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Although most of our members are CFO's, or Controllers, many members are in special areas where the membership count is much lower. To facilitate any special networking opportunities I want to make you aware of the following special interest chairmen. Please feel free to contact someone in your specific area of expertise. You only need one sponsor, so here is an easy way to find one.

To join one or more of these special interest groups:
 • Send the chair of that group an e-mail, or call the phone number listed.
 • You may want to e-mail your résumé so we can better assist you.

We are open to establishing other special interest groups. If you have any suggestions please let us know.

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Click a chapter title below or select from this list for more information and meeting times.

Aerospace & Defense Companies

»	Paul Cienki, Chair		paul.cienki@honeywell.com
			(862) 812-6940

Asset Management

»	Margo Stahl, Chair		margost@gmail.com
			(212) 586-7585

»	Paul Martins, Chair		pmartins@vonmar.com
			(617) 531-3132

Automotive Industry

»	Tom Wolfe, Chair		tgwolfe@yahoo.com
			(248) 703-5444

Banking

»	Maurice Krisel, Chair		molexus@aol.com
			(203) 331-5644
	Maurice has served as Chairman and Co-chairman of the FENG\\\'s Banking Special Interest Group since its inception and is also Co-Chairman of the FENG\\\'s Risk Management Special Interest Group. He is an accomplished financial executive and management consultant with more than 30 years in Consulting, Banking and Cash Management, Capital Markets, Treasury, Trade Finance, Risk Management, Financial Accounting, Audit, and Technology. Maurice has consulted to Fortune 100 corporations and Global Financial Institutions on issues ranging from Basel II Risk Management and Risk Based Capital, Treasury, Corporate Governance and Internal Control, FASB Interpretations, Capital Markets, and Technology. His industry exposure includes banking / investment banking, Broker/Dealers, Asset and Alternative Funds Management firms, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, paper, packaging and chemicals, food manufacturing, and airfreight. He is accustomed to dealing with all levels of management and is highly effective in working with user communities and technical personnel. A major strength is his ability to understand senior management issues and develop and implement innovative, feasible business solutions. Maurice has a BS from NYU in Economics, Accounting and Finance, an MBA in Banking and International Trade from Pace University, and a Post Grad degree from NYU in Capital Markets and derivatives.

»	Serge Sondak, Chair		smsondak@optonline.net
			(646) 623-5227
	Serge Sondak is currently FVP - Head of Corporate Banking/Financial Institutions & Deputy General Manager for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena NY Branch, where he assist GM in running the bank in the Americas. Mr Sondak has 27 plus years of banking experience with expertise in private banking/wealth management, wholesale corporate banking/lending with 15+ years in a senior management role for BMPS. Previous employers include Banca Nazionale dell\' Agricoltura, Banco di Napoli, Banca della Svizzera Italiana, and Morgan Guaranty Trust Co(JP Morgan). Mr Sondak has served on Board of Directors for MPS US Commercial Paper Corporation and MPS Prefered Capital Corporation. He is a graduate of Colby College with a BA n Philosophy and received MBA in Bank Administration/Finance from St. John\'s University.

»	Joe D'Amico, Administrator		jhdfinance@aol.com
			(516) 358-7785

»	Pete Hayes, Administrator		phayes1049@gmail.com
			(516) 676-5476

»	Bill Masser, Administrator		wjmakabill@aol.com
			(914) 969-7670

Capital Markets

»	Casey Roach, Chair		casey.roach@gmail.com
			(212) 455-8721

»	Alan Roth, Chair		alanroth5@gmail.com
			(917) 362-5906
	Managing Director Previous Positions: Overall, 20 years of Wall Street Experience, last fifteen years in Investment Banking (1989-present). Other Investment Banking Positions have included: Prudential Securities: Director, Investment Banking Division, Business Services Group Lehman Brothers: Vice President, Investment Banking Division, Consumer Group Dean Witter Reynolds: Vice President, Investment Banking Division, Consumer Group My education includes the following: B.S. in Finance and Economics from Boston College; and MBA from Harvard Business School h: 203-254-3350

Construction Industry

»	Ed Johnston, Chair		edjohnston@optonline.net
			(516) 802-5750
	Ed Johnston is CFO & Business Manager for GREYHAWK North America, LLC. GREYHAWK is a Construction Management and Consulting firm, providing consulting services to the construction industry internationally. He is a CPA with an MA and MBA, and has spent over 15 years in the construction field after having begun his career at Arthur Andersen. His experience ranges from Controller/CFO roles for mid-sized specialty trade contractors with work concentrated in New York, to serving as Treasurer for the Americas of a multi-national conglomerate. Ed is currently a member of the New York State Society of CPA's Construction Contractors' Committee, and is President of the Long Island chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA).

