2026-2027 Officer and Board of Directors Nominee Biographies

OFFICERS: to hold office for one year, from June 1, 2026

President MICHAEL R. DURANT, Senior Manager, Prager Metis CPAs, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2011; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of The Moynihan Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees. Current member of the Executive Committee. Current Chair of the Selections Subcommittee. Current member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and NextGen committees. Current member of the Estate Planning, Family Office, Personal Financial Planning, Small Firms Practice Management and Trust and Estate Administration communities. Current member of the Legislative Task Force. Past Chair and Co-Chair of the NextGen Committee. Past member of the Finance Committee. Past member of the Taxation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Business Transactions communities. Past member of the Strategic Planning Task Force. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Past Co-Chair of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter NextGen Committee. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter NextGen Committee.

President-elect   ORUMÉ A. HAYS, Founder and CEO, Hays CPA LLC, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2007; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Executive Committee. Current Trustee of the Foundation for Accounting Education Board of Trustees. Past Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President of the Executive Committee. Current Chair of the Audit Committee. Current Co-Chair of the Emerging Technology Task Force. Current member of the Closely Held and S Corporations; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Family Office; Financial Accounting Standards; International Taxation; Not-for-Profit Organizations; Partnerships and LLCs; Personal Financial Planning; Relations with the Internal Revenue Service; Small Firms Practice Management; and Taxation of Individuals communities. Past Chair of the Relations with the Internal Revenue Service Community. Past Chair and Vice Chair of the Small Firms Practice Management Community. Past member of the Finance and Nominating committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past Chair of the Strategic Planning Task Force. Current member of the CPAJ Editorial Advisory Board. CHAPTER: Current Chair of the Staten Island Chapter Young CPAs / NextGen Committee. Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President and President-elect. Past member of the Staten Island Chapter Executive Board. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Promoting CPA Careers Committee. Past Co-Chair of the Staten Island Chapter Public Relations Committee. Past member of the Staten Island Chapter Hall of Fame Committee.

Vice President   PAUL E. BECHT, Principal, Baker Tilly US, LLP, Uniondale, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2006; member of the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Past Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Past member of the Awards, Finance, and Nominating committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. CHAPTER: Current Co-Chair of the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter Accounting & Auditing Committee. Past Suffolk Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President and Treasurer. Past member of the Suffolk Chapter Executive Board. Past Chair and of the Suffolk Chapter Accounting & Auditing and Sponsorship committees. Past Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Members in Industry and Nominating committees. Past Co-Chair of the Suffolk Chapter Young CPAs / NextGen Committee. Past member of the Suffolk Chapter Public Relations, Scholarship, and Young CPAs / NextGen committees.

Vice President   RAMONA CEDENO, CEO & President, FiBrick, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2015; member of the Westchester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the Chief Financial Officers; Closely Held and S Corporations; Financial Accounting Standards; New York, Multistate and Local Taxation; Partnerships and LLCs; Small Firms Practice Management; and Taxation of Individuals communities. Past member of the CPAJ Editorial Review Board. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Sustainability Accounting and Reporting Community.

Vice President   BARBARA S. DWYER, Sole Practitioner, Barbara S. Dwyer, CPA, Lake Placid, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1986; member of the Adirondack Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Current member of the Accounting Careers and Education Community. Past President of the Political Action Committee. Past member of the CPA Careers and Public Schools communities. Past member of the Advancement of Women in the Accounting Profession, Nominating, and Professional Ethics committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Incoming Board Designees, Legislative, and QEPC task forces. CHAPTER: Current Secretary of the Adirondack Chapter. Past Adirondack Chapter President. Past Chair of the Adirondack Chapter One-on-One and Steering committees.

Vice President   TRACY J. NIEMOTKO, Professor, Marist University, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1991; member of the Mid-Hudson Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Current member of the Accounting Careers and Education Committee. Current member of the Sustainability Accounting and Reporting Community. Past Chair of the Future of Accounting Education Committee. Past member of the AICPA Council. Past member of the Awards, Members in the Field of Education, and Public Sector Oversight committees. Past member of the CPAJ Column Editor. Past member of the COAP New Paltz Advisory Board. CHAPTER: Past Mid-Hudson Chapter President, President-elect, Vice President and Secretary. Past member of the Mid-Hudson Chapter Executive Board. Past Co-Chair of the Mid-Hudson Chapter Cooperation with Education Committee. Past member of the Mid-Hudson Chapter Budget and Cooperation with Education committees.

Vice President   RENEE RAMPULLA, Managing Director, Rampulla Advisory Services LLC, Warwick, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1992; member of the Rockland Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President of the Executive Committee. Past member of the Financial Accounting Standards Community. Past member of the Professional Liability Insurance and Sustainability Accounting and Reporting committees. Past Chair of the Nominating Committee. Past Chair and Vice Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee. Past Chair of the CPA Evolution Task Force. Past member of the AICPA Council. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the CPA Exam Task Force. CHAPTER: Past Staten Island Chapter President, President-elect and Vice President. Past Chair of the Staten Island Chapter Accounting and Auditing Principles and Procedures Committee. Past member of the Staten Island Chapter Hall of Fame Committee.

