UTICA — Stephen Surace of Deerfield is the new president of the Utica chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accounts (NYSSCPA) for a one-year term that began June 1.
Surace is the CFO and vice president for Adjusters International. He joined the NYSSCPA in 2000 and is a member of its real-estate committee. He is a past co-chair of the Utica chapter’s industry committee. Surace also served on the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession Syracuse Advisory Board.
Surace is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Bar Association’s torts and insurance-practice section.
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He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Utica College in 1998 and his master’s degree in business administration from the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome in 2006.
The Utica chapter also installed Brian Reese of Rinehard Fitzgerald DePietro & Wojnas CPAs P.C. as its president-elect; Maria Suppa of Adjusters International as its vice president; Eric Longway of D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP as its secretary; and Chris Lambe of D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP as its treasurer.
The NYSSCPA, headquartered in New York City, is a nonprofit organization representing more than 28,000 certified public accountants.
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