January 12, 2007

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS:

The Nominating Committee, elected in accordance with Article IX of the bylaws, is pleased to enter the following nominations for Officers and Directors:

OFFICERS: to hold office for one year from June 1, 2007:

Click here for officer biographies.

President David A. Lifson, Hays & Company LLP, automatically succeeds Thomas E. Riley, Beard Miller Company LLP, as President in accordance with Article VIII, Paragraph 5, of the Bylaws.
President-Elect Sharon Sabba Fierstein Marks Paneth & Shron LLP	to succeed	David A. Lifson Hays & Company LLP
Vice Presidents Rosemarie A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel Own Account	to succeed	Sharon Sabba Fierstein Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
John J. Lauchert Specialty CFO	to succeed	Richard E. Piluso Retired
Edward J. Torres Own Account	to succeed	Robert E. Sohr Retired
Secretary Mark Ellis Michael C. Fina Company	to succeed	Himself
Treasurer Richard E. PilusoRetired	to succeed	Neville Grusd Merchant Factors Corporation

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: to hold office for three years from June 1, 2007:

Scott M. Adair Monroe County Department of Finance	to succeed	Phillip E. Goldstein Levitan Yegidis & Goldstein LLP
Susan M. Barossi O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins LLP	to succeed	Don A. Kiamie Windsor Management Corporation
Robert L. Goecks U.S. Trust Company N.A.	to succeed	Howard B. Lorch Ohel Children’s Home & Family Services
Martha A. Jaeckle Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter	to succeed	C. Daniel Stubbs, Jr. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
Gail M. Kinsella Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP	to succeed	Edward J. Torres Own Account

DIRECTORS AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES: to hold office for three years from June 1, 2007:

Mid Hudson Ita M. Rahilly Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell LLP	to succeed	Deborah L. Bailey-Browne Own Account
Northeast Suzanne M. Jensen NYAHSA	to succeed	Anthony G. Duffy Dorfman-Robbie, P.C.
Queens Thomas Boyd St. John’s University	to succeed	Thomas Patrick Casey Casey & Cunningham
Rockland David R. Herman Own Account	to succeed	David Evangelista Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC
Utica Thomas M. VanHatten Barone Howard Hilton & Powers CPAs P.C.	to succeed	John J. Lauchert Specialty CFO

All of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.

Thomas E. Riley, Beard Miller Company LLP, retiring President, automatically becomes
Director for one year, replacing Stephen F. Langowski, KPMG, LLP, in accordance with
Article VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.

Respectfully submitted,
2006–2007 Nominating Committee
Francis T. Nusspickel, Chair
Peter L. Berlant
Michelle A. Cohen
Joseph M. Falbo Jr.
Jo Ann Golden
Elliot L. Hendler
Norman W. Lipshie
Kevin J. McCoy
Barry B. Seidel
C. Daniel Stubbs Jr.
Maryann M. Winters

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS:

        NYSSCPA Bylaws (Articles IX and X, paragraphs 1 and 3) provide for an eleven-person nominating committee, which is elected by the membership (nine committee members) and appointed by the board (two committee members). The nominating committee develops a slate of nominees in January each year and presents them to the membership in February. (The committee’s report is to be posted in the Nomination Center on the Society’s website by February 1, emailed to the members for whom the Society has email addresses by February 3, and mailed to the members before March 1. The mailing this year was included on page 3 of the February 15 issue of The Trusted Professional.)

        The Bylaws also provide (Article X, paragraph 4) for an independent nomination process whereby if 100 or more members so desire they may petition to have other candidates added to the proxy/ballot which is mailed to the membership before the annual election dinner. The petitions for independent nominees must reach the Society’s offices on or before March 1.

        Prior to March 1, 2007, the Society received petitions with sufficient signatures to nominate Raymond M. Nowicki, of Nowicki & Company, LLP, for the office of President-Elect for the 2007–2008 fiscal year, to succeed David A. Lifson. The petitioners certified that Mr. Nowicki has consented to serve if elected. Pursuant to the bylaws (Article VIII, paragraph 5), the President-Elect automatically is deemed to have been elected Society President in the following year.

Respectfully submitted,
Mark Ellis
2006–2007 NYSSCPA Secretary

DIRECTORS (provided the above nominees are duly elected)

Terms expiring in 2008:
Rosemarie A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel, Own Account
Debbie A. Cutler, Kramer Love & Cutler, LLP
Mark Ellis, Michael C. Fina Company
Joseph M. Falbo, Jr., Swiantek & Falbo LLP
Myrna L. Fischman, Long Island University
Daniel M. Fordham, Martindale Keysor & Co., PLLC
John J. Lauchert, Specialty CFO
Beatrix G. McKane, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP
Ian M. Nelson, Own Account
Jason M. Palmer, Palmer Computer Services Inc.
Richard E. Piluso, Retired
Robert T. Quarte, Albrecht Viggiano Zureck & Company P.C.
Thomas E. Riley, Beard Miller Company LLP
Anthony J. Tanzi, Del Rey & Company CPAs, LLP
Edward J. Torres, Own Account
Ellen L. Williams, Eastman Kodak Company
Richard Zerah, Zerah & Company CPAs P.C.

Terms expiring in 2009:
Edward L. Arcara, Own Account
Scott Hotalen, Vieira & Associates CPAs P.C.
Lauren L. Kincaid, Firley Moran Freer & Eassa CPA P.C.
Kevin Leifer, Ernst & Young LLP
Elliot A. Lesser, Berdon LLP
David A. Lifson, Hays & Company LLP
Mark L. Meinberg, Feldman Meinberg & Company LLP
Robert A. Pryba, Jr., Pryba Tobin & Company P.C.
Judith I. Seidman, Friedman LLP
Liren Wei, Wei Wei & Co., LLP
Margaret A. Wood, Grant Thornton LLP

Terms expiring in 2010:
Scott M. Adair, Monroe County Department of Finance
Susan M. Barossi, O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins LLP
Thomas Boyd, St. John’s University
Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Robert L. Goecks, U.S. Trust Company N.A.
David R. Herman, Own Account
Martha A. Jaeckle, Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter
Suzanne M. Jensen, NYAHSA
Gail M. Kinsella, Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP
Ita M. Rahilly, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
Thomas M. VanHatten, Barone Howard Hilton & Powers CPAs P.C.

In addition, whichever of the following candidates is elected as 2007–2008 President-Elect will serve as a member of the board with a term expiring in 2010:

Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
OR
Raymond M. Nowicki, Nowicki & Company, LLP