Nominee Biographies 2023

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 President-elect on 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.

KEVIN P. O’LEARY, Managing Partner, MMB & Co. LLP, Albany, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2000; member of the Northeast Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director as Chapter Representative. CHAPTER: Past Northeast Chapter President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

ANTHONY S. CHAN, President, CA Global Consulting Inc. Member of the Society since 1989; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Vice President and Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Past member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Current member of the Chief Financial Officers (CFO), Internal Audit, and SEC committees. Past Chair of the CFO, NextGen, Nominating, and SEC committees. Past member of the Accounting and Auditing Oversight; FAE Performance; Industry Oversight; Media and Publishing; Members in Public Practice; and Taxation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Business Transactions committees. Past member of the Governance and Selections subcommittees. Past member of the COAP Baruch and St. John’s advisory boards. Current member of The CPA Journal Advisory Board.

EDWARD N. LEE, Partner, KPMG LLP, Melville, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1998; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the Audit, Government Accounting and Auditing, and Not-for-Profit Organizations committees. Past member of the Audit, Health Care, and Nominating committees. Current Chair of the Governance Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Current member of the Suffolk Chapter Not-for-Profit and Governmental Committee.

PHILIP J. LONDON, Partner Emeritus, Wiss & Company, LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2002; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Legislative and Strategic Plan Update task forces. Current member of the C Corporations; Closely Held and S Corporations; Estate Planning; New York, Multistate and Local Taxation; Partnerships and LLCs; Personal Financial Planning; Relations with the Internal Revenue Service; and Taxation of Individuals committees. Past Chair of the New York, Multistate, and Local Taxation and Tax Division Oversight committees. Past Vice Chair of the Tax Division Oversight Committee. Past member of the Awards; Taxation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Business Transactions; and Tax Division Oversight committees.

JOHN A. MOURER, Owner, John A. Mourer, CPA, PLLC, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2005; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Estate Planning and Trust and Estate Administration committees. Past member of the Awards and Audit committees. Current member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Proactive Transformation Panel. CHAPTER: Past Rochester Chapter President, President-elect, and Vice President. Current Rochester Chapter Executive Board member. Past Vice Chair of the Rochester Chapter Industry Committee.

LISA A. MRKALL, Principal, Tronconi Segarra & Associates, Williamsville, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2006; member of the Buffalo Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the NextGen and Taxation of Individuals committees. Past member of the International Taxation, NextGen, and Taxation of Individuals committees. Current member of the Proactive Transformation Panel. Past member of the DEI Council. CHAPTER: Past Buffalo Chapter President, President-elect, and Secretary. Immediate Past President of the Buffalo Chapter Executive Board. Current member of the Buffalo Chapter SMAP Committee. Past Chair of the Buffalo Chapter Cooperation with the Bar Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Buffalo Chapter Young CPAs/NextGen Committee.

Secretary/Treasurer
TIMOTHY J. HAMMOND, Principal, The Bonadio Group, Syracuse, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2010; member of the Syracuse Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Secretary/Treasurer on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current Secretary/Treasurer of the Executive Committee. Past Vice President and member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Current Ex Officio on the Moynihan Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees. Current Secretary of CPA PAC. Current member of the Exempt Organizations and Not-for-Profit Organizations committees. Past member of the Accounting and Auditing Oversight, NextGen, Tax Division Oversight, and Young CPAs 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.

MATHIEU AIMLON, Founder, Aimlon CPA P.C., New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2012; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Chair of the C Corporations Committee. Current member of the Tax Division Oversight Committee.

ORUMÉ A. HAYS, Founder and CEO, Hays CPA LLC, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2007; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past 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 Closely Held and S Corporations; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Family Office; 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 Finance and Nominating committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past Chair of the Strategic Planning Task Force. CHAPTER: Current Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Immediate Past President. Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President and 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.

ROBERT J. HUETHER, Director, SEC Reporting, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Member of the Society since 2010; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the NextGen Committee. Past member of the Nominating Committee. Past member of the CPA Evolution Task Force. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Current Suffolk Chapter President-elect. Past Suffolk Chapter Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Past Suffolk Chapter Executive Board member. Past Chair and Co-Chair of the Suffolk Chapter NextGen Committee.

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

STEVEN M. MORSE, Director, The Bonadio Group, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1991; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Vice President on the Board of Directors. 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. Past member of the Membership Task Force. CHAPTER: Past Rochester Chapter Vice President, Assistant Chair, and Treasurer. Current Rochester Chapter Executive Board member. Past Chair of the Rochester Chapter Community Service Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Rochester Chapter Cooperation with Industry Committee. Past member of the World of Accounting Committee. Past member of the COAP Rochester Advisory Board.

NASSAU
NATALIE VERBANAC, Assurance Services Partner, Marcum LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2002; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Awards and Not-for-Profit Organizations committees. CHAPTER: Past Nassau Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President, and Secretary. Current Nassau Chapter Executive Board member. Current Co-Chair of the Nassau Chapter Women’s Focus Group. Past Co-Chair of the Nassau Chapter Newsletter and Sponsorship committees. Current Hofstra University Accounting Advisory Board member.

ROCHESTER
KURT J. BUTTON, Assurance Principal, Mengel Metzger Barr & Company LLP, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2020; member of the Rochester Chapter. CHAPTER: Current Rochester Chapter President. Past Rochester Chapter President-elect and Vice President.