Fundraising
Committee, Estate Planning Committee, Political Action Committee
(Chapter Delegate) and on the Syracuse Chapter Executive Board.
Prior committee service includes the Membership Committee (Vice
Chair), Firm Coordinators Committee, Executive Committee, Audit
Committee, Finance Committee, Chapter Relations Committee, New
York, Multistate and Local Taxation Committee, Public Relations
Committee, Chapter Operations Committee, Legislation Committee,
Community Affairs Committee and the Syracuse Chapter Public
Relations Committee. Previously served as Secretary and Vice
President and on the Board of Directors and FAE Board of Trustees
and as President, President-Elect, Vice President and Executive
Board Member of the Syracuse Chapter.
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VICTOR
S. RICH, Senior Partner, McGladrey & Pullen LLP,
New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1966. Currently
serving as a member of the Future of the Profession Oversight
Committee and Large- and Medium-Sized Firms Practice Management
Committee (Vice Chair). Prior committee service includes the
COAP Fundraising Committee, Furtherance Committee (Chair), Managing
Partners Committee, Public Relations Committee (Chair), Membership
Committee (Chair), Management of an Accounting Practice Committee
(Chair), Accounting and Auditing Services Practice Management
Committee, Consulting Practice Management Committee, Small Firm
Practice Management Committee, Tax Practice Management Committee,
Medium-Sized Firms Committee, Domestic Relations Committee,
Partnerships and LLCs Committee, Professional Ethics Committee,
Firm Coordinators Committee, Awards Committee, Members in Public
Practice Committee (Chair), Continuity of Practice Committee
(Chair), Local Practitioners Committee (Chair), and Advisory
Committee on Appointments. Previously served as Vice President
and on the Board of Directors, FAE Board of Trustees, American
Institute of CPAs’ Council, Task Force on Specialization
and CPA Firms Management Council.
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SUSAN
R. SCHOENFELD, Principal and Associate Fiduciary Counsel,
Bessemer Trust, New York, New York. Member of the Society since
1989. Currently serving as a member of the Tax Division Oversight
Committee (Vice Chair), Committee on Committee Operations and
Estate Planning Committee (Liaison). Prior committee service
includes the Estate Planning Committee (Chair), Entertainment
and Sports Committee and the Westchester Chapter Furtherance
Committee (Chair and Liaison), Westchester Chapter Annual Installation
Dance Committee (Chair and Liaison), Westchester Chapter Membership
Committee (Chair and Liaison), Westchester Chapter Estate Planning
Committee (Chair), Westchester Chapter Budget Committee (Liaison),
Westchester Chapter Education and Programming Committee, Westchester
Chapter Newsletter Committee (Liaison), Westchester Chapter
Public Relations Committee (Liaison) and Westchester Chapter
CPE/CLE/CFP Committee. Previously served as President, President-Elect
and Executive Board Member of the Westchester Chapter.
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STEPHEN
P. VALENTI, Stephen P. Valenti, CPA, Plainview, New
York. Member of the Society since 1983. Currently serving on
the Quality Enhancement Policy Committee, Consolidated Returns,
Affiliated and Related Corps Committee (Liaison), Mergers and
Acquisitions Committee (Liaison), Higher Education Committee
and Tax Division Oversight Committee. Prior committee service
includes the Awards Committee, Committee Operations Committee,
Tax Division Oversight Committee (Chair), New York, Multistate
and Local Taxation Committee (Liaison), Personal Financial Planning
Committee, Higher Education Committee (Chair), Emerging Technologies
Committee, Employee Benefits Committee, Interactive Online Resource
Committee (Chair), Closely Held and S Corporations Committee
(Chair), Relations with the IRS Committee, Computers in Tax
Practice Committee (Chair), Task Force on Specialization, Cooperation
with Financial Media Committee, Annual Leadership Conference
Committee, Taxation of Individuals Committee (Chair) and the
Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Bankers and Other Creditors Committee.
Previously served on the Board of Directors.