Secretary/Treasurer BARBARA A. MARINO, Director, The Hackett Group, Croton Falls, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1992; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Trustee of the Foundation for Accounting Education Board of Trustees. Current Trustee of the Moynihan Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees. Past Vice President on the Board of Directors. Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Past President of the Foundation of Accounting Education Board of Trustees. Current member of the Accounting Careers and Education Committee. Past Chair of the FAE Performance and Promoting CPA Careers committees. Past member of the AICPA Council. Past member of the CPA Careers, FAE Curriculum, FAE Scholarship and Practice Management Oversight communities. Past member of the Audit, Finance and Nominating committees. Past member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Incoming Board Designees Task Force. CHAPTER: Current Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President. Past Manhattan/Bronx Chapter President-elect and Vice President. Current Chair of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Promoting CPA Careers Committee. Past member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Executive Board. Past Chair of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter Nominating and Scholarship committees.

Directors-at-Large: to hold office for four years, from June 1, 2026

Director-at-Large   STEVEN K. BAIERLEIN, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2009; member of the Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Current member of the AICPA Council. Current member of the Stock Brokerage Community. Past member of the Banking Community. Past member of the Nominating Committee.

Director-at-Large   PATRICIA A. JOHNSON, Educator/Sole Practitioner, Patricia A. Johnson, CPA, Buffalo, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1977; member of the Buffalo Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current Vice President of Chapters and member of the Executive, Governance and Finance committees. Current AICPA Council Representative. Past member of the Foundation for Accounting Education Board of Trustees. Past President of the Foundation for Accounting Education Board of Trustees. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the FAE Curriculum Committee. Past Chair of the CPA Careers, Higher Education and Public Sector Oversight committees. Current member of the Awards Committee. Past member of the FAE Curriculum and FAE Scholarship Awards committees. Past member of the Nominating Committee. Current member of the Accounting Careers and Education Committee. Current member of the Anti–Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist, Business Valuation and Litigation Services, Exempt Organizations, and Not-for-Profit Organizations communities. Current member of CPAJ Editorial Review Board. Past member of the Membership Task Force. Past Campus Liaison. CHAPTER: Current member of the Buffalo Chapter Executive Board. Current Chair of the Buffalo Chapter Education Committee. Past Buffalo Chapter President, President-elect, Treasurer and member of the Buffalo Chapter Executive Board. Past Chair of the Buffalo Chapter Not-for-Profit Committee.

Director-at-Large   EDWARD N. LEE, Partner, KPMG LLP, Melville, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1998; member of the Suffolk Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past Vice President and Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Past Vice President and member of the Executive Committee. Past Chair of the Governance Subcommittee. Past member of the Audit and Nominating committees. Past Trustee of the Moynihan Scholarship Fund (MSF) Board of Trustees. Past Chair of the MSF Scholarship Committee. Current member of the Government Accounting and Auditing and Not-for-Profit Organizations communities. Past member of the Health Care Community. Past member of the CPA Licensure Task Force.

Director-at-Large: To hold office for one year, from June 1, 2026

DAVID G. YOUNG,  Partner, Young & Company CPAs, LLP, Rochester, N.Y. Member of the Society since 1998; member of the Rochester Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the Executive Committee. Past Director as Chapter Representative on the Board of Directors. Past member of the Executive Committee. Current Chair of the Professional Liability Insurance Committee. Past member of the FAE Curriculum Committee. Current member of the Selections Subcommittee. Past member of the Strategic Planning Task Force. CHAPTER: Current Rochester Chapter Executive Board member. Current Chair of the Rochester Chapter Public Relations Committee. Past member of the Rochester Chapter Taxation Committee.

Directors as Chapter Representatives: to hold office for four years, from June 1, 2026

MID HUDSON: ELISHA M. BRESTOVANSKY, Director, PKF O’Connor Davies, Newburgh, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2012; member of the Mid Hudson Chapter. STATEWIDE: Current member of the C Corporations Community. Past member of the Leadership Institute. CHAPTER: Current Mid Hudson Chapter Director. Past Mid Hudson Chapter President, President-elect, and Secretary. Past Chair of the Mid Hudson Chapter Membership/Revitalization Committee. Past member of the Mid Hudson Chapter Young CPAs / NextGen Committee.

NORTHEAST: ANDREW A. MATTHEWS, Partner, MMB + CO, Albany, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2011; member of the Northeast Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past member of the Awards Community. CHAPTER: Past Northeast Chapter President, President-elect, Treasurer and Secretary. Current Northeast Chapter Executive Board member. Past Chair of the Northeast Chapter Professional Golf Outing.

QUEENS/BROOKLYN: LILLIAN LENT, Semi-Retired, Forest Hills, N.Y. Member of the Society since 2013; member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter. STATEWIDE: Past member of the Insurance Industry Community. CHAPTER: Current Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Treasurer. Current Chair of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Taxation Committee. Past Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Vice President. Past member of the Queens/Brooklyn Chapter Executive Board.