Accounting

Advisory Board

Members of the Department of Accounting Advisory Board, many of whom work or have spent their careers working in the field, help us prepare students for business. They share their expertise inside and outside of the classroom, guiding curriculum and providing insight to students through classroom and extracurricular programming.

Jeffrey Hecht* - Co-Chair
Partner
Private Equity
KPMG

Brian Przedwiecki* - Co-Chair
Partner
KPMG, LLP

Steven Amato*
Partner
Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Diana Benyaminy*
Director of Learning and Development
KPMG, LLP

Eugene Gelling*
Partner
Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Andrew Gravina
Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Jill Grossman*
Managing Director, Tax Services
Grant Thornton, LLP

Sean Hunt*
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Sergio A. Moscheni*
Partner, Tax
Ernst & Young, LLP

Michael Nawrocki*
Managing Partner
Nawrocki Smith

Christopher Oliva
Partner, New York
UHY LLP

Ralph S. Polimeni, PH.D., CPA
Chaykin Endowed Chair in Accounting and Professor in Accounting
Department Liaison/Advisory Board Member

Virginia Richter
Corporate Assistant Controller, External Reporting
Henry Schein Inc.

Alaina Sammartano*
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP, Tax Technology & Transformation

Joseph Scheriff*
Audit Partner, CPA
BDO Long Island

Natalie Verbanac*
Partner
Marcum, LLP

Catherine Winter*
Controller
P.C. Richard & Sons

Emeritus Advisory Board Members:

Anthony Passaretti*
Chair Emeritus
Partner (retired)
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Robert Mayer*
Partner (retired)
Prager Metis CPAs

*Hofstra alumni

Contact Us

STUDENT ADVISEMENT

Imani Brown, MS, CPA

Administrator for Accounting Accreditation, Assessment and Student Advisement
516-463-5655

Chair

Jacqueline A. Burke, PhD, CPA

Chair and Chaykin Distinguished Professor in Accounting
516-463-6987
Room 228 Guthart Hall

Senior Executive Secretary

Julie S. Feldman