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RAYMOND
M. NOWICKI, Managing Partner, Nowicki & Company
LLP, Buffalo, New York. Member of the Society since 1979.
Currently serving as Secretary, on the Board of Directors
and as a member of the Executive Committee, Committee Operations
Committee (Chair), Governance Subcommittee and Peer Review
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Awards Committee,
Incoming Board Designees Committee, Executive Committee, Audit
Committee, Nominating Committee, Chapter Relations Committee,
Legislation Committee, Local Practitioners and Small Firms
Committee and the Buffalo Chapter Government Relations Directors
Committee, Buffalo Chapter Executive Board, Buffalo Chapter
Past Presidents Committee, Buffalo Chapter Officers Committee,
Buffalo Chapter Cooperation with the Bar Committee, Buffalo
Chapter Cooperation with Commercial Grantors Committee and
Buffalo Chapter Accounting and Auditing Committee (Chair).
Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors
and as President, President-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Buffalo Chapter and on the Buffalo Chapter Board of
Directors.
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NEVILLE
GRUSD, Executive Vice President, Merchant Factors
Corporation, New York, New York. Member of the Society since
1979. Currently serving on the Board of Directors, Executive
Committee, Governance Subcommittee and Financial Statement
Users Task Force (Chair). Prior committee service includes
the Nominating Committee, Finance Committee, Chief Financial
Officers Committee (Liaison), Professional Liability Insurance
Committee, Committee Operations Committee, Industry Oversight
Committee (Chair), Financing and Leasing Companies Committee,
Consulting Services Oversight Committee (Chair), Emerging
Technologies Committee, Management Tools and Techniques Committee
(Chair), Cooperation with Commercial Credit Grantors Committee
and the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Bankers and Other Creditors
Committee. Previously served on the Board of Directors.
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Director-at-Large (for three-year terms) |
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DEBBIE
A. CUTLER, Partner, Kramer Love & Cutler LLP, New
York, New York. Member of the Society since 1987. Currently
serving on the Committee Operations Committee and Professional
Ethics Committee. Previous committee service includes the Nominating
Committee, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Committee, Accounting
and Review Services Committee (Chair) and Litigation Services
Committee.
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JOSEPH
M. FALBO, JR., Partner, Swiantek & Falbo LLP, Niagara
Falls, New York. Member of the Society since 1994. Currently
serving as Buffalo Chapter President and Chapter Delegate, CPA
PAC. Prior committee service includes the Information Technology
Committee (Chair), Computers in Tax Practice Committee, and
the Buffalo Chapter Membership Committee (Chair), Buffalo Chapter
Young CPAs Committee and Buffalo Chapter Technology Committee
(Chair). Previously served as President-Elect and Vice President
of the Buffalo Chapter and on the Buffalo Chapter Executive
Board.
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BEATRIX
G. MCKANE, Partner in Charge of the Not-for-Profit
Practice, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP, Melville, New York.
Member of the Society since 1989. Currently serving on the Not-for-Profit
Organizations Committee, the Nassau Chapter Medical and Other
Professionals Committee and the Suffolk Chapter Not-for-Profit
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Exempt Organizations
Committee, Health Care Committee, Nominating Committee and the
Suffolk Chapter Not-for-Profit Committee (Chair). Previously
served as President, President-Elect and Treasurer of the Suffolk
Chapter and on the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board.
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IAN
M. NELSON, Sole Proprietor, Ian M. Nelson, CPA, West
Orange, New Jersey. Member of the Society since 1983. Currently
serving on the Professional Ethics Committee, Tax Division Oversight
Committee and Political Action Committee. Prior service includes
the Industry Oversight Committee (Liaison), Tax Division Oversight
Committee (Liaison), Future of the Profession Committee (Liaison),
Accounting and Auditing Oversight Committee (Liaison), Awards
Committee, Committee on Committee Operations, Consulting Services
Oversight Committee (Chair), Political Action Committee (Secretary),
Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Management Tools and
Techniques Committee, Annual Leadership Conference Committee,
Alternative Tax Systems Task Force, as a Government Relations
Director, on the Estate Planning Committee, Professional Service
Corporations Committee and COAP Fundraising Committee. Previously
served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors.
