Society Presents New 1998-99 Committee Chairs

The NYSSCPA committees provide members with forums to exchange ideas and have an impact on proposed standards, regulations and legislation, and other professional issues. Committees also play an integral role in sponsoring various educational, public service, and networking events, and members represent all segments of the profession­industry, education, government, and local, national, and international public accounting firms. New Chairs for the 1998-99 committee year are:

Accounting & Auditing, General Committee on

Joseph M. Sciacca

Gabriel & Sciacca CPAs

Accounting and Auditing Services Practice Management

Janet LaBarbera

Perelson Weiner

Advertising

Michael P. Bronstein

Loews Corproation

Advancement of Women in the Accounting Profession

Diane L. Womack

Margolin Winer & Evens LLP

Annual Conference and Awards

Barry B. Seidel

Marks Shron & Co. LLP

Apparel & Textile

Ira Steven Balsam

American Express Tax and Business Services of NY

Audit

Frank J. Aquilino

Montclair State University

Audit Sampling and Analytical Techniques

Robin Ann Bernzweig

Cornick Garber & Sandler LLP

Auditing Standards and Procedures

Vincent J. Love

Kramer & Love

Banking

Kenneth W. Bosin

C.I.B.C. Oppenheimer Corp.

Bankruptcy & Financial Reorganizations

William K. Lenhart

BDO Seidman LLP

Chapter Relations

P. Gerard Sokolski

Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP

COAP Advisory Board

Patricia Adams
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Committee Operations

Carol C. Lapidus

American Express Tax and Business Services of NY

Computers in Tax Practice

Philip M. Sultan

Own Account

Consolidated Returns, Affiliated & Related Corporations

Alfred Grillo

Brooklyn Union Gas Co.

Continuity of Practice

Joseph Harary

Own Account

Emerging Technologies

Eric E. Cohen

Cohen Computer Consulting

Employee Benefits

Michael D. Schulman

Schulman & Co.

Entertainment & Sports

Andrew B. Blackman

Shapiro & Lobel LLP

Estate Planning

Alan David Kahn

The AJK Financial Group

Exempt Organizations

Marie Arrigo

Richard A. Eisner & Co. LLP

Finance

Sharon Sabba Fierstein

PW Funding Inc.

Financial Media,
Cooperation with

Julie Lynn Floch

Richard A. Eisner & Co. LLP

Furtherance

Philip Wolitzer

Long Island University

Government Accounting & Auditing

Gregory D'Allesandro

Own Account

Interactive Online Resource

Jason Mannis Palmer

Palmer Computer Services Inc.

Interactive Online Resource

Mark A. Plostock

Own Account

International Operations

Alan David Alzfan

American Express Tax and Business Services of NY

International Taxation

Lawrence Shoenthal

Lopez Edwards Frank & Co. LLP

Management of an
Accounting Practice

Neil A. Gibgot

Gibgot Willenbacher & Co.

Management Consulting Services, General Committee

Peter H. Frank

Frank & Zimmerman & Co. LLP

Members in Public Practice, General Committee

Philip A. Zimmerman

Paneth Haber & Zimmerman LLP (retired)

New York State, Municipal & Local Taxation

Barry M. Horowitz

Eisner & Lubin LLP

Not-for-Profit Organizations

Michael L. McNee

Paneth Haber & Zimmerman LLP

Peer Review Committee

Henry J. Krostich

Krostich & Krostich CPAs

Personal Financial Planning

Alan J. Straus

Own Account

Professional Ethics

Allen L. Fetterman

Loeb & Troper

Public Relations, General Committee

Robert J. Eckhardt

Robert J. Eckhardt & Co. PC

Public Schools

Thomas Jay Lauffer

Raymond F. Wager, CPA

Relations with Internal Revenue Service

James E. Brennan

Ernst & Young LLP

Taxation of Individuals

Alex Salomon

Salomon & Co. CPAs PC

Arbitration & Mediation

Mitchell R. Tanner

Own Account

Interstate Taxation

Nicholas Nesi

BDO Seidman LLP

Publishing & Printing

John A. Rohan, Jr.

Hearst Magazines

Scholarship Awards

Kathleen G. Brown