TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS:
The Nominating Committee, elected in accordance with Article IX of the bylaws, is pleased to enter the following nominations for Officers and Directors:
OFFICERS - to hold office for one year from June 1, 2006:
| President
Thomas E. Riley, TFG CPAs, automatically succeeds Stephen F. Langowski, KPMG LLP, as President in accordance with Article VIII, Paragraph 5, of the Bylaws. |
| President-Elect
David A. Lifson
Hays & Company LLP | to succeed | Thomas E. Riley
TFG CPAs |
Vice Presidents
Sharon Sabba Fierstein
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP | to succeed | Vacant |
Richard E. Piluso
Loews Corporation | to succeed | Susan R. Schoenfeld
Bessemer Trust |
Robert E. Sohr
Own Account | to succeed | Stephen P. Valenti
Own Account |
Secretary
Mark Ellis
Michael C. Fina Company | to succeed | Raymond M. Nowicki
Nowicki & Company LLP |
Treasurer
Neville Grusd
Merchant Factors Corporation | to succeed | Himself |
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE -- to hold office for three years from June 1, 2006
| Kevin Leifer
Ernst & Young LLP | to succeed | Michelle A. Cohen
Rotenberg & Company |
Mark L. Meinberg
Feldman Meinberg & Company LLP | to succeed | Mark Ellis
Michael C. Fina Company |
Robert A. Pryba Jr.
Pryba Tobin & Company P.C. | to succeed | Raymond P. Jones
Watson Rice LLP |
Liren Wei
Wei Wei & Co., LLP | to succeed | Richard E. Piluso
Loews Corporation |
Margaret A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP | to succeed | Robert N. Waxman
Own Account |
DIRECTORS AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES -- to hold office for three years from June 1, 2006
| Buffalo
Edward L. Arcara
Own Account | to succeed | Ann B. Cohen
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo |
Finger Lakes
Kathleen G. Brown
Elmira College | to succeed | Herself |
Manhattan/Bronx
Judith I. Seidman
Friedman LLP | to succeed | William Aiken
Own Account |
Southern Tier
Scott Hotalen
Vieira Skiadas & Company LLP | to succeed | Philip G. Westcott
Johnson Lauder & Savidge LLP |
Syracuse
Lauren L. Kincaid
Firley Moran Freer & Eassa CPA P.C. | to succeed | David J. Moynihan
Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP |
Westchester
Elliot A. Lesser
Berdon LLP
| to succeed | Robert L. Ecker
Ecker Ecker & Associates |
All of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.
Stephen F. Langowski, KPMG LLP, retiring President, automatically becomes Director for one year, replacing John J. Kearney, Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter, in accordance with Article VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.
Terms expiring in 2007:
Deborah L. Bailey-Browne, Deborah Bailey-Browne, CPA & Associates
Thomas P. Casey, Casey & Cunningham
Anthony G. Duffy, Dorfman-Robbie, P.C.
Mark Ellis, Michael C. Fina Company
David Evangelista, Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC
Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Phillip E. Goldstein, Levitan Yegidis & Goldstein LLP
Neville Grusd, Merchant Factors Corporation
Don A. Kiamie, Windsor Management Corporation
Stephen F. Langowski, KPMG LLP
John J. Lauchert, Outsource CFO Consulting
Howard B. Lorch, Ohel Children’s Home & Family Services
Richard E. Piluso, Loews Corporation
Robert E. Sohr, Own Account
C. Daniel Stubbs Jr., Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
Edward J. Torres, Own Account
Terms expiring in 2008:
Debbie A. Cutler, Kramer Love & Cutler LLP
Joseph M. Falbo Jr., Swiantek & Falbo LLP
Myrna L. Fischman, Long Island University
Daniel M. Fordham, Martindale Keysor & Co., PLLC
Beatrix G. McKane, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
Ian M. Nelson, Own Account
Jason M. Palmer, Palmer Computer Services Inc.
Robert T. Quarte, Albrecht Viggiano Zureck & Company
Thomas E. Riley, TFG CPAs
Anthony J. Tanzi, Del Rey & Company CPAs LLP
Ellen L. Williams, Eastman Kodak Company
Richard Zerah, Zerah & Company CPAs P.C.
Terms expiring in 2009:
Edward L. Arcara, Own Account
Kathleen G. Brown, Elmira College
Scott Hotalen, Vieira Skiadas & Company LLP
Lauren L. Kincaid, Firley Moran Freer & Eassa CPA P.C.
Kevin Leifer, Ernst & Young LLP
Elliot A. Lesser, Berdon LLP
David A. Lifson, Hays & Company LLP
Mark L. Meinberg, Feldman Meinberg & Company LLP
Robert A. Pryba Jr., Pryba Tobin & Company P.C.
Judith I. Seidman, Friedman LLP
Liren Wei, Wei Wei & Co., LLP
Margaret A. Wood, Grant Thornton LLP
Respectfully submitted,
2005–2006 Nominating Committee
Steven C. Baum, Chair
Ann B. Cohen
Barbara S. Dwyer
Neil A. Gibgot
Jeffrey R. Hoops
Martha A. Jaeckle
D. Edward Martin
Raymond M. Nowicki
David Sands
Thomas D. Weddell
Philip Wolitzer