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Nominating
Committee Biographies
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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 Awards Committee. Prior committee 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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DAVID
J. MOYNIHAN,
Partner, Testone Marshall & Discenza, LLP, Syracuse, New
York. Member of the Society since 1982; member of the Syracuse
Chapter. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Current
committee service includes the Peer Review Committee (Chair).
Prior committee service includes the QEPC Task Force on Peer
Review White Paper Application, Executive Committee, Selections
Subcommittee, and Government Accounting and Auditing Committee.
Current chapter service includes the Syracuse Chapter Executive
Board. Previous chapter service includes as Syracuse Chapter
President and President-Elect. Previous chapter committee service
includes the Syracuse Chapter Cooperation with Educational Institutions
Committee (Chair), High School Recruitment Committee (Chair),
and COAP Advisory Board. Currently serving as Vice President
of the Political Action Committee and on the Political Action
Committee Board.
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| MARGARET
A. WOOD, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, New York, N.Y.
Member of the Society since 1985; member of the Manhattan/Bronx
Chapter. Currently serving on the Board of Directors. Current
committee service includes the Selections Subcommittee, Financial
Accounting Standards Committee, and Quality Enhancement Policy
Committee. Prior committee service includes the Governance Subcommittee,
Financial Accounting Standards Committee (Chair), Accounting
& Auditing Oversight Committee, Auditing Standards &
Procedures Committee (Chair), Advancement Within the Profession
Committee, Nominating Committee, SEC Practice Committee, and
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BARBARA
S. DWYER,
Own Account, Lake Placid, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1986;
member of the Adirondack Chapter. Previously served on the Board
of Directors. Current committee service includes the Professional
Ethics Committee, Legislative Task Force, and Public Schools
Committee. Prior committee service includes the QEPC Task Force
on Peer Review White Paper Application, Nominating Committee,
Selections Subcommittee, and Advancement of Women in the Accounting
Profession Committee. Current chapter service includes the Adirondack
Chapter Executive Board. Previous chapter service includes as
President and Secretary of the Adirondack Chapter and on the
Executive Board. Prior chapter committee service includes the
Adirondack Chapter One-on-One Committee (Chair) and Chapter
Steering Committee (Chair). Currently serving as President of
the Political Action Committee and on the Political Action Committee
Board.
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JOSEPH
M. FALBO, JR.,
Partner, Swiantek & Falbo LLP, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Member
of the Society since 1994; member of the Buffalo Chapter. Currently
serving on the Board of Directors. Current committee service
includes the Executive Committee and Governance Subcommittee
(Chair). Prior committee service includes the Nominating Committee,
Information Technology Committee (Chair), and Computers in Tax
Practice Committee. Previous chapter service includes as
Buffalo President, President-Elect, and Vice President and on
the Executive Board. Prior chapter committee service includes
the Buffalo Chapter Membership Committee (Chair), Young CPAs
Committee, and Information Technology Committee (Chair).
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ELLIOT
L. HENDLER,
Partner Emeritus, Friedman LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the
Society since 1962; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. Previously
served as Vice President, Secretary, and on the Board of Directors.
Current committee service includes the SEC Practice Committee,
Audit Committee, Membership Committee, Accounting & Auditing
Oversight Committee, and The CPA Journal Editorial Board. Prior
committee service includes the Nominating Committee, Committee
Operations Committee, Membership Committee (Chair), Annual Conference
Committee, Advisory Committee on Appointments, Executive Committee,
Finance Committee, Accounting & Auditing Services Practice
Management Committee, Accounting & Auditing Oversight Committee,
Peer Review Committee, Accounting & Review Services Committee
(Chair), Relations with the Internal Revenue Service Committee,
Financial Accounting Standards Committee, Real Estate Accounting
Committee, Construction Contractors Committee, Interim Financial
Statements Committee, Task Force on Assessment of Members’
CPE Needs, Auditing Standards & Procedures Committee, and
Committee Coordinator Advisory Group. Current chapter service
includes the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Currently
serving on the FAE Board of Trustees. Previously served as FAE
Secretary.
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RICHARD
E. PILUSO, Retired.
Member of the Society since 1968; member of the Manhattan/Bronx
Chapter. Currently serving as Treasurer and on the Board of
Directors. Previously served as Vice President. Current
committee service includes the Executive Committee and Finance
Committee (Chair). Prior committee service includes the Governance
Subcommittee, Awards Committee, Selections Subcommittee, Committee
Operations Committee, Industry Oversight Committee (Chair),
Advertising Committee, Strategic Planning Task Force, Task
Force on Cooperation with the Bar, Cooperation with the State
Bar Association Committee, Cooperation with Commercial Credit
Grantors 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, Promoting CPA Careers Committee (Chair), Task Force
on Industry Issues, Public Relations Committee (Chair), and
General Committee on Members in Industry, Government, and
Education. Prior chapter committee service includes the Manhattan/Bronx
Bankers and Other Credit Grantors Committee.
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DAVID BELSKY, Own Account, New York, N.Y. Member of
the Society since 1975; member of the Rockland Chapter. Current
committee service includes the Anti–Money Laundering and
Counter–Terrorist Finances Committee, Consulting Services
Oversight Committee, Litigation Services Committee, and Bankruptcy
and Financial Reorganizations Committee. Prior committee service
includes the Litigation Services Committee (Chair), Real Estate
Committee, and Hospitality Industry Committee. Also served as
a Government Relations Director.
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ANTHONY
CASSELLA, President and COO, Croscill Inc., New York,
NY. Member of the Society since 1979; member of the Suffolk
Chapter. Current committee service includes the Apparel and
Textile Committee (Chair), Professional Ethics Committee, Industry
Oversight Committee, and Chief Financial Officers Committee.
