Board

Executive Committee

• KRISTIE HANSEN-HIGHTOWER, CPA

  

  President
  Comptroller
  Town of Southold

• JANET PLARR

  

  President Elect
  Village Administrator
  Village of Blasdell

• JOHN A. SAVASH II, CPA, CGFM

  

  Vice President
  Associate Professor of Accounting
  Elmira College

• KAREN P. McLAUGHLIN, CMFO

  

  Secretary
  Treasurer
  Village of Rhinebeck

• David A. Rizzari

  

  Treasurer
  Director
  Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP

Regional Council Chairs

(Chairs serve as part of the Executive Committee)

• BRIAN KRAUSE, CPA

  

  Western
  Director of Administration & Finance
  Town of Cheektowaga

• Nicholas Angeline

  

  Central
  Deputy Comptroller
  Town of Vestal

• Michael Cohen, CPA

  

  Northeast
  Comptroller
  Town of Bethlehem

• Catherine Paget

   

  Downstate
  Business Director
  Northern Westchester Joint Water Works

• Christopher Briggs

   

  Long Island
  Treasurer
  Village of Massapequa Park

Governmental Jurisdictions

• Scott Adair, CPA (Western)

  

  Chief Financial Officer
  RGR Transportation Authority

• JUDITH KINDRON (Western)

   

  Village Administrator
  Village of Williamsville

• James Mills, CPA (Central)

  

  Comptroller
  City of Watertown

• DAVID NOLAN, CGFM, CMA (Central)

  

  City Treasurer
  City of Rome

• Mindy Goddeau (Northeast)

   

  Treasurer
  Village of Lake Placid

• George Phillips (Northeast)

  

  Comptroller
  Town of East Greenbush

• Elliott Auerbach (Downstate)

  

  Deputy Comptroller
  NYS Office of the State Comptroller, LGSA

• Ronald Clum, CPA (Downstate)

   

  Town Accountant
  Town of Newburgh

• Angie Carpenter (Long Island)

   

  Supervisor
  Town of Islip

• William Rothaar, CPA (Long Island)

  

  Comptroller
  Town of Riverhead

Members At-Large

• Marc O'Hearn (Western)

  

  SVP, Director of Government Banking
  Evans Bank

• Rick Ganci (Western)

  

  Executive Vice President and Principal
  Capital Markets Advisors, LLC

• Robert C. Fenner (Central)

  

  Vice President, Government Banking
  Citizens Bank

• Leslie Spurgin, CPA (Central)

  

  Audit Partner
  Insero & Company CPAs, P.C.

• Tim Doyle, CPA (Northeast)

  

  Partner
  Bonadio & Co., LLP

• Brendan Kennedy, CPA (Northeast)

  

  Partner
  BST & Co. CPAs, LLP

• Scott Oling, CPA (Downstate)

  

  Partner
  PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP

• Robert Smith, Esq. (Downstate)

  

  Partner
  Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

• Carol Mark (Long Island)

  

  Executive Director
  J.P.Morgan

• Patricia Mezeul (Long Island)

  

  Executive Vice President/Director of Government Banking
  Flushing Bank

Ex-Officio

• PATRICIA CAPORALE

  

  (President 2022-2023)
  Comptroller
  Town of Yorktown

• JENNIFER MULLIGAN, CPA

  

  (President 2021-2022)
  Director of Business and Finance
  East Greenbush CSD

• KAREN CHRISTIE, CPA

  

  (President 2020-2021)
  Treasurer
  County of Jefferson