January 11,
2008
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, 2008:
Click
here for officer biographies.
President
Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP,
automatically succeeds David A. Lifson, Hays & Company
LLP , as President in accordance with Article
VIII, Paragraph 5, of the Bylaws. |
President-Elect
David
J. Moynihan
Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP |
to
succeed |
Sharon
Sabba Fierstein
Marks
Paneth & Shron LLP |
Vice
Presidents
Barbara
S. Dwyer
Own Account
|
to
succeed |
Rosemarie
A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel
Own
Account |
Joseph
M. Falbo Jr.
Swiantek & Falbo LLP
|
to
succeed |
John
J. Lauchert
Richardson Brands Company |
Elliot
L. Hendler
Friedman LLP
|
to
succeed |
Edward
J. Torres
Own Account |
Margaret
A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP |
to
succeed |
[Fourth
vice-president position newly created by 2007 revisions
to Society Bylaws] |
Secretary/Treasurer
Richard
E. Piluso
Retired |
to
succeed |
Himself as Treasurer and
Mark Ellis as Secretary
Michale C. Fina Company
[Pursuant to the combining of the Secretary and Treasurer
positions approved as part of the 2007 revisions to Society
Bylaws] |
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE:
to hold office for three years from June 1, 2008:
S.
David Belsky
Own Account |
to
succeed |
Debbie
A. Cutler
Kramer
Love & Cutler, LLP |
Anthony
Cassella
Croscill Inc. |
to
succeed |
Joseph
M. Falbo
Swiantek & Falbo LLP |
J.
Michael Kirkland
Deutsche
Bank AG |
to
succeed |
Beatrix
G. McKane
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP |
Avery
E. Neumark
Rosen
Seymour Shapss Martin & Co LLP
|
to
succeed |
Ian
M. Nelson
Own Account |
Joel
C. Quall
Knight Capital Group Inc. |
to
succeed |
Jason
M. Palmer
Palmer Computer Services Inc. |
Anthony
Maltese
The Maltese CPA Firm PLLC |
to
succeed |
Margaret
A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP
[Mr. Malteses term is for one year only. He will be
serving out the remaining year of Ms. Woods three-year,
director-at-large term] |
DIRECTORS
AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES: to hold office for three years from
June 1, 2008:
Adirondack
John
B. Huttlinger, Jr.
Adirondack Audit Company Inc. |
to
succeed |
Daniel M. Fordham
Martindale Keysor & Co., PLLC
|
Brooklyn
Warren M. Bergstein
Adelman Katz & Mond LLP |
to
succeed |
Myrna
L. Fischman
Long Island University |
Nassau
John Barone
Weiser LLP |
to
succeed |
Richard
Zerah
Zerah & Company CPAs P.C. |
Rochester
Nancy A. Kirby
Action for a Better Community |
to
succeed |
Ellen
L. Williams
Eastman Kodak Company |
Staten
Island
Charles
J. Weintraub
Miller's Launch Inc. |
to
succeed |
Anthony
J. Tanzi
Del Rey & Company CPAs, LLP |
Suffolk
Cynthia D. Finn
Sheehan & Company CPAs P.C.
|
to
succeed |
Robert
T. Quarte
Albrecht
Viggiano Zureck & Company |
All
of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.
David A.
Lifson, Hays & Company LLP, retiring President, automatically
becomes Director for one year, replacing Thomas E. Riley, Beard
Miller Company LLP, in accordance with Article
VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.
DIRECTORS
(provided the above nominees are duly elected)
Terms
expiring in 2009:
Edward L. Arcara, Own Account
Barbara S. Dwyer, Own Account
Joseph M. Falbo Jr., Swiantek & Falbo LLP
Elliot L. Hendler, Friedman LLP
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
Anthony J. Maltese, The Maltese CPA Firm PLLC
Mark L. Meinberg, Feldman Meinberg & Company LLP
Richard E. Piluso, Retired
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, OConnor Davies Munns & Dobbins
LLP
Thomas Boyd, St. Johns 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 & Company CPAs P.C.
Terms
expiring in 2011:
John Barone, Weiser LLP
S. David Belsky, Own Account
Warren M. Bergstein, Adelman Katz & Mond LLP
Anthony Cassella, Croscill Inc.
Cynthia D. Finn, Sheehan & Company CPAs P.C.
John B. Huttlinger, Jr., Adirondack Audit Company Inc.
Nancy A. Kirby, Action for a Better Community
J. Michael Kirkland, Deutsche Bank AG
David J. Moynihan, Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP
Avery E. Neumark, Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co LLP
Joel C. Quall, Knight Capital Group Inc.
Charles J. Weintraub, Miller's Launch Inc
Respectfully submitted,
2007–2008 Nominating Committee
John J. Kearney, Chair
Stewart Berger
Robert Fagliarone
Allen L. Fetterman
Scott J. Jaffee
Lauren L. Kincaid
Stephen F. Langowski
Robert A. Pryba, Jr
M. Jacob Renick
David M. Rubenstein
P. Gerard Sokolski