Last year, the Governance Committee received feedback from a few members requesting the opportunity to comment on proposed bylaw changes.  We have taken that request to heart. This year, the Governance Committee has drafted a few additional amendments for consideration.  Please note that these amendments have not been approved by the Board of Directors, and are therefore subject to change.  We are currently collecting comments from the Board, and now provide our members with an opportunity to comment as well. Comments should be addressed to A’Isha Torrence, Governance Committee Chair, at aisha.torrence@ahrcnyc.org, and should be sent no later than Jan. 31, 2022. 

In early October, NYSSCPA Executive Director and CEO Joanne S. Barry publicly announced her intention to retire in May 2022, at the conclusion of the current fiscal year. Barry has served as executive director and CEO since January 2010. She has been named to Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list since 2012, and to CPA Practice Advisor’s Most Powerful Women in Public Accounting list since 2015. Throughout Barry’s 40-year tenure at the Society, she has also served as the executive director of the Foundation for Accounting Education, Inc., and The Moynihan Scholarship Fund, Inc., and as treasurer for the CPA Political Action Committee. Barry took the time to share with The Trusted Professional her reflections about her long tenure at the NYSSCPA and the many changes and challenges that she led the Society in navigating.