Credit / Working Capital Management

»	Bob Shultz, Chair		Robert_Shultz@att.net
			(805) 520-7880
	During his corporate career Robert Shultz had a successful 30-year track record in a variety of industries within large and multi-national organizations. Each subsequent position added to his hands on management skills and knowledge of quote to cash processes. As Vice President of Corporate Credit and Customer Finance for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Robert established the Corporate Credit and Customer Finance function for global operations. Sales to 64 countries exceeded $5B. The focus was on restructuring the organization, streamlining and automating quote to cash processes and implementation of major systems improvements. Days Sales Outstanding was reduced by 36% with a reduction in the past due balance of 45%. This was accomplished even as revenues continued to increase. In 2001 Robert became a Founding Partner of Quote to Cash Solutions (Q2C), a consulting firm focusing on the quote to cash cycle, management coaching, training and expert witness activities. Through process streamlining, organization integration and automation Q2C helps companies improve cash performance and manage accounts receivable risk. Robert has successfully provided clients with consulting and training services. Clients have included midsize and Fortune 500 companies in the entertainment, high tech, internet advertising, consumer electronics and spirits industries in the U.S., Europe and Latin America. He has assisted them in determining how best to organize their credit and collection operation, leverage outsource options and implement systems solutions to automate manual efforts. For many years Robert has participated in National Association of Credit Management (NACM) activities as a member of the Foreign Credit Interchange Bureau (FCIB), the Credit Research Foundation (CRF), as a delegate to the Legislative Conference in Washington DC and as a member of the NACM’s Technology and Policy Committees. Robert was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CMA Business Credit Services for 2003-2004 after heading up the CMA’s Strategic Planning effort. He remains active on the CMA’s Board and on the Advisory Committee. In 2001 he was named CMA’s Credit Executive of the Year in recognition of his contribution to the Credit Profession. Robert also serves as a member of the National Dun and Bradstreet Advisory Group and is on the Advisory Board of Credit Today Magazine. He has published numerous articles, speaks on credit management topics and has been the featured Credit Executive profile of the month in both Credit Today and IOMA’s Report on Managing Credit, Receivables and Collections. Robert has his degree and advanced course work in Public Administration from California State University at Los Angeles. About Q2C Quote to Cash Solutions (Q2C) delivers quality solutions that improve companies and financial institutions cash flow, operational efficiency, customer retention and satisfaction. Each Q2C Partner and Associate brings over 25 years of global financial and credit process management experience in a variety of industries. As “senior credit experts� Q2C tackles credit, collections and accounts receivable performance issues from the eyes of an experienced practitioner. They review processes, procedures, reporting, deduction management and organizational alignment. Q2C helps evaluate alternatives in selecting state of the art systems and other solutions. Additionally they provide coaching to managers responsible for credit and collection activities, provide training and are expert witness consultants in bankruptcy preference lawsuits. For additional information visit Q2C on the web at http://www.quotetocash.biz

Energy & Natural Resources

»	Sterling McDonald, Chair		sterlingmc@comcast.net
			(713) 917-0023

»	Joel Alvis, Chair		jbalvis@hal-pc.org
			(281) 370-6397

Family Businesses

»	Keith Langworthy, Chair		klangworthy@comcast.net
			(908) 370-2968
	Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) Financial Advisor At Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group Keith’s role includes investment management, financial and estate planning, banking and insurance solutions. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Keith was the Director of New Business Development at Hewitt Associates’ Corporate Transactions Group where he was directly involved with corporate restructurings at AIG, Barclays/Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney. As Executive Director at Oberon Securities Keith was in charge of M&A advisory and capital market financing for private and public companies. Prior to Oberon Keith was the Founder and President of Langworthy Associates, a corporate finance consulting group performing M&A advisory and raising debt and equity capital for companies in the IT and data networking industries. Keith was a Senior Vice President at First Albany Corp. specializing in the data storage and optical networking industries and was involved with numerous equity financings. Prior to First Albany Keith was a Principal at ING Barings and a Managing Director at Everen Securities where he was involved in the structuring and execution of numerous international M&A and capital market transactions. Prior to joining Everen, Mr. Langworthy was the Vice President of Corporate Development at Uniroyal Chemical Company. During his tenure there, Mr. Langworthy was responsible for closing numerous cross border M&A transactions. Mr. Langworthy served as Director of Acquisitions at HMK Group Companies and Vice President at Amivest Corporation. Keith received an MBA from The NYU Graduate School of Business and a BS from The NYU School of Business Administration.

