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| March 15, 2004 | The
Monthly Newspaper of the NYSSCPA |
Vol.
7, No. 5 |
Nominating Committee Biographies
| For President-Elect |
| STEPHEN
F. LANGOWSKI, Partner, KPMG, LLP, New York, New York. Member
of the Society since 1981. Currently serving as a member of the
Audit Committee (Chair), COAP Funding Committee, Legislative Task
Force, Policy Task Force and Political Action Committee. Prior committee
service includes Executive, Finance, Federal Government Contracts
(Chair), and Government Accounting and Auditing (Chair). Previously
served as Vice President and Director of the Board of Directors
and as a representative of the Nassau Chapter Political Action Committee. Top of Page |
| For Vice President |
| PETER
L. BERLANT, Partner, Anchin Blcok & Anchin, LLP, New
York, New York. Member of the Society since 1982. Currently serving
as a member of the Committee Coordinator Advisory Group, Firm Coordinators
Committee and Committee Operations Committee. Prior committee service
includes Future of the Profession Oversight (Chair), Public Relations
(Chair), Cooperation with Financial Media, Awards, Community Affairs,
Cooperation with the Securities Industry, Minority Group Recruitment
and Equal Opportunity, Promoting CPA Careers, Cooperation with Community
Businesses, Cooperation with Bankers and other Credit Grantors (Chair),
Construction Contractors, Publishing and Printing and the Young
CPA’s. Previously served as Society Director. Top of Page |
| For Vice President |
| KATHARINE
K. DORAN, Partner, Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte CPAs
P.C., Albany, New York. Member of the Society since 1982. Currently
serving as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee,
and Selections Subcommittee. Prior committee service includes the
Nominating, Finance, Chapter Relations, and Legislation. Previously
served as President, President-elect, Vice President and Treasurer
of the Northeast Chapter, Chair of the Northeast Chapter Past Presidents,
Trustee of the Foundation for Accounting Education, Director of
the Board of Directors, the Northeast Chapter Board Representative Top of Page |
| For Vice President |
| ANDREW
M. EASSA, Principal, Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa CPA
P.C., Syracuse, New York. Member of the Society since 1976. Currently
serving as member of the Professional Liability Committee (Chair),
the Syracuse Chapter Executive Board, the Syracuse Chapter Public
Relations Committee. Prior committee service includes Executive,
Scholarship Awards, Litigation Services, Legislation, Syracuse Chapter
Public Relations (Chair) and Mediation and Arbitration. Previously
served as President, President-elect and Vice President of the Syracuse
Chapter, and FAE Trustee. Top of Page |
| For Secretary (First one-year term) |
RAYMOND
M. NOWICKI, Managing Partner, Nowicki & Company,
LLP, Buffalo, New York. Member of the Society since 1979. Currently
serving as a member of the a Vice President of the Board of Directors,
Executive Committee, Peer Review Committee, Awards Committee and
Buffalo Chapter Board of Directors Representative. Prior committee
service includes Audit, Nominating, Chapter Relations, Legislation,
Peer Review, Local and Practitioners and Small Firms, Buffalo
Chapter Cooperation with the Bar, Buffalo Chapter Cooperation
with Commercial Grantors, Buffalo Chapter Accounting & Auditing
(Chair) and Buffalo Chapter Government Relations Director. Previously
served as President, President-elect, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Buffalo Chapter. |
| For Treasurer (Second one-year term) |
ARTHUR
BLOOM, Tax Partner, Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP, New
York, New York. Member of the Society since 1972. Currently serving
as a Treasurer of the Board of the Directors, Executive Committee,
Finance Committee (Chair). Prior committee service includes the
Executive, Cooperation with Community Businesses, Health Care,
Real Estate, Finance, Annual Leadership Conference, Taxation of
Individuals, Industry Oversight, Exempt Organizations, Closely
Held and S Corporations (Chair), Computers in Tax Practice, Sales,
Exchanges and Basis, General Committee on Members in Public Practice,
Local Practitioners and Small Firms (Chair) and Estate Planning.
