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About NYSSCPA

Nominee Biographies 2024

 OFFICERS: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2024
President

KEVIN P. O’LEARY, Managing Partner, MMB + CO, Albany, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2000; member of the Northeast Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current President-elect on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current President-elect of the Executive Committee. Current Chair of the Selections Subcommittee. Current President-elect of the Finance Committee. CHAPTER: Past Northeast Chapter President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

 MatzKevin
President-elect  

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

 
Vice President  

A’ISHA TORRENCE, Senior Vice President, Finance, ADAPT Community Network, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2014; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the Selections and Governance subcommittees. Current member of the Chief Financial Officers; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Financial Accounting Standards; and Not-for-Profit Organizations committees. Past member of the Chief Financial Officers; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Financial Accounting Standards; and Not-for-Profit Organizations committees. Past member of the Membership Task Force. Past President and Charter member of the NYSSCPA Toastmasters Club. CHAPTER: Past President and President-elect of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board.

 Shmueli
Vice President  

SHMUELI MILECKI, CFO, Bookkeeping Corp, Brooklyn, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2016; member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the CPA Careers; Family Office; Finance; New York, Multistate and Local Taxation; Not-for-Profit Organizations; and Sustainability Accounting and Reporting committees. Past member of the Chief Financial Officers; CPA Careers; New York, Multistate and Local Taxation; Not-for-Profit Organizations; Sustainability Accounting and Reporting; and Small Firms Practice Management committees. CHAPTER: Past Queens/Brooklyn Chapter President, President-elect, and Vice President. Past Chair of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter College Outreach and Networking committees. Past member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Sole Practitioner Committee.

 
Vice President  

KATELYN N. KOGAN, Senior Manager, Mazars, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2009; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Real Estate Committee. Past Chair and Vice Chair of the Real Estate Committee. Past member of the Industry Oversight, NextGen, Nominating, and Real Estate committees. Past member of the Strategic Planning Task Force. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Secretary. Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Committee member.

 ryanIII
Vice President  

WILLIAM D. RYAN III, CPA, Fitzgerald, DePietro & Wojnas CPAs, P.C., Utica, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2014; member of the Utica Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Governance Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Past Utica Chapter President, President-elect, and Treasurer.

 William Dresnack

Secretary/Treasurer
WILLIAM H. DRESNACK, Associate Professor and MBA Director, Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1987; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Finance Committee. Past member of the Executive Committee. Past member of the Awards, CPA Careers, FAE Campus Ambassador, Finance, Financial Accounting Standards, Members in the Field of Education, and Nominating committees. Past member of the COAP Statewide Advisory Board. CHAPTER: Past Rochester Chapter President and Vice President. Current member of the Rochester Chapter World of Accounting Committee. Past Chair of the Rochester Chapter World of Accounting Committee. Past member of the Rochester Chapter Cooperation with Educational Institutions Committee. Past Chair of the COAP Brockport Advisory Board. Past Chair of the COAP Rochester Advisory Board. Current member of the COAP Rochester Advisory Board.

Directors-at-Large: to hold office for four years, from June 1, 2024
 
Director-at-Large  

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 Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current Vice President of the Executive Committee. 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 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. Current member of the Legislative and Strategic Plan Update task forces. Past member of the Legislative and Strategic Plan Update task forces.

 
Director-at-Large  

ANDREW M. MINTZER, Principal, Hemming Morse LLC, Los Angeles, Calif. Member of the Society since 2016. STATEWIDE: Current member of the International Accounting and Auditing and Professional Ethics committees. Past member of the International Accounting and Auditing and Professional Ethics committees.

 
Director-at-Large  

ANTHONY S. CHAN, President, CA Global Consulting Inc. Member of the Society since 1989; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President and Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current Vice President of the Executive Committee. Past member of the Executive Committee. Past member of the FAE Board of Trustees. Current member of the Chief Financial Officers, Internal Audit, and SEC committees. Past Chair of the Chief Financial Officers, NextGen, Nominating, and SEC committees. Past member of the Accounting and Auditing Oversight; Chief Financial Officers; FAE Performance; Industry Oversight; Internal Audit; Media and Publishing; Members in Public Practice; SEC; 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.

Director-at-Large: to hold office for two years, from June 1, 2024
 David Young
Director-at-Large  

DAVID G. YOUNG, Partner, Young & Company CPAs, LLP, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1998; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director-at-Large and Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the FAE Curriculum and Professional Liability Insurance committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Strategic Planning Task Force. CHAPTER: Past Rochester Chapter Executive Board member. Past Chair of the Rochester Chapter Public Relations Committee. Past member of the Rochester Chapter Taxation Committee.

Director-at-Large: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2024
 
Director-at-Large  

KOREN CHEN, Director, FORVIS, LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2017; member of the Nassau Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee. Past member of the Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee.

Directors as Chapter Representatives: to hold office for four years, from June 1, 2024
 
BUFFALO

KELLY MANDELL-KLUMPP, Senior Analyst, Brisbane Consulting Group, LLC (wholly owned subsidiary of Lumsden & McCormick, LLP), Buffalo, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2017; member of the Buffalo Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the NextGen Committee. Past member of the NextGen Committee. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Current Buffalo Chapter Vice President. Past Buffalo Chapter Secretary. Past Buffalo Chapter Executive Board member. Past Co-Chair and member of the Buffalo Chapter Young CPAs/NextGen committee.

 

MANHATTAN/BRONX
ELYSA DAUERMAN. 
Member of the Society since 1994; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Relations with the Internal Revenue Service and Taxation of Individuals committees. Past member of the Relations with the Internal Revenue Service and Taxation of Individuals committees. CHAPTER: Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board member. Past Chair of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Nominating Committee. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Membership Committee.

SOUTHERN TIER
JAMIE L. ATKINSON,
Director, Davidson Fox & Company LLP. Member of the Society since 2012; member of the Southern Tier Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Professional Liability Insurance Committee. Past member of the NextGen and Professional Liability Insurance committees. CHAPTER: Past Southern Tier Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President, and Secretary/Treasurer. Past Southern Tier Chapter Executive Board member. Past Co-Chair of the Southern Tier Chapter NextGen Committee.
 

SYRACUSE
ANDREA M. PAGANO,
Instructor of Accounting, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2014; member of the Syracuse Chapter. CHAPTER: Past Syracuse Chapter Treasurer. Current President-elect of the Syracuse Chapter Executive Board. Past Syracuse Chapter Executive Board member. Past COAP Syracuse Advisory Board member.

Director as Chapter Representative: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2024
 
WESTCHESTER
RONALD F. RIES,
Consultant, Ronald F. Ries, CPA, CGMA, White Plains, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1971; member of the Westchester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Audit, Not-for-Profit Organizations, and Sustainability Accounting and Reporting committees. Past member of the Accounting and Review Services; Entertainment, Arts and Sports; Exempt Organizations; Not-for-Profit Organizations; Professional Ethics; and Sustainability Accounting and Reporting committees. CHAPTER: Past Westchester Chapter Executive Board member.