»	Tim Anglim, Co-Chair		tim@yescfo.com
			(732) 319-6502

»	Bill Hill, Chair		anglocelt888@yahoo.com
			(610) 926-2887

Food Industry

»	Bob Lampo, Chair		blampo1@yahoo.com
			(717) 979-7177
	Mr. Lampo is Vice President of Finance at Natural Organics, Inc. a leading manufacturer of vitamins, nutritional supplements and foods. Prior to Natural Organics Inc., Bob held positions at Swift and Company, ConAgra, Empire Kosher Poultry and Salerno Plastics. He also ran his own consulting company servicing clients within the food industry. Bob is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.

Healthcare

»	Robert Dodge, Chair		robertmd7@gmail.com
			(404) 355-5508

»	Richard Baland, Chair		cpajustintx@yahoo.com
			(214) 432-2844

»	Lou Hanson, Chair		lhanson_1@hotmail.com
			(609) 585-2121

»	Rich Szymkowski, Chair		rszymkowski@yahoo.com
			(412) 549-0314

»	Bill House, Chair		wbhouse@msn.com
			(205) 426-5854

High Technology

»	Gary Patterson, Chair		patterson.gw@verizon.net
			(781) 237-3637
	Founder FiscalDoctor. Enterprise Risk Managemetn (ERM) expert & speaker. KPMG CPA / Stanford MBA in Operations, Finance and Marketing. Worked in all major technology sectors and manufacturing, service, and distribution – helping 100 companies. Geographic background before coming to Boston 6 years ago includes the Southwest, Southeast and England. Although usually CFO, has held all functional titles, including COO, CTO, CCO, Head of Sales and President. www.FiscalDoctor.com

Information Technology

»	Joe Gillespie, Chair		joe@gillespiemail.com
			(847) 994-8907
	Joe Gillespie is a proven leader having had roles as CEO, CIO, and CFO going back over 25 years. He has enabled growth and created competitive advantage for organizations utilizing information technology solutions while controlling and reducing expenses. Joe has a reputation as an innovative and dynamic agent of change and has extensive experience with rapidly evolving organizations, including M&A, public offerings, start-ups, spin-offs, and corporate restructurings. Throughout his career Joe has always played leadership roles for companies in transition or companies undergoing rapid change and has implemented and integrated ERP solutions, outsourced certain functions, managed large-scale software development projects, successfully implemented program management offices, built IS departments from scratch and turned others around, and assimilated numerous acquisitions with the technical and organizational development issues that arise. For several large organizations Joe has been in either Chief Information Officer or Chief Financial Officer roles dating back almost 30 years. Having spent his career at the intersection of Accounting/Finance and IT, Joe became a true Entrepreneur starting his own IT consulting company 10+ years ago, originally based on an outsourcing agreement with a large international gas & electric utility company which he later sold to another organization. Joe now advises other Entrepreneurs. In 2004, Joe graduated 1st in his class of over 100 from the University of Illinois, Springfield with a Master of Science in Management Information Systems. Joe has also been awarded an MBA, BS, BBA, and Project Management certificate and is Six Sigma certified and a certified e-Business Consultant.

Insurance

»	Dan Towle, Chair		dantowle@comcast.net
			(860) 693-4829
	Daniel Towle is the managing director of the Northeast Region with responsibility for client relationships and business development in New England and New York for Kingson Group. Mr. Towle has spent over 20 years working in insurance, investments, technology and banking in a variety of senior functional roles including business development, consulting, corporate finance, marketing, treasury, controllership, operations and human resources. Before joining Kingson, Mr. Towle ran a professional service firm, Parker Advisors, LLC, which assisted companies to solve strategic and operational problems. In addition, he has held management positions at SS&C Technologies, General Re – New England Asset Management, Shawmut Bank, Executive Risk and Travelers Insurance Companies. Mr. Towle has been a presenter or guest lecturer for Institute of Internal Auditors, Professional Risk Managers International Association, University of Hartford and Bentley College. Mr. Towle received his Masters in Business Administration from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School and undergraduate degree from Williams College.

»	Jim Hendry, Chair		jimhendry99@yahoo.com
			(617) 620-6034

Internal Audit

»	Ed Scannell, Chair		ejscannell@aol.com
			(203) 552-6640
	Ed is currently Vice President, Internal Audit with Blyth, Inc. headquartered in Greenwich, CT, a home fragrance & décor, seasonal decorations and gift company. Blyth designs, manufactures, and markets an extensive line of candles and home décor products under brand names such as PartyLite, Colonial Candle of Cape Cod, Seasons of Cannon Falls, CBK, Miles Kimball, Walter Drake, Sterno and Boca Java. Before joining Blyth, Ed gained broad experience as a CPA, VP Finance, controller, internal audit, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, cost analysis, project management, recruiting, management development and consulting on global projects for Dexter Corporation, a NYSE company with five global businesses - Life Science, Electronics, Aerospace, Chemical & Specialty Materials. Products included semiconductor coatings, aerospace adhesives, protein expression, DNA applications, magnetics and tea bag paper. Also, International Paper Company in New York City. World’s largest pulp, paper and wood products company and Pannell, Kerr, Forster, a worldwide CPA firm headquartered in New York. Ed is a graduate of Villanova University with a BS in Economics. A Certified Public Accountant and a member of the NYSSCPA, AICPA, IIA and FEI. Ed was a guest lecturer at University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Management, on Growth, Mergers and Acquisitions, and has service on Boards of non profits, professional & homeowners associations, leadership roles in Boy Scouts and Little League. His other interests include worldwide travel, sailing, skiing and chess. He is married to Sally with two grown children.