Previously served as Society Director and FAE Trustee. |
| Director-at-Large |
| PHILLIP
E. GOLDSTEIN, Partner, Levitan Yegidis & Goldstein,
LLP, Middletown, New York. Member of the Society since 1991. Currently
serving as a member of the Professional Ethics Committee, Mid-Hudson
Chapter Executive Board, Mid-Hudson Chapter Government Relations
Directors (Co-Chair), and Mid-Hudson Chapter Cooperation with Bankers
and Loan Committee. Prior committee service includes the Mid-Hudson
Membership/Revitalization Committee, Mid-Hudson Chapter Nominating
Committee, Mid-Hudson Chapter Media Representative, Mid-Hudson Chapter
One on One Committee (Chair), Mid-Hudson Chapter Cooperation with
the Bar Committee, and Mid-Hudson Chapter Political Action Committee
Representative. Previously served as President, President Elect
and Vice President of the Mid-Hudson Chapter Officers. Top of Page |
| Director-at-Large |
| DON
A. KIAMIE, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer,
Windsor Management Corporation, Kiamie Properties Management, New
York, New York. Member since 1972. Currently serving as President-elect
of the Westchester Chapter Officers and as a member of the Audit
Committee, Member Benefits Committee, Task Force of Financial Statement
Users, Chief Financial Officers Committee, Real Estate Committee,
Promoting CPA Careers Committee, Westchester COAP Advisory Board
(Co-Chair), Westchester Chapter Budget Committee (Liaison), Westchester
Chapter CPE/CLE./CFP Committee (Liaison), Westchester Chapter Education
and Programming Committee, Westchester Chapter CFO and Senior Financial
Officers Committee, Westchester Chapter Accounting Careers and Education
Committee (Liaison), and Westchester Chapter Business IT and Management
Advisory Committee (Liaison). Prior committee service includes the
Westchester Chapter CFO and Senior Financial Officer (Chair), Real
Estate Committee (Chair), Public Relations, and Promoting CPA Careers
(Chair). Previously served as Secretary of the Westchester Chapters
Officers and the Westchester Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page |
| Director-at-Large |
| HOWARD
B. LORCH, Chief Financial Officer, Ohel Children’s
Home & Family Services, Brooklyn, New York. Member of the Society
since 1976. Currently serving as a member of Industry Oversight
Committee, Construction Contractors Committee (Liaison), Not-for-Profit
Organizations Committee, Chief Financial Officers Committee, and
Health Care Committee. Prior committee service includes SEC Practice,
Computers in Tax Practice, Tax Accounting Problems and Interim Financial
Statements. Top of Page |
| Director-at-Large |
| C.
DANIEL STUBBS, JR., Director, Prudential Insurance Company
of America, Newark, New Jersey. Member of the Society since 1980.
Currently serving as a member of the COAP Advisory Board and the
COAP Pace Advisory Board (Chair). Prior committee service includes
the Financing and Leasing Companies, Minority Group Recruitment
and Equal Opportunity and Real Estate. Top of Page |
| Director-at-Large |
| EDWARD
J. TORRES, Own Account, Forest Hills, New York. Member
of the Society since 1992. Currently serving as a member of the
Professional Ethics Committee. Prior committee service includes
Public Schools, Leadership Academy, Small Firms Practice Management,
Tax Practice Management, Government Relations Director, Queens Chapter
Continuing Professional Education, Queens Chapter Budget, Nassau
Chapter Government Relations Directors, Nassau Chapter Young CPAs
(Chair), Nassau Chapter State and Local Taxation, and Nassau Chapter
Federal Taxation. Previously served as a Society Director and President
of the Queens Chapter. Top of Page |
| Directors as Chapter Representatives |
| DEBORAH
L. BAILEY-BROWNE, Partner, Vanacore DeBenedictus DiGovanni
& Weddell, LLP, Newburgh, New York. Member of the Society since
1991. Currently serving as Mid-Hudson Chapter President. Prior committee
service includes the Leadership Academy, Mid-Hudson Chapter Government
Relations Directors Committee, Mid-Hudson Chapter Membership/Revitalization
Committee, and Mid-Hudson Chapter Media Representative. Previously
served as President-elect, Vice President and Treasurer of the Mid-Hudson
Chapter Officers. Top of Page |
| ANTHONY
G. DUFFY, Partner, Dorfman-Robbie, P.C., Albany, New York.
Member of the Society since 1984. Currently serving as a member
of the Northeast Chapter Executive Board, Northeast Chapter Meetings
Coordinator Committee (Chair), and the Northeast Chapter Membership
Committee (Chair). Top of Page |
| THOMAS
P. CASEY, Own Account, Casey & Cunningham. Member of
the Society since 1972. Currently serving as President of the Queens
Chapter Officers and as a member of the Awards Committee, and Political
Action Committee. Prior committee service includes the Government
Relations Director. Previously served as President-elect and Vice
President of the Queens Chapter Officers. Top of Page |
| DAVID
EVANGELISTA, Partner, Korn Rosenbaum Phillips & Jauntig,
LLP, Pomona, New York. Member of the Society since 1988. Currently
serving as a Director of the Board of Directors and as a member
of the Political Action Committee, Rockland Chapter Government Relations
Directors (Co-Chair), and Rockland Chapter Golf Outing Committee
(Co-Chair). Prior committee service includes Finance, Public Schools,
Rockland Chapter Furtherance/Nominating (Co-Chair), Mid Hudson Chapter
Accounting and Careers, and Mid-Hudson Chapter Not-for-Profit/Government
Committee. Previously served as President of the Rockland Chapter
Officers, Treasurer of the Mid-Hudson Chapter Officers and the Mid-Hudson
Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page |
| JOHN
J. LAUCHERT, JR., Chief Financial Officer, Data Ventures,
Inc., Rome, New York. Member of the Society since 1981. Currently
serving as a member of the Hospitality Industry Committee (Liaison),
Chief Financial Officers Committee, and Industry Oversight Committee.
Prior committee service includes the Not-for-Profit (Liaison), Membership,
and the Financial Executives in Closely Held Companies, and The
Buffalo Chapter Members in Industry & Commerce (Chair). Previously
served as Assistant Treasurer of the Buffalo Chapter Officers and
the Buffalo Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page |
