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Nominating
Committee Biographies
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| DAVID
A. LIFSON , Managing Partner, Hays & Company LLP,
New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1975. Prior
committee service includes the Committee on Practical Reform
for the Tax System (Chair), Finance Committee (Chair), CPA2Biz
Task Force, Executive Committee, Tax Division Oversight Committee,
Alternative Tax Systems Task Force, Committee Operations Committee,
Taxation of Financial Instruments and Transactions Committee,
Firm Coordinators Committee, Professional Standards Task Force,
Taxation of Individuals Committee and Real Estate Committee
(Chair). Previously served as Vice President and on the Board
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President-Elect |
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SHARON
SABBA FIERSTEIN, Director, Litigation Services, Marks Paneth
& Shron LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since
1985; currently member of the Nassau Chapter. Currently serving
as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previously
served as Secretary, Vice President and on the Board of Directors.
Current committee service includes the Executive Committee,
Human Resources Committee,
Financial Accounting Standards Committee and AwardsCommittee.
Priorcommittee service includes the Bylaw Revision Task Force
(Chair), Executive Committee, Committee Operations Committee
(Chair), Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Finance Committee
(Chair), Interactive Online Resource Committee (Chair), Chief
Financial Officers Committee, General Committee on Members in
Public Practice, Advancement of Women in the Accounting Profession
Committee (Chair) and Promoting CPA Careers Committee. Previously
served as a FAE Trustee and on the FAE Finance Committee.
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Vice President |
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ROSEMARIE
A. GIOVINAZZO-BARNICKEL, Own Account, Staten Island, N.Y.
Member of the Society since 1988; currently member of the Staten
Island Chapter. Previously served on the Board of Directors.
Prior committee service includes the Nominating Committee, Audit
Committee (Chair), Task Force on Chapters, Finance Committee,
Annual Leadership Conference Committee and Legislation Committee.
Prior Chapter service includes as President, President-Elect,
Secretary and Vice President of the Staten Island Chapter. Current
Chapter committee service includes the Staten Island Chapter
Executive Board, Staten Island Chapter Public Relations Committee
(Chair) and Staten Island Chapter One on One Program. Prior
Chapter committee service includes the Staten Island Chapter
One on One Program (Chair).
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Vice President |
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JOHN
J. LAUCHERT, Principal, Specialty CFO, Clinton, N.Y. Member
of the Society since 1980; currently member of the Utica Chapter.
Currently serving on the Board of Directors. Current committee
service includes the Executive Committee, Bylaws Revision Task
Force (Chair), Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganizations Committee
and Chief Financial Officers Committee. Prior committee service
includes the Hospitality Industry Committee, Not-for-Profit
Organizations Committee, Industry Oversight Committee, Membership
Committee and Financial Executives in Closely Held Companies
Committee. Prior Chapter service includes as Assistant Treasurer
of the Buffalo Chapter and on the Buffalo Chapter Executive
Board. Prior Chapter committee service includes the Utica Chapter
Industry Committee (Chair) and Buffalo Chapter Members in Industry
and Commerce Committee (Chair).
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Vice President |
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EDWARD
J. TORRES, Own Account, Forest Hills, N.Y. Member of the
Society since 1992; currently member of the Queens Chapter.
Currently serving on the Board of Directors. Current committee
service includes the COAP St. John’s Advisory Committee. Prior
committee service includes the Professional Ethics Committee,
Committee Operations Committee, COAP Fundraising Committee,
Public Schools Committee, Leadership Academy, Membership Committee,
Small Firms Practice Management Committee and Tax Practice Management
Committee. Also served as a Government Relations Director. Current
Chapter service includes the Queens Chapter Executive Board.
Prior Chapter service includes as President of the Queens Chapter.
Current Chapter committee service includes the Queens Chapter
Taxation Committee (Chair). Prior Chapter committee service
includes the Queens Chapter Continuing Professional Education
Committee, Queens Chapter Budget Committee, Nassau Chapter Government
Relations Directors, Nassau Chapter Young CPAs Committee (Chair),
Nassau Chapter Federal Taxation Committee and Nassau Chapter
State and Local Taxation Committee.
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Secretary |
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MARK
ELLIS, Chief Financial Officer, Michael C. Fina, New York,
N.Y. Member of the Society since 1997; currently member of
the Westchester Chapter. Currently serving as Secretary and
on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes
the Executive Committee, Chief Financial Officers Committee
and Human Resources Committee. Prior committee service includes
the Chief Financial Officers Committee (Chair), Nominating
Committee, Quality Enhancement Policy Committee and Apparel
and Textile Committee. Current Chapter committee service includes
the Westchester Chapter CFO and Senior Financial Officers
Committee.
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Treasurer |
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RICHARD
E. PILUSO, Retired. Member of the Society since 1968;
currently member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. Currently
serving as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Prior
committee service includes the Executive Committee, Selections
Subcommittee, Awards Committee, Committee Operations Committee,
Industry Oversight Committee (Chair), Advertising Committee,
Hospitality Industry Committee, Strategic Planning Task Force,
Task Force on Cooperation with the Bar, Task Force on Industry
Issues, Public Relations Committee (Chair), Cooperation with
Commercial Grantors Committee, Cooperation with the State
Bar Association Committee, Community Affairs Committee, Cooperation
with Financial Media Committee, Cooperation with Government
Officials Committee, Cooperation with the Securities Industry
Committee, Minority Group Recruitment and Equal Opportunity
Committee, Members in Industry, Government and Education Committee
and Promoting CPA Careers Committee (Chair). Prior Chapter
committee service includes the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Bankers
and Other Credit Grantors Committee.