»	Marc Engel, Chair		mengel@cfoconsultingpartners.com
			(973) 953-8569
	Marc Engel, CPA, CISA, CBA, CFE Director, CFO Consulting Partners, LLC Marc Engel is a consultant for well known private equity firms and consults with numerous companies on financial controls and auditing. Before his consulting career Marc served as director of internal auditing with Marsh and McLennan; and the Director of Internal Audit at Kroll, the Risk Consulting Company. He also worked as EDP Audit Manager for a large regional CPA firm and as a senior audit manager for a recognized boutique banking CPA firm in New York where he led audit engagements for Israel Discount Bank and Bank Hapoalim. Marc has a proven track record of directing and completing audits and finding effective solutions for business controls. He is recognized as an industry leader at the New York State Society of CPAs where he is the Immediate Past Chair of Litigation Services Committee, and a member of the Anti Money Laundering Committee and the Banking Committee. He has chaired the very successful Anti-Fraud CPE conference, and presented CPE training on various topics. He has recently served as an adjunct professor at New York University, where he taught audit. Marc is active in a number of significant professional organizations including: The Institute of Internal Auditors, Information System Audit & Control Association, and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has a B.S in Accounting from Lehman College, City University of New York.

International

»	Peter Welch, Chair		peter_welch@contractualcfo.com
			(617) 869-8439
	Mr. Welch, a U.S. and British citizen, is a very experienced analyst, financial manager, senior level consultant, entrepreneur, accountant and businessman. His experience of about 25 years encompasses organizations from multi-billion dollar to small start-ups with strengths that include developing and implementing changes to financial systems. In 1996, he founded and incorporated under Consulting and Educational Services Inc., a 'virtual' consulting business (www.ContractualCFO.com) that was formed to offer, amongst others, start-up consulting/interim CFO services, small business incorporation programs and process reengineering. Development of 5-year business plans, budgeting models and cash flow projections were a key offering. In 2004, ContractualCFO announced the formation of SOX International Inc., to specialize in offering Sarbanes- Oxley Section 404 compliance to U.S. Corporations with overseas subsidiaries/operations. Mr. Welch has taught Graduate/Undergraduate level Accounting and Finance at the University of Southern New Hampshire and Golden Gate University, CA, including the Executive MBA program. He has started developing material for a book, Accounting, the language of business. He was trained and educated as an Accountant in England and has a U.S. Masters Degree in Finance. Internationally Mr. Welch has worked in England, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Georgia (FSU), Bosnia as well as Japan and India. ===== Peter Welch, President, CCFO www.ContractualCFO.Com and www.SoxInternational.Com 1-888-669-4750 (Office) 1-206-374-6752 (Fax) 1-508-353-0231@mobile.att.net (Pager/Text Message)

Investor Relations

»	John Palizza, Chair		john.palizza@gmail.com
			(281) 727-6775
	John Palizza is a financial executive whose area of expertise lies in the juncture of corporate finance and Wall Street. With an extensive background in treasury, capital markets, investor relations, banking, financial analysis and law, he has concentrated his career in helping the companies he has worked for benefit the most from their relations with Wall Street and the financial community. At SYSCO Corporation his responsibilities include investor and media relations, financial analysis, and executive compensation. Before joining SYSCO in 2001 John was with the firm of W. P. Stewart, an investment manager, as their Chief Operating Officer for North American subsidiaries in order to manage their transition to a public company through an IPO. Prior to that time John enjoyed a long career with Walgreen Co., the nations leading drugstore retailer. From 1985 to 1999 he was Director of Finance and Assistant Treasurer where he directed the financial analysis, banking, cash management, capital markets and investor relations functions of the company. In 1996 he was also elected a Trustee of the Walgreens Profit Sharing Retirement Trust. From 1975 to 1985 John practiced law for Walgreens, specializing in corporate, securities and real estate law. John Palizza earned a bachelor’s degree in History from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1972 and a law degree from Loyola University of Chicago in 1975. In June of 1994 he completed his Masters in Management at the J. L. Kellogg Graduated School of Management, where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the business school honor society. Publications over the years have included, “A Manual for Corporate Securities Compliance� (co-author), “Dealing With Securities Analysts, The Corporate Perspective� and assisting as principal contributor to Professor Laurie Hodrick with “Walgreen Co., 1990� a business school case study which he teaches each year to her graduate finance class at Columbia University Business School.

