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WNY Audit Trail

April President’s Letter Opportunities Abound!

It’s hard to believe the Chapter year is almost over, but I feel like we have saved one of the best events for last. If you haven’t signed up for our May event please do so! IIA Global President and CEO Richard Chambers will be speaking to our chapter on Monday May 4th at the Saturn Club downtown. After, Mr. Chambers will also conduct a book signing (books will be available for purchase) and his topic of discus-sion, Lessons Learned on the Audit Trail, is sure to be enlightening. This is a can’t miss event and it is an honor to have Mr. Chambers come to Buffalo and for our members to be able to network with the IIA Global President and CEO. This is your opportunity to directly speak with Mr. Chambers and hear about his experiences over his long career, as well as what is going on around the world in the Internal Audit profession. As the Chapter year winds down, I would ask you to start thinking of the future. What did you like from this Chapter year and what do you think could be improved? Feedback is greatly appreciated and will be used to make your WNY IIA Chapter a great professional resource and commu-nity for all its members. Be on the look-out for our annual Member sur-vey or feel free to share your feedback with any one of our Officers or Board members. Opportunities are also available to become involved by volunteering for the Financial Controls Committee and the Events Planning Committee, please see the flyers within this newsletter for ad-ditional information and how to get involved. Thank you again for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you at our future events. Regards, Len Soldano

Inside this issue

May IIA Event………………………………….2

WNY Chapter Items of Note………..3-5

Open Committees……………………….6-7

Junior Achievement .................... ...10

WNY IIA Board of

Governors ……………………………...11-12

April 2015

May IIA Event

Date: May 4, 2015

Registration: 3:30pm-4pm

Presentation: 4pm-5pm (1 CPE)

Book Signing, Networking, and Cocktails/

Hors d’Oeuvres : 5pm-6pm

Presented by:

Richard Chambers, IIA President and

CEO

Location:

The Saturn Club

977 Delaware Avenue

Buffalo, NY 14209

To register for this event, please send an email to iiawnychapter@outlook.com by April 27th

and include your name, company, member status (member/ non -member) and email.

Cost: $45 members/ $55 non-members/

$20 students (21 & over)

Lessons Learned on the Audit Trail

Note

An updated WNY IIA member list

has been posted to the website

under Member Library. This is

only accessible to WNY IIA mem-

bers and requires log in using

member ID/ password to access.

Information on the member list

is based on data maintained in

IIA membership databases and

identifies only those members

who did not opt out of the direc-

tory. If changes are required,

please log onto the IIA site or

contact IIA membership services

to update your member profile.

Regarding member certification,

only those accredited by the IIA

will be listed.

Date, Location, and Time Topic Presenter

May 4, 2015 3:30 - 6pm

The Saturn Club

977 Delaware Avenue

Buffalo, NY 14209

Lessons Learned on the Audit Trail Richards Chambers, IIA President and

CEO

WNY Chapter Items of NoteWNY Chapter Items of NoteWNY Chapter Items of Note

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Upcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming Events

CPE Certificates—Please complete the IIA meeting attendance surveys that are released after each IIA meeting. The surveys must be completed in order to re-ceive your CPE certificates.

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bility window now have an opportunity to apply for an extension before

exam parts already completed and passed expire. Information on who is

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here. If you are ready to take advantage of this one-time Certification

Candidate Program Eligibility Extension, access CCMS now.

Upcoming IIA

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May 5-14

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June 1-10

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Add Proposition

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Welcome New Members!

The WNY Chapter of the IIA welcomes the following

new members:

James Schwegler of M&T Bank and Jay McWatters of

Dopkins & Company, LLP.

WNY IIA Open Committee Positions

Objectives:

Responsibilities:

1.

Open Positions XXX Committee Member

Advocacy Committee

Events Planning Com-

mittee

CIA Chairperson

WNY IIA Open Committee PositionsWNY IIA Open Committee Positions

Objectives:

The WNY IIA chapter is looking for outgoing, charismatic members to join a committee

responsible for planning chapter events.

Responsibilities:

Identify and establish relationships with local venues for the coordination of future

IIA events.

Identify and establish relationships with guest speakers to present at future IIA

events. Ensure the speaker presents interesting, thoughtful, and appropriate top-

ics which will be of great value to the WNY IIA members.

Work with other committee members to coordinate and schedule new and interest-

ing events for the local IIA chapter.

Open Positions Events Planning Committee

Events Planning

Committee

(pg. 6)

Financial Control

Committee

(pg. 7)

Become involved in your local IIA chapter as a way to build professional relationships

and play an active role in the operations of your local chapter. For information about

postings or to apply, send an email to iiawnychapter@outlook.com.

WNY IIA Open Committee Positions

Objectives:

Responsibilities:

1.

