Executive Committee
Christina Cooke Withers CIA, CPFO
President
Executive Director of Finance & Taxation
County of Suffolk
Kathleen Saville, MPA, SDBL
Vice President
Director–Grants and Business Office
Rochester City School District
John A. Savash II, CPA, CGFM
Vice President
Associate Professor of Accounting
Elmira College
Paul Ellis
Secretary
Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer
Village of Lake Placid
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)
Darlene Carroll, CPA
Western
Comptroller
Town of Amherst
Karen Christie, CPA
Central
Treasurer
County of Jefferson
Jennifer Mulligan, CPA
Northeast
Business Officer Manager/Controller
Questar III BOCES
Patricia Caporale
Downstate
Comptroller
Town of Yorktown
Kristie Hansen-Hightower, CPA
Long Island
Comptroller
Town of Southold
Governmental Jurisdictions
Pamela Barton (W)
Supervising Accountant
Town of Grand Island
Janet Plarr (W)
Administrator
Village of Blasdell
James Mills, CPA (C)
Comptroller
City of Watertown
Joseph Timpano, CPA (C)
Comptroller
County of Oneida
Michael Cohen, CPA (NE)
Comptroller
Town of Bethlehem
Catherine Edman, CPA (NE)
Budget Officer
Town of North Elba
Leonie Douglas (DS)
Treasurer
Village of Port Chester
Anna Roppolo (DS)
Executive Director
Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority
Angie Carpenter (LI)
Supervisor
Town of Islip
William Rothaar, CPA (LI)
Financial Administrator
Town of Riverhead
Members At-Large
Marc O'Hearn (W)
Director of Government Banking
Evans Bank
Rick Ganci (W)
Senior Vice President and Principal
Capital Markets Advisors, LLC
Robert C. Fenner (C)
Vice President
Key Bank, N.A.
Leslie Spurgin, CPA (C)
Audit Partner
Insero & Company CPAs, P.C.
Tim Doyle, CPA (NE)
Partner
The Bonadio Group
Brendan Kennedy, CPA (NE)
Partner
BST & Co. CPAs, LLP
Scott Oling, CPA (DS)
Partner
PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP
Robert Smith, Esq. (DS)
Partner
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Carol Mark (LI)
Senior Vice President
J.P.Morgan
Patricia Mezeul (LI)
Executive Vice President/Director of Government Banking
Flushing Bank
Ex-Officio
William O'Reilly, CPA
(President 2017-2018)
Chief Financial Officer
Albany County Airport Authority
Dawn Donovan
(President 2016-2017)
Comptroller
Town of Eastchester
L. Kay Wharmby
(President 2015-2016)
Clerk/Treasurer
Village of Fairport