»	Steve Cantor, Chair		steve_cantor@yahoo.com
			(978) 436-6750
	Steve Cantor is currently director of investor relations for Entegris, Inc., a Minnesota-based supplier of components and systems to the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In August 2005, Entegris merged with Mykrolis Corporation to create a combined entity with 2,800 employees worldwide and annualized sales of approximately $600 million. Prior to the merger, Steve served as director of investor relations and corporate communications for Mykrolis, joining the company in 2002. Before joining Mykrolis, he was director of investor relations for Acterna Corporation, a leading provider of communications test and management solutions. During his 13-year career at Acterna, Steve led the company’s successful defense in a proxy fight and was instrumental in developing investor communications related to a leveraged buy-out of the company. In addition to his role in investor relations, he also performed various treasury and finance functions. Steve began his career in 1986 with Analog Devices, a leading maker of specialized semiconductor devices. Steve received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University in 1982 and earned an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University in 1986.

Leasing Industry

»	Jim Schwartz, Chair		jschwartz56@comcast.net
			(610) 827-0172
	Mr. Schwartz’s financial services career spans more than 35 years, primarily in equipment leasing and finance. Following five years as a corporate lending officer, he held sales and general management positions with Manufacturers Hanover Leasing and a successor firm, The CIT Group/Equipment Financing. Later, he moved to corporate finance roles at a small merchant banker and a large corporate bond insurer. Since 1999, Mr. Schwartz has led domestic long- and/or short-term customer financing activities for Siemens Medical Solutions USA. Siemens is a market leader in medical diagnostic equipment and medical information technology products and services. Mr. Schwartz received a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) in 1968 from Purdue University and a Masters in Business Administration (Finance) from Northwestern University in 1970.

»	Lisa Lersner, Chair		LLersner@Leasefinanceconsulting.com
			(203) 438-1574
	Ms. Lersner has over eighteen years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to creating Lease & Finance Consulting, LLC, she held the position of President, Golden Eagle Leasing, Inc., an equipment lessor located in Ridgefield, CT. Ms. Lersner joined Golden Eagle in 1996 as its Controller and, during her eight years with the company, also held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Lersner began her career in the financial services industry in 1986 at Citicorp Industrial Credit. Upon leaving Citicorp, she took a position at Chrysler Capital. At both companies she managed various leasing related finance, operational and accounting functions. Ms. Lersner earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Utah in 1986.

M&A / Development

»	Bob Goddard, Chair		docgoddard@gmail.com
			(781) 451-8984
	Bob is the Managing Member of EMR Global Healthcare, LLC, a company in stealth mode developing personal, portable storage of your current health records that you can carry on you . This initiative pursuant to the mandate of President Obama that EMR be in effect by 2015. Prior to that, Bob was CFO and a Managing Director - Corp. Finance with Jameson Holdings, Inc. (formerly MCGpartners, Ltd.) A boutique International Capital Market and Investment Advisory firm \\\"Advisors to CEO\\\'s. CFO\\\'s and Boards of both privately held and publicly traded companies,\\\" with offices in London, MA and Fl. Bob has been a high profile Corp. Finance Executive & CFO for 25 years with companies ranging from startups to Forbes 2000, specializing in M&A, IPO\\\'s, Turnarounds, International and Re-engineering for future growth. Bob is a graduate of Northeastern University and the AMP program at Harvard Business School. www.emr-globalhealthcare.com

Manufacturing

»	Bob Jugenheimer, Chair		bobjug@comcast.net
			(860) 651-8137
	Bob Jugenheimer is the president of Jugenheimer & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the financial problems of manufacturing companies. In the US, he has worked with 14 of the Dow 30 and with major companies in 6 European and 3 Asian countries. Prior to founding his own firm, Bob was employed by IBM and United Technologies. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility with Procter & Gamble, Arthur Andersen and Anheuser Busch. Bob attended the California Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois; he holds two undergraduate degrees. He also has an MBA from Xavier University and did post graduate work at Washington University.

