Society Officers and Board of Directors 2011-2012

OFFICERS: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2011:

President  
RICHARD E. PILUSO, Retired. Member of the Society since 1968; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as President and on the Board of Directors. Previously served as President-elect, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, Treasurer and on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive and Political Action committees. Previous committee service includes the Executive, Quality Enhancement Policy (Chair), Finance (Chair), Nominating, Awards, Committee Operations, Industry Oversight (Chair), Advertising, Political Action, Cooperation with the State Bar Association, Cooperation with Commercial Credit Grantors, Community Affairs, Cooperation with Financial Media, Cooperation with Government Officials, Cooperation with the Securities Industry, Minority Group Recruitment and Equal Opportunity, Promoting CPA Careers (Chair) and Public Relations (Chair) committees. Previous committee service also includes the General Committee on Members in Industry, Government, and Education; the Governance and Selections subcommittees; the Industry Outreach Task Force (Chair), Strategic Planning Task Force, Task Force on Cooperation with the Bar and Task Force on Industry Issues. CHAPTER: Prior Manhattan/Bronx Chapter committee service includes the Bankers and Other Credit Grantors Committee.
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President-elect  
GAIL M. KINSELLA, Partner, Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP, Syracuse, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1991; member of the Syracuse Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as President-elect and on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive and Quality Enhancement Policy (Chair) committees. Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previously served as Adviser to the Accounting and Auditing Oversight, Consulting Services Oversight, Industry Oversight, Practice Management Oversight, Public Sector Oversight and Tax Division Oversight committees. Previous committee service includes Membership, Awards and Nominating committees, Selections Subcommittee, FAE Trustees (President) and FAE Curriculum Committee and on the NYSSCPA/FAE Affiliation Task Force and the Strategy Task Force. CHAPTER: Previous Syracuse Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President, Treasurer and member of the Executive Board, and the COAP Syracuse Advisory Board.
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Vice President  
ANTHONY CASSELLA, CEO/President, J. Queen New York Inc., New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1979; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive, Apparel and Textile and Chief Financial Officers committees. Prior committee service includes Awards and Finance committees, Incoming Board Designees, Industry Oversight (Chair) and Investment Management committees, Investment Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, General Committee on Industry, and Government and Education, Professional Ethics and Promoting CPA Careers committees.
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Vice President  
NEVILLE GRUSD, President, Merchant Financial Corporation, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1979; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previously served as Treasurer and on the Board of Directors. Currently the liaison to the Accounting and Auditing Oversight, Consulting Services Oversight, Industry Oversight, Practice Management Oversight, Public Sector Oversight and Tax Division Oversight committees. Current committee service includes the Executive and Apparel and Textile committees. Prior committee service includes the Executive, Finance (Chair), and Financing and Leasing Companies committees, Financial Statement Users Task Force (Chair), Governance Subcommittee, Incoming Board Designees, Nominating (Chair), Cooperation with Commercial Credit Grantors, Committee Operations, Consulting Services Oversight (Chair), Emerging Technologies, Industry Oversight (Chair), Management Tools and Techniques (Chair) and the Professional Liability Insurance committees, and Task Force of Financial Statements Users.
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Vice President  
J. MICHAEL KIRKLAND, Director, Deutsche Bank AG, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1982; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Vice President and on Board of Directors. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive Committee, the Industry Outreach Task Force (Cochair) and the Real Estate Task Force (Chair). Previous committee service includes the Executive, Quality Enhancement Policy, Finance, Banking, Minority Group Recruitment and Equal Opportunity and FAE Curriculum Committee committees. CHAPTER: Current committee service includes Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Previous chapter service includes as Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President, President-elect and Vice President, Nominating Committee (Chair) and member of the Executive Board.
