January 11, 2008
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, 2008:
President
Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, automatically succeeds David A. Lifson, Hays & Company LLP , as President in accordance with Article VIII, Paragraph 5, of the Bylaws. |
President-Elect
David J. Moynihan
Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP | to succeed | Sharon Sabba Fierstein
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP |
Vice Presidents
Barbara S. Dwyer
Own Account
| to succeed | Rosemarie A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel
Own Account |
Joseph M. Falbo Jr.
Swiantek & Falbo LLP
| to succeed | John J. Lauchert
Richardson Brands Company |
Elliot L. Hendler
Friedman LLP
| to succeed | Edward J. Torres
Own Account |
Margaret A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP | to succeed | [Fourth vice-president position newly created by 2007 revisions to Society Bylaws] |
Secretary/Treasurer
Richard E. Piluso
Retired | to succeed | Himself as Treasurer and
Mark Ellis as Secretary
Michale C. Fina Company[Pursuant to the combining of the Secretary and Treasurer positions approved as part of the 2007 revisions to Society Bylaws] |
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: to hold office for three years from June 1, 2008:
S. David Belsky
Own Account | to succeed | Debbie A. Cutler
Kramer Love & Cutler, LLP |
Anthony Cassella
Croscill Inc. | to succeed | Joseph M. Falbo
Swiantek & Falbo LLP |
J. Michael Kirkland
Deutsche Bank AG | to succeed | Beatrix G. McKane
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, LLP |
Avery E. Neumark
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co LLP
| to succeed | Ian M. Nelson
Own Account |
Joel C. Quall
Knight Capital Group Inc. | to succeed | Jason M. Palmer
Palmer Computer Services Inc. |
Anthony Maltese
The Maltese CPA Firm PLLC | to succeed | Margaret A. Wood
Grant Thornton LLP
[Mr. Maltese’s term is for one year only. He will be serving out the remaining year of Ms. Wood’s three-year, director-at-large term] |
DIRECTORS AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES: to hold office for three years from June 1, 2008:
Adirondack
John B. Huttlinger, Jr.
Adirondack Audit Company Inc. | to succeed | Daniel M. Fordham
Martindale Keysor & Co., PLLC |
Brooklyn
Warren M. Bergstein
Adelman Katz & Mond LLP | to succeed | Myrna L. Fischman
Long Island University |
Nassau
John Barone
Weiser LLP | to succeed | Richard Zerah
Zerah & Company CPAs P.C. |
Rochester
Nancy A. Kirby
Action for a Better Community | to succeed | Ellen L. Williams
Eastman Kodak Company |
Staten Island
Charles J. Weintraub
Miller's Launch Inc. | to succeed | Anthony J. Tanzi
Del Rey & Company CPAs, LLP |
Suffolk
Cynthia D. Finn
Sheehan & Company CPAs P.C. | to succeed | Robert T. Quarte
Albrecht Viggiano Zureck & Company |
All of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.
David A. Lifson, Hays & Company LLP, retiring President, automatically becomes Director for one year, replacing Thomas E. Riley, Beard Miller Company LLP, in accordance with Article VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.
DIRECTORS (provided the above nominees are duly elected)
Terms expiring in 2009:
Edward L. Arcara, Own Account
Barbara S. Dwyer, Own Account
Joseph M. Falbo Jr., Swiantek & Falbo LLP
Elliot L. Hendler, Friedman LLP
Scott Hotalen, Vieira & Associates CPAs P.C.
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
Anthony J. Maltese, The Maltese CPA Firm PLLC
Mark L. Meinberg, Feldman Meinberg & Company LLP
Richard E. Piluso, Retired
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
Terms expiring in 2010:
Scott M. Adair, Monroe County Department of Finance
Susan M. Barossi, O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins LLP
Thomas Boyd, St. John’s University
Sharon Sabba Fierstein, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Robert L. Goecks, U.S. Trust Company, N.A.
David R. Herman, Own Account
Martha A. Jaeckle, Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter
Suzanne M. Jensen, NYAHSA
Gail M. Kinsella, Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP
Ita M. Rahilly, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
Thomas M. VanHatten, Barone Howard & Company CPAs P.C.
Terms expiring in 2011:
John Barone, Weiser LLP
S. David Belsky, Own Account
Warren M. Bergstein, Adelman Katz & Mond LLP
Anthony Cassella, Croscill Inc.
Cynthia D. Finn, Sheehan & Company CPAs P.C.
John B. Huttlinger, Jr., Adirondack Audit Company Inc.
Nancy A. Kirby, Action for a Better Community
J. Michael Kirkland, Deutsche Bank AG
David J. Moynihan, Testone Marshall & Discenza LLP
Avery E. Neumark, Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co LLP
Joel C. Quall, Knight Capital Group Inc.
Charles J. Weintraub, Miller's Launch Inc
Respectfully submitted,
2007–2008 Nominating Committee
John J. Kearney, Chair
Stewart Berger
Robert Fagliarone
Allen L. Fetterman
Scott J. Jaffee
Lauren L. Kincaid
Stephen F. Langowski
Robert A. Pryba, Jr
M. Jacob Renick
David M. Rubenstein
P. Gerard Sokolski