»	Bruce Augustadt, Chair		bruce.augustadt@sbcglobal.net
			(203) 431-0651

»	David Zecchin, Chair		djzecchin@hotmail.com
			(267) 760-7158

Media

»	Bob Ainsworth, Chair		b_ainsworthjr@hotmail.com
			(508) 626-3645

»	Jack Carton, Chair		jcar299@cs.com
			(212) 691-9164
	Jack Carton has over fifteen years of media and entertainment In his last position, He was CFO/GM of a music and video production company in New York named Eagle Rock Entertainment. He had repsonsibility for Finance, Administration, Production and Creative Services and some authority for Sales and Marketing. Prior to this position, he was Vice President of Finance, Administration and Production for a part of Sony Music. Jack is currently operating and has equity interests in two media and entertainment startups in New York. These companies are a Multimedia company (Music, Talent Management, Film Distribution and Production) and a Post Production house for music and film. Jack also consults to media and entertainment companies on matters of Finance and Strategy. He helps other startups with their business plans and attempting to secure them financing. Jack is also Music Supervising a series of Film productions for Warner Brothers and is Associate Producer of an Indy Film scheduled for theatrical release during 2007. Jack lives around Union Square in Manhattan.

»	Hugh Glazer, Chair		hglazer@winterviewgroup.com
			(781) 771-2717
	Hugh Glazer has over 20 years experience in finance and business operations as well as expertise in start-ups, cash strapped turnarounds, integration of acquisitions and infrastructure development. He now serves as a consulting CFO/COO. He has held key finance and operations roles in several early stage and high growth businesses including Ingenta, Publist, Learning Technology Group/Simon & Schuster, Macmillan New Media, Eastern Connection and The New England Journal of Medicine. He has built the finance and administration teams in over seven companies. Glazer's experience includes Publishing, Internet Services, Advertising, Software Development, Wholesale Distribution and Business Services companies. He is an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and an adjunct professor at a Boston area college.

»	Rory Parness, Chair		roryp@nyc.rr.com
			(917) 923-4201

Mortgage Industry

»	Ira Holmes, Chair		irascot@msn.com
			(301) 802-7274

Not-for-Profit

»	Tim Domini, Chair		TDomini@optonline.net
			(914) 263-2135
	Tim is a graduate of Babson College with a BS of BA in Finance and a MBA in management. Tim began his career in manufacturing cost accounting and worked his way through Publishing , Direct Marketing and Consulting organizations as the Controller or Business Manager. After a layoff from Readers Digest Tim began consulting directly and eventually became a full time associate with The A Team. During his tenure with the A Team Tim began working in the not-for-profit arena and identified the industry as one he had a great fit with. Tim has been the Controller of Finance and Operations for the Brennan Center for Justice during the past two years and works in Grant-Fund accounting. Tim has been a member of FENG off and on for over 8 years and is very familiar with all the issues of networking, job change, resumes, and elevator speeches! Tim lives in Rockland County with his wife and son.

»	Mark Coron, Chair		Coron_L_Mark@yahoo.com
			(631) 827-4705
	Mark Coron has been in the Not for Profit sector for over 20 years in a variety of organizations, with budgets ranging from $ 5 million to $ 100 million. He has demonstrated strategic and financial leadership in community based, chapter based, healthcare, social service organizations, including international operations. These organizations have been multi locations and facilities. They have ranged in staff size from 50 to 2500. He has held titles of Director of Financial Analysis and Systems, Controller, Consultant and his career has steadily grown in the areas of managing staff development, financial software enhancements and implementations, and accurate and timely reporting both on a monthly and Fiscal Year end basis. He has been the “Super User� for most if not all financial reporting packages. He has reported to CFO’s, Executive Director and reported to Board of Directors. Mark has been a member of the FENG for 5 years and has become more active in the past year in attending meetings in Long Island, New York City and Bergen County Chapter meetings. Mark has gone through numerous transitional periods and understands the frustration and depression that is often is associated at this time. Contacting other members, attending meetings that match your needs is also important. Mark lives with his son and dog in Long Beach, NY.

Pharmaceuticals

»	Scott Reding, Chair		sreding@snet.net
			(203) 554-0114

Professional Services

»	Howard Nagelberg, Chair		hnagelberg5@hotmail.com
			(212) 367-2404
	Howard is a financial executive with 25 years of experience in two major sectors of our economy. Currently he is CFO of JUICE Pharma Advertising - an independent pharmaceutical marketing services firm. He has also served in numerous positions within the Omnicom and Grey Advertising networks at both the divisional and corporate entities. His professional services sector experience also includes owning and operating a recruiting and consulting business in NYC. Prior to his 15 years in the service arena he held various positions in the manufacturing sector including various planning, forecasting, reporting and operational responsibilities at Tambrands, GE/RCA and Amstar. He also worked in investor relations at a computer company early in his career. Howard holds a BA in Economics as well as an MBA in Finance from the City of University of New York.

