In October 2024, the NYSSCPA Board of Directors will submit the names of four individuals to the AICPA’s Nominations Committee, which nominates members for election to the AICPA Council. Those nominees, once duly elected, will each serve three-year terms, beginning May 2025, on the approximately 265-person governing council. In addition, one person will be designated by the Society to serve a one-year term as its representative to the council, also beginning May 2025.
While day-to-day governance of the AICPA is handled by the AICPA’s 23-person board of directors, the AICPA Council is the final sounding board for AICPA initiatives. The council meets twice a year in various locations around the country. Each council meeting lasts for two-and-a-half days. In addition, it holds one-day regional meetings in the spring of each year, one typically being in New York City.
In addition to attending these AICPA Council meetings, being an AICPA Council member involves about one day of preparation time for each meeting, and anywhere from a half day to a day per month to keep abreast of professional issues, participate in electronic conferences and meetings, and attend one or more dinners with the NYSSCPA Board of Directors to discuss the profession’s important issues and the council’s activities. It is fun, professionally fulfilling work that can be very satisfying.
Eligibility requirements
Pursuant to the NYSSCPA Board’s Standing Rules, one of the NYSSCPA-nominated council positions is reserved each year for the Society’s president-elect. Otherwise, to be considered by the NYSSCPA Board of Directors, a candidate must—
- be a member of the NYSSCPA;
- be a member of the AICPA;
- submit to the Board Selections Subcommittee a résumé and a written statement of what he or she intends to bring to the council;
- currently live or work in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut;
- have been active in the NYSSCPA, either at the chapter level or with a statewide committee or both; and
- not be a current member of the NYSSCPA Board of Directors, unless the candidate is in his or her final year of Board service.
Express your interest by June 3
If you or a colleague is interested in serving on the AICPA Council, please email the following information to the Society’s president-elect and chair of the Board’s Selections Subcommittee, at presidentelect@nysscpa.org by 5 p.m. (EDT), June 1, 2023:
- A résumé that meets the above eligibility requirements; and
- An answer to the question: What is it that I would bring to the council?
You can find the NYSSCPA Board’s standing rules that govern the AICPA Council nomination process here.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact General Counsel Timothy Twofoot Boulette at ttwofootboulette@nysscpa.org.