Official 2011–2012 Nominating Committee Report

January 20, 2012

The 2011–2012 Nominating Committee has submitted the following report:

OFFICERS: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2012:

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: to hold office for three years, beginning, June 1, 2012:

DIRECTORS AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES: to hold office for three years, from June 1, 2012:

All of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.

Richard E. Piluso automatically becomes Director for one year as Immediate Past President in accordance with Article VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.

DIRECTORS (provided the above nominees are duly elected)

Terms expiring in 2013:
Scott M. Adair, Monroe County Department of Finance
Robert W. Berliner, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Sherry L. DelleBovi, Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
David Evangelista, MSPC Certified Public Accountants & Advisors, P.C.
Adrian P. Fitzsimons, St. John’s University
Stephen E. Franciosa, Stephen E. Franciosa, CPA
Jennifer R. George, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
Rosemarie A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel, Rosemarie Giovinazzo-Barnickel, CPA
Mitchell L. Gusler, Rifkin & Company, LLP
Suzanne M. Jensen, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. 
Pei-Cen Lin 
Anthony J. Maltese, The Maltese CPA Firm PLLC 
Richard E. Piluso, Retired
Robert R. Ritz, D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP
Robert E. Sohr, Retired
F. Michael Zovistoski, UHY LLP

Terms expiring in 2014:
Shari E. Berk, S.E. Berk & Associates P.A.
Domenick J. Esposito, J.H. Cohn LLP
Timothy P. Hedley, KPMG LLP
Douglas L. Hoffman, Dragon Benware Crowley & Co., P.C.
Gail M. Kinsella, Testone, Marshall  & Discenza, LLP
Eric M. Kramer, Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Elliot A. Lesser, Berdon LLP
Steven M. Morse, Rochester Institute of Technology
Michael F. Rosenblatt, The Quest Organization
Cynthia A. Scarinci, College of Staten Island (CUNY)
John Shillingsford, Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Company, P.C.

Terms expiring in 2015:
Anthony T. Abboud, Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, P.C.
William Aiken, Retired 
Gregory J. Altman, Somerset Capital Partners 
Barbara E. Bel, O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP 
Christopher G. Cahill, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Harold L. Deiters, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
Scott M. Hotalen, Vieira & Associates, CPAs, P.C.
J. Michael Kirkland, Deutsche Bank AG 
Arthur J. Roth, Retired
Yen D. Tran, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Richard T. Van Osten, Ernst & Young LLP

Respectfully submitted,

2011–2012 Nominating Committee

• Joseph M. Falbo, Jr., Chair
• Cynthia D. Barry
• Ian J. Benjamin
• Stewart Berger
• Kenneth K. Chan
• Barry F. Doll
• Kenneth J. Gralak
• Stephen F. Langowski
• Barbara A. Marino
• Rita M. Piazza
• Charles J. Weintraub

The Nominating Committee’s official report will be reprinted in the February issue of The Trusted Professional.  In addition, a detail of committee and chapter service by each nominee will be posted to the Society website, printed in the February issue of The Trusted Professional and accompany the proxy ballot to be sent to the membership before the Annual Election Dinner.  Any additional nominees submitted by close of business March 1 as discussed below, will be included in the proxy ballot.

Independent Nominations

According to Article X of the Society’s bylaws, independent nominations for an officer or elected director may be made by petition filed with the secretary by close of business March 1, 2012. 
See, www.nysscpa.org/about/about-nysscpa/governance/board-of-directors/bod-documents/bylaws.

Any petition submitting names of additional nominees requires signatures of at least 511 CPA members (2% of the CPA membership as of the beginning of the fiscal year, which this year totaled 25,546), other than that of the nominee, and must certify that the nominee has consented to serve if elected. To be eligible for the position of a Society officer or director, a nominee must (i) be a CPA member; (ii) have at least five years’continuous membership in the Society; and (iii) have at least two years of participation either on a Society-level committee, or as a member of the board of a chapter, or some combination of both.

Independent nomination petition forms may be downloaded by clicking here and should be sent to the NYSSCPA Secretary as follows:

Scott M. Adair, CPA
NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer
NYSSCPA
3 Park Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Petitions must be received by close of business March 1.

Date and Location of Annual Election Dinner

The officers and directors for 2012-2013 will be elected during the 115th Annual Election Meeting Dinner on Thursday, May 10, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.  Official notice of the meeting will be included in the April issue of The Trusted Professional.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to contact the NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer Scott M. Adair at secretarytreasurer@nysscpa.org or the Society's associate counsel, Bradley M. Pryba, at bpryba@nysscpa.org