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Vice President  
ITA M. RAHILLY, Partner, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP, Newburgh, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1987; member of the Mid Hudson Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive, Trust and Estate Administration (Chair) and New York, Multistate and Local Taxation committees and the Rapid Response Subcommittee (Tax Division Oversight Committee). Previous committee service includes the Trust and Estate Administration (Vice Chair), Quality Enhancement Policy and Awards committees. CHAPTER: Prior chapter service includes as Mid Hudson Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and member of the Executive Board. Current chapter committee service includes the Estate Planning Committee. Previous chapter committee service includes the Cooperation with Bankers and Attorneys, Cooperation with the Bar (Cochair), Estate Planning (Cochair), Cooperation with Bankers and Other Loan Grantors (Cochair), Cooperation with Education and Membership/Revitalization committees and on the COAP New Paltz Advisory Board.
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Secretary/Treasurer   

SCOTT M. ADAIR, CFO, Monroe County Department of Finance, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2001; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer and on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive, Finance (Chair), and Government Accounting and Auditing committees. Previously served on the Board of Directors and the Deferred Compensation Task Force. Previous committee service includes the Executive (Vice President) Committee. CHAPTER: Currently on the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Prior chapter service includes as Rochester Chapter President and President-elect. Prior chapter committee service includes the Rochester Chapter Executive Board and the Rochester Chapter Government Relations Directors Committee.
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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2011:  
   

Immediate Past President
MARGARET A. WOOD, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1985; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Immediate Past President and on the Board of Directors. Previously service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previous committee services includes the Executive and Political Action, Quality Enhancement Policy (Chair), Financial Accounting Standards (Chair), Accounting and Auditing Oversight, Auditing Standards and Procedures (Chair), Advancement Within the Profession, Nominating, SEC Practice, Retail (Chair) committees and the Selections and Governance subcommittees.
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Directors-at-Large: to hold office for three years, beginning June 1, 2011, except as noted:  
   
Director-at-Large
IAN J. BENJAMIN, Audit Partner, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1987; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee. Prior committee service includes the Professional Ethics (Chair and Vice Chair), Community Affairs, International Operations and Real Estate committees and on the Code of Conduct Task Force.
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Director-at-Large
SHARI E. BERK, Sole Sole Practitioner, S.E. Berk & Associates P.A., Rockland, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1988; member of the Rockland Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Membership Committee. Previous committee service includes the Awards Committee. CHAPTER: Current chapter service includes as Rockland Chapter President. Prior chapter service includes as Rockland Chapter President, President-elect, Treasurer and Secretary.
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Director-at-Large
ROBERT W. BERLINER, Senior Consultant , Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1960; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. STATEWIDE: Current committee service includes the Auditing Standards and Litigation Services committees. Previous committee service includes the Auditing Standards (Chair and Vice Chair), Professional Ethics (Chair), Accounting and Auditing Oversight, SEC Practice, Computers in Accounting and Auditing, Education in Colleges and Universities and Cooperation with the Securities Industry committees.
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Director-at-Large
DOMENICK J. ESPOSITO, COO, J.H. Cohn LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1974; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive, Large and Medium-Sized Firms Practice Management (Chair) and Practice Management Oversight committees. Previous committee service includes the Large and Medium-Sized Firms Practice Management (Chair) and Cooperation with Government Officials and Insurance Companies and Agencies committees.
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Director-at-Large
STEPHEN E. FRANCIOSA, Own Account, City Island, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1979; member of the Westchester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Agri Business Committee. Previous committee service includes the Not-for-Profit Organizations, International Operations and Emerging Technologies committees. CHAPTER: Previous Westchester Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President, Treasurer and on the Executive Board. Previous chapter committee service includes the Local Practitioners Committee (Cochair), the Taxation, Newsletter (Cochair), Annual Installation Dance (Chair), Sponsorships, Scholarship, Young CPAs, Accounting Principles and Audit, Budget (Vice Chair), Business IT and Management and Education and Programming committees.
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Director-at-Large
ROSEMARIE A. GIOVINAZZO-BARNICKEL, Own Account, Staten Island, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1989; member of the Staten Island Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Member Benefits Committee (Chair). Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Previous committee service includes Executive, Audit (Chair), Nominating, Awards, Legislation and Finance committees, and the Task Force on the Chapters. CHAPTER: Currently serves on the Staten Island Executive Board. Previous Staten Island service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary and on the Executive Board. Current chapter committee service includes the One-on-One Program (Chair) and Public Relations (Chair) committees.