»	Alan Green, Chair		AlanGreen@comcast.net
			(917) 287-3398
	Alan is a Financial Coach and Certified Public Accountant for over 20 years. As a financial professional, Mr. Green's uses his experience to help individuals plan for short & long term events in their life, while helping them protect themselves from unforeseen financial pitfalls. Work - 212 344-8676, Home - 908 769-8742

Real Estate

»	Paul Zambrotta, Chair		pzambrotta@msn.com
			(864) 884-4176

»	Steve Peca, Chair		speca@concourserealty.com
			(908) 507-3818
	Mr. Peca has over 28 years of professional experience ranging from banking and finance to project management and education including significant experience building new departments and portfolios for private and public companies. Mr. Peca formed and is a managing director of Concourse Realty Group, LLC (www.concourserealty.com). Concourse Realty Group provides advisory and investment services to U.S. and international real estate owners, investors and lenders with transaction, portfolio and corporate management needs, as well as, equity investment fund creation. Mr. Peca has an active and integral role at New York University creating courses and designing curriculum, teaches over fourteen graduate and non-degree investment and real estate courses, and was the founding Faculty Advisor for the Entrepreneurs & Investors Student Group. Before forming Concourse Realty Group, Mr. Peca was with Fleet Securities, Inc. establishing a real estate loan syndication and trading business and infrastructure for the bank and structuring over US$1.7 billion for primary and secondary distribution. Mr. Peca spent the previous 11 years at The Fuji Bank, Limited where he was a corporate global relationship manager originating and managing a portfolio averaging over US$1 billion. Many client needs extended into overseas markets, and as such, Mr. Peca gained extensive experience arranging international and cross border loans, project finance and other financial structures. He originally joined the bank to help establish the real estate portfolio for the branch, and eventually originated and managed a national real estate portfolio. Along with numerous other transactions, Mr. Peca also worked on the United Center (in Chicago) construction financing completing the negotiation and execution of the construction loan and syndicating the loan. Before joining the bank, Mr. Peca was Vice President of Accounting, Finance and Administration for The Tucker Companies, Inc., a regional real estate developer and property manager. Mr. Peca managed the financial and accounting activities for the company, and was responsible for personnel administration, coordinated the legal function and maintained bank and investor relations. Mr. Peca started his career at Urban Investment & Development Co., the real estate subsidiary of Aetna Life & Casualty, a national real estate developer, manager and investor. Starting in treasury and transitioning to the accounting/finance area and finally to development management, Mr. Peca was extensively involved in a number of high profile projects throughout the U.S. Mr. Peca has a Certificate in Advanced Management from the University of Chicago, worked on a MBA in Finance and has a BBA in Public Accounting, both, from Loyola University Chicago. Mr. Peca also spent one year at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law as part of his undergraduate program. He is a CPA and is a licensed real estate salesperson in Illinois and New Jersey. Mr. Peca is also a Technical Real Estate Instructor, State of New York. Mr. Peca received an Award for Outstanding Service from New York University, is a member of the Financial Executive Networking Group (FENG), the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executives Group (GPSEG) and established and leads the FENG NYC Real Estate Special Interest Group. Mr. Peca has been interviewed by and quoted in several newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, National Real Estate Investor and Urban Land. Mr. Peca is also a Member of the World Business Review Advisory Board and Vista Research Society of Industry Leaders.

Retailing

»	Rodger Jacobson, Chair		rodgerjacobson@att.net
			(301) 547-2031
	Rodger is currently the Director of Finance for On Campus Marketing, a direct marketing firm providing products to University students and their parents. Rodger has over 17 years experience in the retail, restaurant, direct marketing and hospitality industries. Rodger began his career as an auditor with Grant Thornton. Rodger is a CPA and holds a B.S.C in Accounting from Rider University. Rodger is located in Bethesda Maryland.

Risk Management

»	Maurice Krisel, Chair		molexus@aol.com
			(203) 331-5644

»	Don Wesnofske, Chair		wesnofske@msn.com
			(917) 318-4601

Securities Research

»	Peter Mintz, Chair		peterm@bestweb.net
			(914) 663-9510
	Peter Mintz, Founder and President of Fleetwood Research, has two decades of experience in equity analysis. His expertise includes analysis of small and mid-cap companies and producing research reports, business plans, due diligence reports, industry white papers, valuations and other investment related documents. He teaches Financial Statement Analysis at The New School in New York and holds an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business.

Tax

»	Dick Voll, Chair		rckshrk@optonline.net
			(201) 447-5244

»	Mike Heiman, Chair		writeoffs@yahoo.com
			(216) 896-0025
	Mike Heiman is a well seasoned tax professional, having spent the last 10 years at IMG (sports marketing) concentrating in international matters and transfer pricing. Before that, Mike worked at Deloitte and Touche as a Senior Tax Manager for a dozen years in the Jericho, NY office. Prior to that, Mike worked in Main Hurdman's Tax Department and with a local CPA firm. Mike has a Masters in Tax from Long Island University and a Bachelors in Business from SUNY at Buffalo. He has taught tax and accounting courses at Adelphi University and mentored many excellent professionals. Mike's current motto: "Nothing is certain but death and taxes, but both can often be postponed".

