Executive Committee
Karen Christie, CPA
President
Treasurer
County of Jefferson
Jennifer Mulligan, CPA
President Elect
Business Office Manager/Controller
Questar III BOCES
Patricia Caporale
Vice President
Comptroller
Town of Yorktown
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
Kristie Hansen-Hightower, CPA
Long Island
Comptroller
Town of Southold
Governmental Jurisdictions
Scott Adair, CPA (Western)
Chief Financial Officer
RGR Transportation Authority
James Mills, CPA (Central)
Comptroller
City of Watertown
Joseph Timpano, CPA (Central)
Comptroller
County of Oneida
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)
Financial Administrator
Town of Riverhead
Members At-Large
Marc O'Hearn (Western)
Director of Government Banking
Evans Bank
Rick Ganci (Western)
Senior Vice President and Principal
Capital Markets Advisors, LLC
Robert C. Fenner (Central)
Vice President
Key Bank, N.A.
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)
Senior Vice President
J.P.Morgan
Patricia Mezeul (Long Island)
Executive Vice President/Director of Government Banking
Flushing Bank
Ex-Officio
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
Dawn Donovan
(President 2016-2017)
Comptroller
Town of Eastchester