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)
Business Office Manager/Controller
Questar III BOCES
KAREN CHRISTIE, CPA
(President 2020-2021)
Treasurer
County of Jefferson