Telecommunications

»	Frank Pazera, Chair		fpazera@comcast.net
			(423) 842-6049
	Frank J. Pazera currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Covista Communications, Inc (NASDAQ: CVST). Frank joined Covista as the Corporate Controller in December 2002. Prior to joining Covista, Mr. Pazera held a variety of Executive Financial Management positions at Company’s that include AirGate PCS, Inc., a publicly traded wireless services company and Network One, a privately held regional Competitive Local Exchange Carrier, in addition to Turner Broadcasting, MCI Telecommunications and Arthur Andersen & Company. He received his MBA in Finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta and his BBA in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He is a Certified Public Accountant

»	Carl Shapiro, Chair		cshapiro@optonline.net
			(203) 273-1968
	Carl Shapiro, based in Stamford, CT, has over 20 years of finance and operational experience in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Shapiro has held several executive positions with Metromedia owned telecommunications companies including Controller of Metromedia Long Distance, Regional Vice President of Operations of LDDS/Metromedia, Vice President of Financial Administration of Metromedia International Telecommunications, and Vice President of Financial Services of Metromedia Fiber Network. Currently he is a consultant providing expertise is such areas as order-to-cash processes, financial planning and analysis, and cost reduction evaluations. Mr. Shapiro received his MBA in Finance from Pace University in New York and his BS in Accounting from the College of New Jersey in Trenton. He is also a CPA.

»	Michael Hartley, Chair		hartley@email.com
			(770) 434-6033
	Michael Hartley is a telecommunications financial executive based in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Hartley has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications in local and long distance service. Mr. Hartley specializes in telecom expense management, including carrier to carrier costs and corporate telecom expenses. Mr. Hartley’s experience includes 11 years with MCI and several years consulting with corporate clients. Positions at MCI include Director of International Line Cost where he audited and managed MCI’s international settlements and Director of Planning for the $10B Business Division headquartered in Atlanta, GA.. Over an eight year period, Mr. Hartley supported corporate clients to manage internal telecom expenses by negotiating contracts, auditing invoices, designing new audit and payment processes, and developing custom software to automate the audit process. Clients included many well known Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Hartley is an expert in telecommunications invoicing with experience in local billing, long distance billing, and all levels of carrier to carrier billing (local Reciprocal Compensation, CABS billing, and international settlements).

Transportation & Distribution

»	Andreas Rothe, Chair		rothe@writeme.com
			(212) 465-5013
	Andreas Rothe is SVP and Global Controller at the engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff. Prior to joining PB, he served as senior vice president of business administration and finance and chief financial officer at Hapag-Lloyd (Americas) Inc., a container transportation company. He was responsible for all finance, IT and human resources operations in North and South America. Before that, he held senior financial management positions with Schenker, Inc., a logistics and distribution company. Rothe received MBA and B.A. degrees from the University of Cologne, Germany. He holds national and local leadship positions at the Financial Executives International (FEI) and the International Executive Resource Group (IERG). He is alse an active member in organizations such as the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Association of Corporate Growth, the Executive Forum and the Rotary Club. Rothe resides in Short Hills, New Jersey.

Treasury

»	Bruce Lynn, Chair		BLynn@TheFECG.com
			(203) 655-4806
	Bruce has acquired over 20 years of corporate and banking experience in all aspects of treasury and financial management by successfully tackling major assignments in such areas as treasury operations, cash management, strategic planning, credit, systems enhancements as well as operating and capital budgets. In his current role as a Managing Director for The Financial Executives Consulting Group and as a former VP, relationship manager at Bankers Trust and Director of Cash Management and Working Capital at Ogden Corporation he has advised many Fortune 500 companies on methods to enhance treasury performance. He has an Industrial Engineering degree from Lehigh University, a MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business and is certified as a Corporate Treasury Professional (CTP) by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP).

Workouts

»	John Schwarten, Chair		schwarten@optonline.net
			(203) 952-6404
	John has held a number of executive and management positions including: Interim CEO, CFO and Consultant for companies with operating revenues of $5 to $80 million, his most recent affiliation is with Executive Sounding Board Associates. Prior to his career in corporate management and consulting, Mr. Schwarten spent 15 years in the banking industry in New York City. During this period his roles included advisory in international finance for US based corporations with Bankers Trust Company, and manager of commercial and merchant banking for the New York City branch of Banque Worms (France). He began his banking career at Marine Midland Bank. Mr. Schwarten holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago.