Nominee Biographies 2022

LYNNE M. FUENTES, Managing Partner, Fuentes & Angel, CPAs, LLC, Jericho, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2004; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current President-elect on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current President-elect of the Executive Committee. Current member of The Moynihan Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees. Current member of the Finance Committee. Current Chair of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Audit Committee. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Past Nassau Chapter President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Past President of the Nassau Chapter Executive Board. Past member of the Nassau Chapter Executive Board. Past Chair of the Nassau Chapter Newsletter Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Nassau Chapter Newsletter and Sponsorship committees. Past member of the Nassau Chapter Newsletter and Sponsorship committees.

LIREN WEI, Managing Partner, Wei, Wei & Co., LLP, Flushing, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1994; member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Board of Directors. Past Director-at-Large and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the Government Accounting and Auditing, Quality Control and Peer Review, SEC, and Stock Brokerage committees. Past Chair and Vice Chair of the Quality Control and Peer Review Committee. Past member of the Audit, Awards, Government Accounting and Auditing, Nominating; Quality Control and Peer Review, Quality Enhancement Policy, SEC, and Stock Brokerage committees. Past member of the NYSSCPA/FAE Affiliation and QEPC Peer Review White Paper Applications task forces. CHAPTER: Past Queens/Brooklyn Chapter President and President-elect. Current member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Executive Board. Past Chair of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter MAP Committee.

ORUMÉ A. HAYS, Founder and Managing Director, Hays CPA LLC New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2007; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the Closely Held and S Corporations; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Family Office; Finance; Financial Accounting Standards; International Taxation; Not-for-Profit Organizations; Partnerships and LLCs; Personal Financial Planning; Small Firms Practice Management; and Taxation of Individuals committees. Past Chair and Vice Chair of the Small Firms Practice Management Committee. Past member of the Nominating Committee. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past Chair of the Strategic Planning Task Force. CHAPTER: Current Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President. Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President-elect. Past member of the Staten Island Chapter Executive Board. Current member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Promoting CPA Careers Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Staten Island Chapter Public Relations Committee. Past member of the Staten Island Chapter Hall of Fame Committee.

WILLIAM C. HUETHER, Principal, Sheehan & Company, CPA, PC, Brightwaters, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2010; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the NextGen and International Accounting and Auditing committees. Past member of the Cannabis Industry, International Accounting and Auditing, and NextGen committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the CPA Evolution Task Force. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Current Suffolk Chapter President. Past Suffolk Chapter President-elect, Vice President, and Treasurer. Past member of the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board. Current Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Public Relations Committee. Current Co-Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Membership Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Membership and NextGen committees.

ALEXANDER RESNICK, Partner, Wild, Maney & Resnick, LLP, Woodbury, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1996; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. CHAPTER: Past Nassau Chapter President, President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Immediate Past President of the Nassau Chapter Executive Board. Past member of the Nassau Chapter Executive Board. Past Co-Chair of the Nassau Chapter Small Practice Unit MAP Committee.

BARBARA A. MARINO, Director, The Hackett Group, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1992; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Vice President, Director-at-Large, and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Past member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Current member of the CPA Careers, FAE Curriculum, and FAE Performance committees. Past member of the Audit, Awards, FAE Scholarship, Finance, and Nominating committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President, President-elect, and Vice President. Current member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Current member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Promoting CPA Careers and Scholarship committees. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Cooperation with Bankers and Other Grantors and Nominating committees.

STEVEN M. MORSE, Principal, The Bonadio Group, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1991; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director-at-Large and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past Secretary and member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Past member of the Nominating Committee. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Current member of Membership Task Force. CHAPTER: Past Rochester Chapter Vice President and Treasurer. Current Member of the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Past Co-Chair of the Rochester Chapter Cooperation with Industry Committee. Past Chair of Rochester Chapter Community Service Committee. Current member of the Rochester Chapter Executive Board. Past member of the COAP Rochester Advisory Board.

