January 19, 2010

The 2010–2011 Nominating Committee has submitted the following report:

OFFICERS: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2011:

President
Richard E. Piluso, Retired, automatically succeeds Margaret A. Wood, Grant Thornton LLP, as President in accordance with Article VIII, Paragraph 5, of the Bylaws.

President-elect
Gail M. Kinsella
Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP
 
 to succeed Richard E. Piluso
Retired
Vice Presidents
Anthony Cassella
J. Queen New York Inc.
 to succeed
Scott M. Adair
Monroe County Department of Finance
 

 

Neville Grusd
Merchant Financial Corporation

 to succeed
David R. Herman
David R. Herman, CPA


J. Michael Kirkland
Deutsche Bank AG
to succeed
Martha A. Jaeckle
Jaeckle Kearney & Lepselter


Ita M. Rahilly
Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP 

to succeed
Gail M. Kinsella
Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP

Secretary/Treasurer
Scott M. Adair
Monroe County Department of Finance 



to succeed

Joseph M. Falbo, Jr.
Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: to hold office for three years, beginning, June 1, 2011, except as noted below:
Shari E. Berk
S.E. Berk & Associates P.A.
to succeed		 S. David Belsky
S.D. Belsky & Associates CPAs
Domenick J. Esposito
J.H. Cohn LLP		 to succeed

Anthony Cassella
J. Queen New York Inc.
 
Timothy P. Hedley
KPMG LLP
to succeed		 J. Michael Kirkland
Deutsche Bank AG
Michele Mark Levine
The City of New York Office of
Management and Budget
 		 to succeed
Herself
[Ms. Levine was elected by the Board of Directors on Sept. 16, 2010 to fill the vacancy in the term of Robert Kawa, which officially ends on May 31, 2012.]

Elliot A. Lesser
Berdon LLP		 to succeed
Avery E. Neumark
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP

Michael F. Rosenblatt
The Quest Organization
to succeed


Joel C. Quall
Knight Capital Group, Inc.

DIRECTORS AS CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES: to hold office for three years, from June 1, 2011:

Adirondack:
Douglas L. Hoffman
Dragon Benware Crowley & Co., P.C.
 to succeed


John B. Huttlinger, Jr.
Adirondack Audit Company, Inc.
 
Nassau:
Eric M. Kramer
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
 to succeed
John Barone
WeiserMazars LLP

Rochester:
Steven M. Morse
Rochester Institute of Technology
 		 to succeed Nancy A. Kirby
Action for a Better Community, Inc.
Staten Island:
Cynthia A. Scarinci
College of Staten Island (CUNY)
 		 to succeed Charles J. Weintraub
Miller’s Launch
Suffolk:
John Shillingsford
Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Company, P.C.
 		 to succeed Cynthia D. Barry
Sheehan & Company

All of the nominees have consented to serve if elected.

Margaret A. Wood automatically becomes Director for one year as Immediate Past President in accordance with Article VI, Paragraph 1, of the Bylaws.

DIRECTORS (provided the above nominees are duly elected)

Terms expiring in 2012:
Scott M. Adair, Monroe County Department of Finance
Ian J. Benjamin, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
Anthony Cassella, J. Queen New York Inc.
Sherry L. DelleBovi, Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Neville Grusd, Merchant Financial Corporation
J. Michael Kirkland, Deutsche Bank AG
Mark G. Leeds, Win Properties Inc.
Michele Mark Levine, The City of New York Office of Management and Budget
Heather Losi, Losi & Ranger CPAs, PLLC
Anthony J. Maltese, The Maltese CPA Firm, PLLC
Barbara A. Marino, The Hackett Group
Ita M. Rahilly, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
Erin Scanlon, Deloitte & Touche LLP
George I. Victor, Giambalvo Giammarese & Stalzer CPAs, P.C.
Jesse J. Wheeler, Davidson Fox & Company, LLP
Margaret A. Wood, Grant Thornton LLP

Terms expiring in 2013:
Robert W. Berliner, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Stephen E. Franciosa, Stephen E. Franciosa, CPA
Adrian P. Fitzsimons, St. John’s University
Jennifer R. George, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
Rosemarie A. Giovinazzo-Barnickel, Rosemarie Giovinazzo-Barnickel, CPA
Mitchell L. Gusler, Rifkin & Company, LLP
Pei-Cen Lin
Richard E. Piluso, Retired
Robert R. Ritz, D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP
Robert E. Sohr, Retired
F. Michael Zovistoski, UHY LLP

Terms expiring in 2014:
Shari E. Berk, S.E. Berk & Associates P.A.
Domenick J. Esposito, J.H. Cohn LLP
Timothy P. Hedley, KPMG LLP
Douglas L. Hoffman, Dragon Benware Crowley & Co., P.C.
Gail M. Kinsella, Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP
Eric M. Kramer, Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Elliot A. Lesser, Berdon LLP
Steven M. Morse, Rochester Institute of Technology
Michael F. Rosenblatt, The Quest Organization
Cynthia A. Scarinci, College of Staten Island (CUNY)
John Shillingsford, Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Company, P.C.

Respectfully submitted,

2010–2011 Nominating Committee

David A. Lifson, Chair
Jeffrey Abramczyk
Sherry L. DelleBovi
Mark Ellis
Elliot L. Hendler
David R. Herman
Mark R. Levy
Gerard J. LoVerde
Mark L. Meinberg
James F. Passikoff
Thomas C. Zuber

The Nominating Committee’s official report will be reprinted in the Feb. 15 issue of The Trusted Professional. In addition, a detail of committee and chapter service by each nominee was posted to the Society website, will be printed in the Feb. 15 issue of The Trusted Professional and will accompany the proxy ballot to be sent to the membership before the Annual Election Dinner on May 19, 2011. Any additional nominees submitted by close of business March 1, 2011 as discussed below, will be included in the proxy ballot.

Independent Nominations
According to Article X of the Society’s bylaws, independent nominations for an officer or elected director may be made by petition filed with the secretary by close of business March 1, 2011.

Any petition submitting names of additional nominees requires signatures of at least 506 CPA members (2% of the CPA membership as of the beginning of the fiscal year, which this year totaled 25,304), other than that of the nominee, and must certify that the nominee has consented to serve if elected. To be eligible for the position of a Society officer or director, a nominee must (i) be a CPA member; (ii) have at least five years’ continuous membership in the Society; and (iii) have at least two years of participation, either on a Society-level committee or as a member of the board of a chapter, or some combination of both.

Independent nomination petition forms may be downloaded by clicking here and should be sent to the NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer as follows:

Joseph M. Falbo, Jr., CPA
NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer
NYSSCPA
3 Park Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Petitions must be received by close of business March 1, 2011.

Date and Location of Annual Election Dinner
The officers and directors for 2011–2012 will be elected during the 114th Annual Election Meeting Dinner on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Official notice of the meeting will be included in the April 1 issue of The Trusted Professional.

Contact Information
If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to contact the NYSSCPA Secretary/Treasurer Joseph M. Falbo, Jr. at secretarytreasurer@nysscpa.org or the Society's associate counsel, Bradley M. Pryba, at bpryba@nysscpa.org.