Executive Committee
Jennifer Mulligan, CPA
President
Business Office Manager/Controller
Questar III BOCES
Patricia Caporale
President Elect
Comptroller
Town of Yorktown
Kristie Hansen-Hightower
Vice President
Comptroller
Town of Southold
John A. Savash II, CPA, CGFM
Secretary
Associate Professor of Accounting
Elmira College
David A. Rizzari
Treasurer
Director
Raymond F. Wager CPA, P.C., a division of Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP
Regional Council Chairs
(Chairs serve as part of the Executive Committee)
Janet Plarr
Western
Village Administrator
Village of Blasdell
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
Brian Krause, CPA (Western)
Director of Administration & Finance
Town of Cheektowaga
James Mills, CPA (Central)
Comptroller
City of Watertown
Rachel Jacobs, CMFO (Central)
Comptroller
City of Auburn
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
Karen P. McLaughlin (Downstate)
Treasurer
Village of Rhinebeck
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
The Bonadio Group
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
Karen Christie, CPA
(President 2020-2021)
Treasurer
County of Jefferson
PAM BARTON
(President 2019-2020)
Supervising Accountant
Town of Grand Island
CHRISTINA COOKE WITHERS CIA, CPFO
(President 2018-2019)
Executive Director of Finance & Taxation
County of Suffolk