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JASON
M. PALMER, President, Palmer Computer Services Inc.,
Huntington, New York. Member of the Society since 1988. Currently
serving on the Consulting Services Oversight Committee (Vice
Chair), Public Relations Committee and Information Technology
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Information
Technology Committee (Chair), Interactive Online Resource Committee
(Chair), Young CPAs Committee and Emerging Technologies Committee.
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MYRNA
L. FISCHMAN, Professor of Accounting, Taxation and
Law and Advisor to the Accounting Society, Long Island University,
Brooklyn, New York. Member of the Society since 1987. Currently
serving as member of the Brooklyn Chapter Executive Board, COAP
LIU Advisory Board, Public Relations Committee, Political Action
Committee, Higher Education Committee and Furtherance Committee.
Prior committee service includes the Nominating Committee, Higher
Education Committee (Chair), Membership Committee, Cooperation
with Financial Media Committee, FAE Scholarship Awards Committee,
Public Relations Committee, Membership Task Force, Promoting
CPA Careers Committee, Education in Colleges and Universities
Committee, Internal Auditors Committee and as a Brooklyn Chapter
PAC Representative. Previously served as President of the Brooklyn
Chapter.
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DANIEL
M. FORDHAM, Partner, Martindale Keysor & Co., PLLC,
Plattsburgh, New York. Member of the Society since 1988. Currently
serving on the Adirondack Chapter Executive Board (Immediate
Past President). Prior committee service includes the Adirondack
Steering Committee and as Chapter Media Representative. Previously
served as President, President-Elect, and Vice President of
the Adirondack Chapter.
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ROBERT
T. QUARTE, Partner, Albrecht Viggiano Zureck &
Company, Hauppauge, New York. Member of the Society since 1986.
Currently serving as President of the Suffolk Chapter and as
a member of the Awards Committee, Peer Review Committee, SEC
Practice Committee and the Suffolk Chapter Golf Outing Committee
(Cochair). Prior committee service includes the Suffolk Chapter
Emerging Technology/Management Committee (Cochair) and the Suffolk
Chapter Management of Accounting Practice Committee. Previously
served as President-Elect, Vice President and Treasurer of the
Suffolk Chapter and on the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board.
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ANTHONY
J. TANZI, Partner, Del Ray & Company, CPAs LLP,
Staten Island, New York. Member of the Society since 1991. Currently
serving as President of the Staten Island Chapter. Prior committee
service includes the Staten Island Chapter Accounting and Auditing
Principles and Procedures Committee. Previously served as President-Elect
and Treasurer of the Staten Island Chapter Officers Committee
and on the Staten Island Chapter Executive Board.
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ELLEN
L. WILLIAMS, Federal Income Tax Manager, Eastman Kodak
Company, Rochester, New York. Member of the Society since 1990.
Currently serving as a member of the Political Action Committee
and the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Prior committee service
includes the Government Relations Committee (Director), Political
Action Committee and as a Rochester Chapter PAC Representative,
Rochester Chapter Newsletter Editor, Rochester Chapter Government
Relations Director and on the Rochester Chapter Executive Board.
Previously served as President, President-Elect and Secretary
of the Rochester Chapter.
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RICHARD
ZERAH, President, Zerah & Company CPAs P.C., Levittown,
New York. Member of the Society since 1983. Currently serving
on the Nassau Chapter Executive Board (Immediate Past President)
and Nassau Chapter Furtherance Committee (Chair). Prior committee
service includes the Nassau Chapter Estate and Personal Financial
Planning Committee (Chair), Nassau Chapter General Meetings
and Memberships Committee (Chair) and Nassau Chapter Membership
Committee (Chair). Previously served as President, President-Elect,
Vice President and Treasurer of the Nassau Chapter.
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