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SCOTT
M. ADAIR, Controller, Monroe Country Department of Finance,
N.Y. Member of the Society since 2000; currently member of the
Rochester Chapter. Current committee service includes the Government
Accounting and Auditing Committee. Current Chapter service includes
as President of the Rochester Chapter. Prior Chapter service
includes as Rochester Chapter President-Elect and on the Rochester
Chapter Executive Board. Current Chapter committee service includes
the Rochester Chapter Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee.
Prior Chapter committee service includes the Rochester Chapter
Government Relations Directors.
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SUSAN
M. BAROSSI, Partner, O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins
LLP, Government Service Division, Bennett Kielson Storch Desantis,
White Plains, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1990; currently
member of the Westchester Chapter. Current committee service
includes the Audit Committee, Public Schools Committee (Chair),
Industry Oversight Committee and Government Accounting and Auditing
Committee. Prior committee service includes the COAP Fundraising
Committee, Public Schools Committee (Vice Chair), Finance Committee,
Firm Coordinators Committee, Accounting and Auditing Oversight
Committee, Government Accounting and Auditing Committee (Chair),
Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee, Annual Leadership Conference
and Advancement of Women in the Accounting Profession Committee.
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ROBERT
L. GOECKS, Senior Vice President, Director, Anti–Money Laundering
Division, U.S. Trust Company N.A., New York, N.Y. Member of
the Society since 1987; currently member of the Manhattan/Bronx
Chapter. Current committee service includes the Anti–Money Laundering
and Terrorist Financing Committee (Chair), Finance Committee,
Consulting Services Oversight Committee and Stock Brokerage
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Litigation Services
Committee (Chair).
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MARTHA
A. JAECKLE, Partner, Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter, Garden
City, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1988; currently member
of the Nassau Chapter. Current committee service includes the
Bylaws Revision Task Force and the Quality Enhancement Policy
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Nominating Committee.
Prior Chapter service includes as Vice President, Treasurer
and Secretary of the Nassau Chapter, and on the Nassau Chapter
Board of Directors and Nassau Chapter Executive Board. Prior
Chapter committee service includes the Nassau Chapter Federal
Tax Committee, Nassau Chapter State and Local Tax Committee,
Nassau Chapter Newly Licensed Practitioners Committee, Nassau
Chapter Cooperation with Education Committee and Nassau Chapter
Task Force on Women’s Issues.
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Director-at-Large |
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GAIL
M. KINSELLA, Partner, Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP,
Syracuse, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1991; currently member
of the Syracuse Chapter. Prior committee service includes the
Awards Committee and the COAP Syracuse Advisory Board. Current
Chapter service includes the Syracuse Chapter Executive Board.
Prior Chapter service includes as President, President-Elect,
Vice President and Treasurer of the Syracuse Chapter. Currently
serving as President of the FAE Board of Trustees.
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THOMAS
BOYD, Professor, St. John’s University, Jamaica, N.Y. Member
of the Society since 1962; currently member of the Queens Chapter.
Current committee service includes the COAP St. John’s Advisory
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Promoting CPA
Careers Committee. Current Chapter service includes the Queens
Chapter Executive Board. Prior Chapter service includes as President,
President-Elect and Secretary of the Queens Chapter. Prior Chapter
committee service includes the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Promoting
CPA Careers Committee and the Queens Chapter High School Recruitment
Committee (Chair). Currently serving on the FAE Campus Ambassador
Committee.
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DAVID
R. HERMAN, Own Account, New City, N.Y. Member of the Society
since 1997; currently member of the Rockland Chapter. Current
committee service includes the Closely Held and S Corporations
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Awards Committee.
Current Chapter service includes the Rockland Chapter Executive
Board. Prior Chapter service includes as President, President-Elect,
Treasurer and Secretary of the Rockland Chapter. Current Chapter
committee service includes the Rockland Chapter Continuing Professional
Education Committee (Chair).
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SUZANNE
M. JENSEN, CFO, NYAHSA, Albany, N.Y. Member of the Society
since 1996; currently member of the Northeast Chapter. Current
committee service includes the Audit Committee (Chair) and Not-for-Profit
Organizations Committee. Prior committee service includes the
Professional Ethics Committee. Current Chapter service includes
the Northeast Chapter Executive Board. Current Chapter committee
service includes the Northeast Chapter Nonprofit Organizations
Committee (Cochair).
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ITA
M. RAHILLY, Partner, Vanacore DeBenedictus DiGovanni &
Weddell LLP, Newburgh, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1987;
currently member of the Mid Hudson Chapter. Current committee
service includes the COAP New Paltz Advisory Board and the Trust
and Estate Administration Committee. Prior committee service
includes the Awards Committee. Current Chapter service includes
the Mid Hudson Chapter Executive Board. Prior Chapter service
includes as President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer of the Mid Hudson Chapter. Current Chapter committee
service includes the Mid Hudson Chapter Cooperation with the
Bar Committee (Cochair) and the Mid Hudson Chapter Estate Planning
Committee (Cochair). Prior Chapter committee service includes
the Mid Hudson Chapter Cooperation with Bankers and Other Loan
Grantors Committee (Cochair) and the Mid Hudson Chapter Membership/Revitalization
Committee.
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THOMAS
M. VANHATTEN, Partner, Barone Howard & Co., CPAs P.C.,
New Hartford, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1986; currently
member of the Utica Chapter. Current committee service includes
the Awards Committee and Membership Committee. Current Chapter
service includes as President of the Utica Chapter. Prior Chapter
service includes as President-Elect, Treasurer and Secretary
of the Utica Chapter.
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