2005 - 2006 Nominees

2005 - 2006 Nominees

For President-Elect
THOMAS E. RILEY, Principal, Fagliarone Group CPAs P.C., Syracuse, New York. Member of the Society since 1982. Currently serving as a member of the Membership Committee (Chair), COAP Fundraising Committee, Estate Planning Committee, Political Action Committee (Chapter Delegate) and on the Syracuse Chapter Executive Board. Prior committee service includes the Membership Committee (Vice Chair), Firm Coordinators Committee, Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Finance Committee, Chapter Relations Committee, New York, Multistate and Local Taxation Committee, Public Relations Committee, Chapter Operations Committee, Legislation Committee, Community Affairs Committee and the Syracuse Chapter Public Relations Committee. Previously served as Secretary and Vice President and on the Board of Directors and FAE Board of Trustees and as President, President-Elect, Vice President and Executive Board Member of the Syracuse Chapter. Top of Page

For Vice President
VICTOR S. RICH, Senior Partner, McGladrey & Pullen LLP, New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1966. Currently serving as a member of the Future of the Profession Oversight Committee and Large- and Medium-Sized Firms Practice Management Committee (Vice Chair). Prior committee service includes the COAP Fundraising Committee, Furtherance Committee (Chair), Managing Partners Committee, Public Relations Committee (Chair), Membership Committee (Chair), Management of an Accounting Practice Committee (Chair), Accounting and Auditing Services Practice Management Committee, Consulting Practice Management Committee, Small Firm Practice Management Committee, Tax Practice Management Committee, Medium-Sized Firms Committee, Domestic Relations Committee, Partnerships and LLCs Committee, Professional Ethics Committee, Firm Coordinators Committee, Awards Committee, Members in Public Practice Committee (Chair), Continuity of Practice Committee (Chair), Local Practitioners Committee (Chair), and Advisory Committee on Appointments. Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors, FAE Board of Trustees, American Institute of CPAs’ Council, Task Force on Specialization and CPA Firms Management Council. Top of Page

For Vice President
SUSAN R. SCHOENFELD, Principal and Associate Fiduciary Counsel, Bessemer Trust, New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1989. Currently serving as a member of the Tax Division Oversight Committee (Vice Chair), Committee on Committee Operations and Estate Planning Committee (Liaison). Prior committee service includes the Estate Planning Committee (Chair), Entertainment and Sports Committee and the Westchester Chapter Furtherance Committee (Chair and Liaison), Westchester Chapter Annual Installation Dance Committee (Chair and Liaison), Westchester Chapter Membership Committee (Chair and Liaison), Westchester Chapter Estate Planning Committee (Chair), Westchester Chapter Budget Committee (Liaison), Westchester Chapter Education and Programming Committee, Westchester Chapter Newsletter Committee (Liaison), Westchester Chapter Public Relations Committee (Liaison) and Westchester Chapter CPE/CLE/CFP Committee. Previously served as President, President-Elect and Executive Board Member of the Westchester Chapter. Top of Page

For Vice President
STEPHEN P. VALENTI, Stephen P. Valenti, CPA, Plainview, New York. Member of the Society since 1983. Currently serving on the Quality Enhancement Policy Committee, Consolidated Returns, Affiliated and Related Corps Committee (Liaison), Mergers and Acquisitions Committee (Liaison), Higher Education Committee and Tax Division Oversight Committee. Prior committee service includes the Awards Committee, Committee Operations Committee, Tax Division Oversight Committee (Chair), New York, Multistate and Local Taxation Committee (Liaison), Personal Financial Planning Committee, Higher Education Committee (Chair), Emerging Technologies Committee, Employee Benefits Committee, Interactive Online Resource Committee (Chair), Closely Held and S Corporations Committee (Chair), Relations with the IRS Committee, Computers in Tax Practice Committee (Chair), Task Force on Specialization, Cooperation with Financial Media Committee, Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Taxation of Individuals Committee (Chair) and the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Bankers and Other Creditors Committee. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Top of Page