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Director-at-Large
TIMOTHY P. HEDLEY, Partner, KPMG LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2002; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing, Litigation Services, Audit and Business Exit and Succession Planning committees. Previous committee service includes the Consulting Services Oversight (Chair), Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing (Chair & Vice Chair), Awards and the Professional Ethics committees.
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Director-at-Large
MICHELE MARK LEVINE, Director of Accounting Services, The City of New York Office of Management and Budget, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1993; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Finance and Government Accounting and Auditing committees, and the Industry Outreach Task Force (Cochair). Previous committee service includes the Accounting and Auditing Oversight, Audit (Chair) and Government Accounting and Auditing (Chair) committees, and the Code of Conduct Task Force. OTHER: Member of the CPA Journal Editorial Board.
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Director-at-Large
ELLIOT A. LESSER, Partner, Berdon LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1970; member of the Westchester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Previously served as Vice President on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Executive, Auditing Standards and Litigation Services committees. Previous committee service includes Executive, Consulting Services Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Oversight, Professional Ethics, Tax Division Oversight (Adviser), Public Sector Oversight (Adviser), Industry, Membership, SEC Practice, Real Estate (Chair), Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganizations committees, Committee Operations, Large and Medium- Sized Firms Practice Management, Cooperation with Financial Media, Management of an Accounting Practice, Cooperation with the Securities Industry, Construction Contractors and Cooperation with Commercial Credit Grantors, Estate and Financial Planning committees, and the Selections Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Previous Westchester Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Treasurer and Vice President, and member on the Executive Board. Prior chapter committee service includes the Chapter Newsletter (Cochair), Accounting Careers and Education, Accounting Principles and Audit (Chair), Estate and Financial Planning, Partnering with Professionals, Education and Programming and Local Practitioners committees.
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Director-at-Large
PEI-CEN LIN, Flushing, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1999; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Currently serving on the Human Resources Committee. Previous committee service includes the Human Resources (Chair and Vice Chair) and Practice Management Oversight committees. CHAPTER: Currently serves on the Mahattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Previous Manhattan/Bronx Chapter service includes the Young CPAs (Cochair) Committee.
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Director-at-Large
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. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Prior committee service includes the Executive, Nominating, Business Valuation (Chair), Annual Leadership Conference, Finance, Chapter Relations (Chair), Domestic Relations (Chair), P.A.R. Review and Political Action committees, the Task Force on Assessment of Members’ CPE Needs, the General Committee on Continuing Professional Education and the Selections Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Current chapter service includes the Staten Island Chapter Executive Board and the Staten Island Sponsorship Committee (Chair). 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 (Cochair) and Golf Outing Committee (Chair).
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Director-at-Large
MICHAEL F. ROSENBLATT, President, The Quest Organization, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1979; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Industry Oversight (Chair), Large and Medium-Sized Firms Practice Management, Family Office, Internal Audit, Real Estate, Stock Brokerage, Chief Financial Officers and Entertainment and Sports committees. Previous committee service includes the CFO (Chair), Industry Oversight (Chair), Awards, Membership, Quality Enhancement Policy, Managing Partners, Financial Executives in Closely Held Companies, Minority Group Recruitment and Equal Opportunity, Promoting CPA Careers, Human Resources and Employee Benefits committees.
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Director-at-Large
ERIN SCANLON, Audit Partner/Shareholder, Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1992; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Media and Publishing Committee. Previous committee service includes Industry Oversight and Media and Publishing (Chair) committees.