Prior committee service includes the Awards Committee, Finance
Committee, Industry Oversight Committee (Chair), Nominating
Committee, Chief Financial Officers Committee (Chair), Promoting
CPA Careers Committee, and General Committee on Members in Industry,
Government, and Education.
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MICHAEL KIRKLAND, Director, Finance Group, Accounting
Policy, Deutsche Bank AG, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society
since 1982; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. Prior committee
service includes the Banking Committee and Minority Group Recruitment
& Equal Opportunity Committee. Current chapter service includes
as Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President and on the Executive Board.
Prior chapter service includes as Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President-Elect
and Vice President.
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ANTHONY
J. MALTESE, Member, The Maltese CPA Firm PLLC, Staten
Island, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1980; member of the
Staten Island Chapter. Previously served as Vice President and
on the Board of Directors. Prior committee service includes
the Nominating Committee, Business Valuation Committee (Chair),
Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Executive Committee,
Finance Committee, Chapter Relations Committee (Chair), Domestic
Relations (Chair), Task Force on Assessment of Members’
CPE Needs, General Committee on Continuing Professional Education,
and P.A.R. Review Committee. Prior chapter service includes
as Staten Island President, President-Elect, and Secretary and
on the Executive Board. Prior chapter committee service includes
the Staten Island Membership Committee (Co-Chair) and Golf Outing
Committee (Chair). Currently serving on the Political Action
Committee Board and previously served as President of the Political
Action Committee.
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AVERY
E. NEUMARK, Partner, Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin &
Co. LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1987; member
of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. Current committee service includes
the Relations with the Legal Community Committee, Mediation
& Arbitration Committee, and Employee Benefits Committee.
Prior committee service includes the Industry Oversight Committee,
Relations with the Legal Community Committee (Chair), Tax Division
Oversight Committee, Mediation & Arbitration Committee (Chair),
Advisory Committee on Appointments, and Employee Benefits Committee
(Chair).
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| JOEL
C. QUALL, Director and Controller, Knight Capital Group
Inc., Jersey City, N.J. Member of the Society since 1985, member
of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. Current committee service includes
the Quality Enhancement Policy Committee and Chief Financial
Officers Committee. Prior committee service includes the SEC
Practice Committee, Stock Brokerage Committee, Nominating Committee,
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ADIRONDACK
JOHN B. HUTTLINGER, JR., Shareholder, Adirondack
Audit Company Inc., Saranac Lake, N.Y. Member of the Society
since 1992; member of the Adirondack Chapter. Current committee
service includes the Small Firms Practice Management Committee.
Prior committee service includes the Local Practitioners and
Small Firms Committee. Prior chapter committee service includes
the Adirondack Steering Committee.
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BROOKLYN
WARREN M. BERGSTEIN, Partner, Adelman Katz
& Mond LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1974;
member of the Brooklyn Chapter. Current committee service includes
the Trust and Estate Administration Committee and Personal Financial
Planning Committee. Prior committee service includes the Awards
Committee, Nominating Committee, Estate Planning Committee,
Small Firms Practice Management Committee, Relations with the
Internal Revenue Service Committee, Taxation of Individuals
Committee (Chair), Domestic Relations Committee, and Trust and
Estate Administration Committee (Chair). Current chapter service
includes as Brooklyn Chapter President-Elect and on the Executive
Board. Prior chapter service includes as Brooklyn Chapter President,
President-Elect, and Vice President. Currently serving on the
Political Action Committee Board.
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NASSAU
JOHN BARONE, Partner, Weiser LLP, Lake Success,
N.Y. Member of the Society since1982; member of the Nassau Chapter.
Prior committee service includes the Emerging Technologies Committee,
Audit Sampling & Analytical Techniques Committee, Government
Accounting & Auditing Committee, Commodities Committee,
Chapter Public Relations Committee, and Relations with Bankers
and Other Credit Grantors Committee. Current chapter service
includes as Nassau President and on the Executive Board. Prior
chapter service includes as Nassau President-Elect, Vice President,
Treasurer, and Secretary. Prior chapter committee service includes
Nassau High School Recruitment Committee (Chair) and Community
Affairs & Public Relations Committee (Chair).
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ROCHESTER
NANCY A. KIRBY, CFO, Action for a Better Community,
Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1978; member of
the Rochester Chapter. Previously served on the Board of Directors.
Prior committee service includes the Executive Committee, Selections
Subcommittee, Policy Task Force, Finance Committee, and Emerging
Technologies Committee. Prior chapter service includes as Finger
Lakes President and on the Executive Board. Previous chapter
committee service includes the Finger Lakes Chapter Media Representative
Committee (Chair) and Chapter Steering Committee. Previously
served as Secretary of the Political Action Committee and on
the Board of the Political Action Committee.
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ISLAND
CHARLES J. WEINTRAUB, Controller, Miller’s
Launch Inc., Staten Island, N.Y. Member of the Society since
1992; member of the Staten Island Chapter. Current chapter service
includes as Staten Island Secretary and on the Executive Board.
Prior chapter service includes as Staten Island President, President-Elect,
and Secretary. Prior chapter committee service includes the
Staten Island One-on-One Program Committee (Chair) and Membership
Committee (Chair).
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SUFFOLK
CYNTHIA D. FINN, Partner, Sheehan & Company
CPAs P.C., Brightwaters, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1993;
member of the Suffolk Chapter. Current chapter service includes
as Suffolk President and on the Executive Board. Prior chapter
service includes Suffolk President-Elect, Vice President, and
Treasurer. Prior chapter committee service includes the Suffolk
Chapter Cooperation with Attorneys Committee (Cochair) and Young
CPAs Committee.
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