For Secretary
RAYMOND M. NOWICKI, Managing Partner, Nowicki & Company LLP, Buffalo, New York. Member of the Society since 1979. Currently serving as Secretary, on the Board of Directors and as a member of the Executive Committee, Committee Operations Committee (Chair), Governance Subcommittee and Peer Review Committee. Prior committee service includes the Awards Committee, Incoming Board Designees Committee, Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Nominating Committee, Chapter Relations Committee, Legislation Committee, Local Practitioners and Small Firms Committee and the Buffalo Chapter Government Relations Directors Committee, Buffalo Chapter Executive Board, Buffalo Chapter Past Presidents Committee, Buffalo Chapter Officers Committee, Buffalo Chapter Cooperation with the Bar Committee, Buffalo Chapter Cooperation with Commercial Grantors Committee and Buffalo Chapter Accounting and Auditing Committee (Chair). Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors and as President, President-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer of the Buffalo Chapter and on the Buffalo Chapter Board of Directors. Top of Page

For Treasurer
NEVILLE GRUSD, Executive Vice President, Merchant Factors Corporation, New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1979. Currently serving on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Governance Subcommittee and Financial Statement Users Task Force (Chair). Prior committee service includes the Nominating Committee, Finance Committee, Chief Financial Officers Committee (Liaison), Professional Liability Insurance Committee, Committee Operations Committee, Industry Oversight Committee (Chair), Financing and Leasing Companies Committee, Consulting Services Oversight Committee (Chair), Emerging Technologies Committee, Management Tools and Techniques Committee (Chair), Cooperation with Commercial Credit Grantors Committee and the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Bankers and Other Creditors Committee. Previously served on the Board of Directors. Top of Page

Director-at-Large (for three-year terms)
DEBBIE A. CUTLER, Partner, Kramer Love & Cutler LLP, New York, New York. Member of the Society since 1987. Currently serving on the Committee Operations Committee and Professional Ethics Committee. Previous committee service includes the Nominating Committee, Accounting and Auditing Oversight Committee, Accounting and Review Services Committee (Chair) and Litigation Services Committee. Top of Page

Director-at-Large
JOSEPH M. FALBO, JR., Partner, Swiantek & Falbo LLP, Niagara Falls, New York. Member of the Society since 1994. Currently serving as Buffalo Chapter President and Chapter Delegate, CPA PAC. Prior committee service includes the Information Technology Committee (Chair), Computers in Tax Practice Committee, and the Buffalo Chapter Membership Committee (Chair), Buffalo Chapter Young CPAs Committee and Buffalo Chapter Technology Committee (Chair). Previously served as President-Elect and Vice President of the Buffalo Chapter and on the Buffalo Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page

Director-at-Large
BEATRIX G. MCKANE, Partner in Charge of the Not-for-Profit Practice, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP, Melville, New York. Member of the Society since 1989. Currently serving on the Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee, the Nassau Chapter Medical and Other Professionals Committee and the Suffolk Chapter Not-for-Profit Committee. Prior committee service includes the Exempt Organizations Committee, Health Care Committee, Nominating Committee and the Suffolk Chapter Not-for-Profit Committee (Chair). Previously served as President, President-Elect and Treasurer of the Suffolk Chapter and on the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page

Director-at-Large
IAN M. NELSON, Sole Proprietor, Ian M. Nelson, CPA, West Orange, New Jersey. Member of the Society since 1983. Currently serving on the Professional Ethics Committee, Tax Division Oversight Committee and Political Action Committee. Prior service includes the Industry Oversight Committee (Liaison), Tax Division Oversight Committee (Liaison), Future of the Profession Committee (Liaison), Accounting and Auditing Oversight Committee (Liaison), Awards Committee, Committee on Committee Operations, Consulting Services Oversight Committee (Chair), Political Action Committee (Secretary), Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Management Tools and Techniques Committee, Annual Leadership Conference Committee, Alternative Tax Systems Task Force, as a Government Relations Director, on the Estate Planning Committee, Professional Service Corporations Committee and COAP Fundraising Committee. Previously served as Vice President and on the Board of Directors. Top of Page