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Director-at-Large
ROBERT E. SOHR, Retired. Bronxville, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1968; member of the Westchester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the SEC Practice Committee. Previous committee service includes the Executive, Nominating, Awards, Operations, Accounting and Auditing Oversight (Chair and Vice Chair), Financial Accounting Standards (Chair), Health Care, Quality Enhancement Policy, Auditing Standards and Procedures, Publishing and Printing and Construction Contractors, Professional Ethics, Investment Companies, and Investment Management committees, the QEPC Task Force on Peer Review Whitepaper Applications (Chair) and AICPA Council Members.
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Director-at-Large
GEORGE I. VICTOR, Partner, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1989; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Audit and SEC Practice committees. Previous committee services includes the Accounting and Auditing Oversight, International Accounting and Auditing, Awards, Finance, Auditing Standards, Firm Coordinators, SEC Practice (Chair), Accounting and Auditing Oversight (Chair), Committee Coordinator Advisory Group, Financial Accounting Standards and Tax Accounting Problems committees. OTHER: Currently serving on The CPA Journal Editorial Board.
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Directors as Chapter Representatives: to hold office for three years, from June 1, 2011:  
   
ADIRONDACK
DOUGLAS L. HOFFMAN, Managing Partner, Dragon Benware Crowley & Co., P.C., Lake Placid, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1978; member of the Adirondack Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. CHAPTER: Previous chapter service includes as Adirondack Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary and on the Adirondack Chapter Executive Board, and as CPA PAC Chapter Delegate.
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BUFFALO
SHERRY L. DELLEBOVI, Partner, Lumsden & McCormick, LLP, Buffalo, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1988; member of the Buffalo Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Previous committee service includes the Executive, Membership (Chair and Vice Chair) and Nominating committees. CHAPTER: Previous Buffalo Chapter service includes as President and President-elect and on the Executive Board. Previous chapter committee services includes the Accounting and Auditing and Cooperation with the Bar committees (Chair).
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MANHATTAN/BRONX
BARBARA A. MARINO, Director, The Hackett Group, Somers, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1992; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Prior committee service includes the Promoting CPA Careers (Chair), Practice Management Oversight and Awards committees and the Selections Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Currently serves as Manhattan/Bronx Vice President. Previously served as President and on the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Previous chapter committee service includes the Chapter Promoting CPA Careers Committee.
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MID HUDSON
JENNIFER R. GEORGE, Compliance Director, Vanacore DeBenedictus DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP, Newburgh, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2000; member of the Mid Hudson Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Peer Review Committee. Previous committee service includes the Executive, Young CPAs (Adviser) and Membership committees. CHAPTER: Previous Mid Hudson Chapter service includes as President, President-elect and Vice President and on the Executive Board. Prior chapter committee service includes the Young CPAs (Cochair), Cooperation with the Bar (Cochair) and Membership/Revitalization committees and the COAP New Paltz Advisory Board.
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NASSAU
ERIC M. KRAMER, Attorney/CPA, Farrell Fritz P.C., Uniondale, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1986; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Prior committee service includes Income of Trusts and Estates (Chair) and Strategic Planning committees. CHAPTER: Previous chapter service includes as Nassau Chapter President, President-elect, and Executive Board (Trustee). Previous chapter committee service includes Awards, Estate Planning (Chair) and Attorney and Accountants Joint committees, CPA PAC Chapter Delegate, Estate and Personal Financial Planning, CFO and Financial Executives, and Furtherance (Chair) committees.
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NORTHEAST
F. MICHAEL ZOVISTOSKI, Partner, UHY LLP, Albany, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1987; member of the Northeast Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Professional Liability Insurance Committee (Chair) and Member Benefits committees. Previous committee service includes the Construction Contractors and Public Relations committees. CHAPTER: Previous Northeast Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Secretary and on the Executive Board. Current chapter committee service includes the Tax Committee (Chair). Previous chapter committee service includes Members in Industry Committee (Cochair).
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QUEENS/BROOKLYN
ADRIAN P. FITZSIMONS, Professor of Accounting and Taxation, St. John’s University, Jamaica, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1989; member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Previous committee service includes the FAE Campus Ambassador, Awards, Stock Brokerage and Commodities committees. CHAPTER: Previous Queens/Brooklyn Chapter service includes President, President-elect and on the Executive Board and the COAP St. John’s Advisory Board.. Current chapter service includes the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Accounting and Auditing Committee (Chair).