Secretary/Treasurer
TIMOTHY J. HAMMOND, Principal, The Bonadio Group, Syracuse, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2010; member of the Syracuse Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Vice President and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President and member of the Executive Committee. Current Trustee of CPA PAC. Current member of the Exempt Organizations and Not-for-Profit Organizations committees. Past member of the Accounting and Auditing Oversight, Exempt Organizations, NextGen, Not-for-Profit Organizations, and Tax Division Oversight committees. Past Chair and member of the Governance Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Past Syracuse Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Past Chair, Vice Chair, and member of the Syracuse Chapter NextGen Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Syracuse Chapter Public Relations Committee. Past member of the Syracuse Chapter Budget Committee.

MARK L. FARBER, Sole Practitioner, Mark L. Farber CPA PC, New York, NY. Member of the Society since 1986; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Banking, International Taxation, and Taxation of Financial Instruments and Transactions committees. Past member of the Banking, Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganizations, International Taxation, Personal Financial Planning, and Taxation of Financial Instruments and Transactions committees. CHAPTER: Current member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Cooperation with Bankers and Other Credit Grantors Committee.

KEVIN MATZ, Senior Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1993; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Secretary/Treasurer and Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current Vice President of the Executive Committee. Past member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Past President, President-elect, and Secretary/Treasurer of the FAE Board of Trustees. Past Secretary/Treasurer of The Moynihan Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees. Current Chair of the FAE Curriculum Committee. Current Chair of the Trust and Estate Administration Committee. Current member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Estate Planning; Family Office; International Taxation; New York, Multistate and Local Taxation; Private Equity and Venture Capital; Professional Liability Insurance; Taxation of Individuals; Tax Division Oversight; and Trust and Estate Administration committees. Current member of the Moynihan Scholarship Fund Fundraising Committee. Past Chair and Vice Chair of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports and Estate Planning committees. Past member of the Finance, FAE Governance, FAE Performance, Finance, Industry Oversight, Investment Management, and Nominating committees. Past member of the Rapid Response Subcommittee (TDOC). Past member of the Chapter and Legislative task forces.

WILLIAM F. SCHWENK, Audit Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2010; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Banking Committee. Past member of the Banking Committee.

JOHN M. SPATOLA, Director, Nawrocki Smith LLP, Hauppauge, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2010; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past member of the Nominating Committee. CHAPTER: Current Suffolk Chapter President-elect. Past Suffolk Chapter Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Past member of the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board. Current Co-Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Forensic and Valuation Services and Membership committees. Past Co-Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Forensic and Valuation Services Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Nassau Chapter Litigation and Forensic Services Committee.

MICHAEL R. DURANT, Senior Tax Accountant, Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, New York, N.Y. Member of Society since 2011; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Finance, NextGen, and Trust and Estate Administration committees. Past Chair and Co-Chair of the NextGen Committee. Past member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Finance; NextGen; Taxation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Business Transactions; and Trust and Estate Administration committees. Current member of the Legislative Task Force. Past member of the Strategic Planning Task Force. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Past Co-Chair of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter NextGen Committee. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter NextGen Committee.

QUEENS/BROOKLYN
MARK M. ULRICH, Assistant Professor, CUNY Queensborough Community College, Bayside, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2007; member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past Director-at-Large and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Current member of the Awards and Future of Accounting Education committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Current member of Membership Task Force. Past member of the CPA Exam Practice Analysis and Membership task forces. Past member of the COAP Statewide Advisory Board. CHAPTER: Current Queens/Brooklyn Chapter President. Past Queens/Brooklyn Chapter President, President-elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary and Treasurer. Past member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Executive Board. Current member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter College Outreach, Networking, and Nominating committees. Past Chair of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Accounting Careers and Education and Meetings/Event Planning committees. Past Chair of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter COAP Advisory Board. Past Chair of the COAP St. John’s Advisory Board.

UTICA
WILLIAM D. RYAN III, CPA, Fitzgerald, DePietro & Wojnas CPAs, P.C., Utica, N.Y. Member of the the Society since 2014; member of the Utica Chapter. CHAPTER: Past Utica Chapter President, President-elect, and Treasurer.