Official 2009–2010 Nominating Committee Report

January 8, 2009

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS:

The Nominating Committee, elected in accordance with Article IX of the Bylaws, is pleased to enter the following nominations for Officers and Directors:

OFFICERS: to hold office for one year from June 1, 2009:

President
David J. Moynihan, Testone Marshall & Discenza,CPAs LLP, automatically succeeds Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, as President, in accordance with Article VIII, Paragraph 5, of the Bylaws.
President-Elect
Margaret A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP
to succeed David J. Moynihan, 
Testone Marshall & Discenza, CPAs LLP
Vice Presidents
Elliot A. Lesser
Berdon LLP
to succeed Barbara S. Dwyer
Own Account
Mark L. Meinberg
Feldman, Meinberg & Co. LLP
to succeed Joseph M. Falbo, Jr.
Tronconi Segarra & Associates, LLP
C. Daniel Stubbs, Jr.
Rutgers University
to succeed Elliot L. Hendler
Friedman LLP
Liren Wei
Wei, Wei & Co., LLP
to succeed Margaret A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP
Secretary/Treasurer
Joseph M. Falbo, Jr.
Tronconi Segarra & Associates, LLP 
to succeed Richard E. Piluso
Retired

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: to hold office for three years from June 1, 2009, except as noted below:

Ian J. Benjamin 
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
to succeed Kevin Leifer
Ernst & Young LLP
Robert Kawa
Own Account
to succeed Anthony J. Maltese
The Maltese CPA Firm, PLLC

[Mr. Maltese was elected to fill the remainder of the three-year term of Ms. Wood, who was elected Vice President in 2008.]

Anthony J. Maltese
The Maltese CPA Firm, PLLC
to succeed Mark L. Meinberg
Feldman, Meinberg & Co. LLP
Erin Scanlon 
Deloitte & Touche LLP
to succeed

Robert A. Pryba Jr.
Pryba, Tobin & Company, P.C.

George I. Victor
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
to succeed Liren Wei
Wei, Wei & Co., LLP

DIRECTORS AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES: to hold office for three years from June 1, 2009:

Buffalo:
Sherry L. DelleBovi 
Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
to succeed

Edward L. Arcara
Own Account

Manhattan/Bronx
Barbara A. Marino
The Hackett Group
to succeed Judith I. Seidman
Friedman LLP
Southern Tier:
Jesse J. Wheeler 
Davidson Fox & Company, LLP
to succeed Scott Hotalen
Vieira & Associates, CPAs, P.C.
Syracuse:
Heather Losi 
Losi & Ranger CPAs, PLLC
to succeed Lauren L. Kincaid
Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, P.C.
Westchester:
Mark G. Leeds 
Win Properties Inc.
to succeed Elliot A. Lesser
Berdon LLP

All of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.

Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, retiring President, automatically becomes Director for one year, replacing David A. Lifson, Hays & Company LLP, in accordance with Article VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.

DIRECTORS (provided the above nominees are duly elected)

Terms expiring in 2010:
Scott M. Adair, Monroe County Department of Finance
Susan M. Barossi, O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP
Thomas Boyd, Retired
Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Joseph M. Falbo, Jr., Tronconi Segarra & Associates, LLP 
Robert L. Goecks, Eisner LLP
David R. Herman, Own Account
Martha A. Jaeckle, Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter
Suzanne M. Jensen, NYAHSA
Gail M. Kinsella, Testone Marshall & Discenza, CPAs LLP
Elliot A. Lesser, Berdon LLP
Mark L. Meinberg, Feldman, Meinberg & Co. LLP 
Ita M. Rahilly, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
C. Daniel Stubbs Jr., Rutgers University
Thomas M. VanHatten, Barone, Howard & Co., CPAs P.C.
Liren Wei, Wei, Wei & Co., LLP

Terms expiring in 2011:
John Barone, Weiser LLP 
Cynthia D. Barry, Sheehan & Company CPAs P.C..
S. David Belsky, S.D. Belsky & Associates CPAs
Anthony Cassella, Croscill Inc.
John B. Huttlinger, Jr., Adirondack Audit Company Inc.
Nancy A. Kirby, Action for a Better Community, Inc.
J. Michael Kirkland, Deutsche Bank AG
David J. Moynihan, Testone Marshall & Discenza, CPAs LLP
Avery E. Neumark, Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP
Joel C. Quall, Knight Capital Group Inc. 
Charles J. Weintraub, Miller's Launch

Terms expiring in 2012:
Ian J. Benjamin, McGladrey & Pullen LLP 
Sherry L. DelleBovi, Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Robert Kawa, Own Account
Mark G. Leeds, Win Properties Inc.
Heather Losi, Losi & Ranger CPAs PLLC 
Anthony J. Maltese, The Maltese CPA Firm, PLLC
Barbara A. Marino, The Hackett Group
Erin Scanlon, Deloitte & Touche LLP
George I. Victor, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP 
Jesse J. Wheeler, Davidson Fox & Company, LLP
Margaret A. Wood, Grant Thornton LLP

Respectfully submitted,
2008–2009 Nominating Committee
Neville Grusd, Chair 
Robert H. Colson 
Rosemarie A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel 
Ronald B. Hegt 
Stuart Kessler 
Gail M. Kinsella 
Howard B. Lorch 
Beatrix G. McKane 
Richard E. Piluso 
Thomas E. Riley 
Robert E. Sohr