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ROCHESTER
STEVEN M. MORSE, Assistant Vice President, Institute Audit, Compliance & Advisement at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1991; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. CHAPTER: Currently serves on the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Previous chapter service includes as Rochester Chapter Vice President and Treasurer. Previous chapter committee service includes the COAP (SUNY Brockport) Advisory Board, World of Accounting (Cochair), Cooperation with Industry (Cochair) and Community Service (Chair) committees.
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ROCKLAND
MITCHELL L. GUSLER, Partner, Rifkin & Company, LLP, Bardonia, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1983; member of the Rockland Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. CHAPTER: Currently serving on the Rockland Chapter Executive Board. Previous Rockland Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer and on the Executive Board. Previous chapter committee service includes the High School Recruitment Committee (Chair).
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SOUTHERN TIER
JESSE J. WHEELER, Partner, Davidson Fox & Company, LLP, Binghamton, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2002; member of the Southern Tier Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. CHAPTER: Currently serving on the Southern Tier Chapter Young CPAs Committee. Previous chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President and Treasurer and the Executive Board. Current chapter committee service includes the Young CPAs Committee.
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STATEN ISLAND
CYNTHIA A. SCARINCI, Professor, College of Staten Island (CUNY), Staten Island, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1990; member of the Staten Island Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Previously served on the Awards Committee. CHAPTER: Current chapter service includes as the Staten Island Chapter Immediate Past President and on the Education Committee (Chair). Previous chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President and Chapter Executive Board (Trustee). Previous chapter committee service includes One-on-One Program.
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SUFFOLK
JOHN SHILLINGSFORD, Partner, Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Company, P.C., Hauppage, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1994; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Previously served on the Strategy Task Force. CHAPTER: Previous Suffolk Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and on the Executive Board. Current chapter committee service includes the Chapter Sponsorship (Cochair) and Chapter Management of an Accounting Practice (Chair) committees. Previous chapter committee service includes the Chapter Sponsorship (Chair), Chapter Nominating (Chair), Chapter Small Business and Chapter Scholarship committees.
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SYRACUSE
HEATHER LOSI, Partner, Losi & Ranger CPAs, PLLC, Liverpool, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2001; member of the Syracuse Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. CHAPTER: Prior Syracuse Chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Vice President and Treasurer and on the Syracuse Chapter and on the Executive Board and the COAP Syracuse Advisory Board (Chair).
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UTICA
ROBERT R. Ritz, Partner, D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP, Rome, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1997; member of the Utica Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Previous committee service includes the Awards Committee. CHAPTER: Currently serving on the Utica Chapter Executive Board. Previous chapter service includes as President, President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer and on the Executive Board. Previous chapter committee service includes the Young CPAs Committee (Chair) and CPE committees and on the COAP Syracuse Advisory Board.
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WESTCHESTER
MARK G. LEEDS, MARK G. LEEDS, CFO, Win Properties Inc., Rye Brook, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1975; member of the Westchester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Currently serving as Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current committee service includes the Real Estate, Chief Financial Officers and Member Benefits committees and the Industry Outreach Task Force and Real Estate Task Force. Prior committee service includes the Hospitality Industry, Financial Executives in Closely Held Companies, Media and Publishing, Membership and Apparel and Textile committees. CHAPTER: Current Westchester Chapter service includes as President. Previous Westchester Chapter service includes as Treasurer and Secretary and on the Executive Board. Previous chapter committee service includes Budget (Chair), Scholarship, Accountants in Industry (Cochair) and Sponsorship committees.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: nonvoting member  

Executive Director
JOANNE S. BARRY, CAE, directs the administrative operations of the NYSSCPA, assisted by a professional staff of approximately 75. She joined the NYSSCPA in 1981 as Assistant Director of Public Relations. Her previous positions include Acting Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, Managing Director, Director of the Communications Division and Director of Public Relations.
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