Director-at-Large
JASON M. PALMER, President, Palmer Computer Services Inc., Huntington, New York. Member of the Society since 1988. Currently serving on the Consulting Services Oversight Committee (Vice Chair), Public Relations Committee and Information Technology Committee. Prior committee service includes the Information Technology Committee (Chair), Interactive Online Resource Committee (Chair), Young CPAs Committee and Emerging Technologies Committee. Top of Page

Directors as Chapter Representatives
MYRNA L. FISCHMAN, Professor of Accounting, Taxation and Law and Advisor to the Accounting Society, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York. Member of the Society since 1987. Currently serving as member of the Brooklyn Chapter Executive Board, COAP LIU Advisory Board, Public Relations Committee, Political Action Committee, Higher Education Committee and Furtherance Committee. Prior committee service includes the Nominating Committee, Higher Education Committee (Chair), Membership Committee, Cooperation with Financial Media Committee, FAE Scholarship Awards Committee, Public Relations Committee, Membership Task Force, Promoting CPA Careers Committee, Education in Colleges and Universities Committee, Internal Auditors Committee and as a Brooklyn Chapter PAC Representative. Previously served as President of the Brooklyn Chapter. Top of Page

DANIEL M. FORDHAM, Partner, Martindale Keysor & Co., PLLC, Plattsburgh, New York. Member of the Society since 1988. Currently serving on the Adirondack Chapter Executive Board (Immediate Past President). Prior committee service includes the Adirondack Steering Committee and as Chapter Media Representative. Previously served as President, President-Elect, and Vice President of the Adirondack Chapter. Top of Page

ROBERT T. QUARTE, Partner, Albrecht Viggiano Zureck & Company, Hauppauge, New York. Member of the Society since 1986. Currently serving as President of the Suffolk Chapter and as a member of the Awards Committee, Peer Review Committee, SEC Practice Committee and the Suffolk Chapter Golf Outing Committee (Cochair). Prior committee service includes the Suffolk Chapter Emerging Technology/Management Committee (Cochair) and the Suffolk Chapter Management of Accounting Practice Committee. Previously served as President-Elect, Vice President and Treasurer of the Suffolk Chapter and on the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page

ANTHONY J. TANZI, Partner, Del Ray & Company, CPAs LLP, Staten Island, New York. Member of the Society since 1991. Currently serving as President of the Staten Island Chapter. Prior committee service includes the Staten Island Chapter Accounting and Auditing Principles and Procedures Committee. Previously served as President-Elect and Treasurer of the Staten Island Chapter Officers Committee and on the Staten Island Chapter Executive Board. Top of Page

ELLEN L. WILLIAMS, Federal Income Tax Manager, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York. Member of the Society since 1990. Currently serving as a member of the Political Action Committee and the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Prior committee service includes the Government Relations Committee (Director), Political Action Committee and as a Rochester Chapter PAC Representative, Rochester Chapter Newsletter Editor, Rochester Chapter Government Relations Director and on the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Previously served as President, President-Elect and Secretary of the Rochester Chapter. Top of Page

RICHARD ZERAH, President, Zerah & Company CPAs P.C., Levittown, New York. Member of the Society since 1983. Currently serving on the Nassau Chapter Executive Board (Immediate Past President) and Nassau Chapter Furtherance Committee (Chair). Prior committee service includes the Nassau Chapter Estate and Personal Financial Planning Committee (Chair), Nassau Chapter General Meetings and Memberships Committee (Chair) and Nassau Chapter Membership Committee (Chair). Previously served as President, President-Elect, Vice President and Treasurer of the Nassau Chapter. Top of Page