Open Positions XXX Committee Member

Advocacy Committee

Events Planning Com-

mittee

CIA Chairperson

WNY IIA Open Committee PositionsWNY IIA Open Committee Positions

Objectives:

The Financial Control Chairperson should be a detail-oriented, organized volunteer

who attends all, or a majority of, the Western New York chapter events. Note: We

would like to obtain two volunteers to serve as back-ups in the event that a chairper-

son cannot attend an event.

Requirements:

1. Work with the Event Registration Chair to obtain the event registration listing prior

to event date.

2. Arrive 15 – 20 minutes prior to event start time to set up registration table and

greet attendees.

3. Collect and safeguard cash and check payments from attendees at the event.

4. After the event, reconcile cash and checks received for payment to the event regis-

tration listing, noting any attendees or companies that may require invoicing. Report

all event attendance records (within 1 – 2 days following the event) and total revenue

collected to Treasurer, noting any discrepancies.

5. Make cash and check deposit within 2 – 3 days after event date and submit deposit

receipt to Treasurer.

Open Positions

Events Planning

Committee

(pg. 6)

Financial Control

Committee

(pg. 7)

Become involved in your local IIA chapter as a way to build professional relationships

and play an active role in the operations of your local chapter. For information about

postings or to apply, send an email to iiawnychapter@outlook.com.

Financial Control Committee

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2014-2015 Board of Governors

* - Denotes Board of Governor Position per By-laws

Position Name Contact Information

President* Leonard Soldano, CISA, CTGA, ISA, PCIP

M&T Bank

(716) 839-6947

lsoldano@mtb.com

Vice President* Mariya Balicki, CPA, CIA

M&T Bank

(716) 842-5971

mbalicki@mtb.com

Treasurer* Ashley Blecha

M&T Bank (716) 842-4326 asmigelski@mtb.com

Secretary* Ashley Kinnear

M&T Bank (716) 842-5558 akinnear@mtb.com

Immediate Past President* Deborah Kassirer, CPA, CIA, CRMA, CCSA

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

(716) 845-5788

Deborah.Kassirer@RoswellPark.org

Second Past President * Deborah Schmitt, CPA, CIA

National Fuel

(716) 857-6941

krugerd@natfuel.com

Third Past President * Richard Brennan, CPA, CIA

Rich Products

(716) 878-8681

rbrennan@rich.com

Academic Relations Co-

Chairs*

Kate Sheer - M&T Bank (716) 842-5636 ksheer@mtb.com

Advocacy Chair* Marcos Manunta, CIA - New Era Cap

Timothy Battaglia, CIA - New Era Cap

(716) 604-9000 ext.1455 Marcos / ext.1461 Tim

marcos.manunta@neweracap.com /

tim.battaglia@neweracap.com

Associate Trustee* Maureen Cilano, CPA, CRMA, CCIPA

Evans Bank

(716) 926-2000 ext. 1362

mcilano@evansbank.com

Budgeting & Reporting

Committee Chairperson

Steve Doe, CPA

M&T Bank (716) 842-5839 sdoe@mtb.com

Financial Controls Commit-

tee

Daria Adolph, CMA, CIA - Derrick Corporation

Geoff Smith - First Niagara

Patrick Miner - M&T Bank

Brittany Barr - First Niagara

(716) 206-9019 daadolph@derrick.com

(716) 848-8470 geoff.smith@fnfg.com

(716) 842-5759 pminer@mtb.com

(716) 848-8457 Brittany.Barr@fnfg.com

Certifications Chair & CIA

Chairperson*

Maureen Dunn, CCSA - Evans Bank

Jeffrey Barnett, CIA, CCSA - Benderson Develop-

ment

(716) 926-2005 Maureen/ (716) 878-9658 Jeff

mdunn@evansbank.com jeffbar-

nett@benderson.com

Meetings & Attendance Co-

ordinator*

Margaret McWilliams, CIA, CISA, CRISC

National Fuel

(716) 857-7019 mcwilliamsm@natfuel.com

Membership Chairperson* James Bandinelli - M&T Bank

Justin Bonk, CIA, CFE, CISA - Freed Maxick CPAs P.C.

(716) 842-5618 jbandinelli@mtb.com

(716) 332-2680 Justin.Bonk@Freedmaxick.com

Newsletter Chairperson Jeremy Fay

M&T Bank

(716) 842-2323

jmfay@mtb.com

Seminar and Events Co-

Chairs*

Amber Buttles - M&T Bank

Sarah Ippolito, CIA, CAMS - M&T Bank

Stephanie Coughlin - Evans Bank

(716) 842-5897 abuttles@mtb.com

(716) 842-5679 sippolito@mtb.com

(716) 926-2040 x3723 scough-

lin@evansbank.com

Website and Survey Admin-

istration*

Ellen Janicki, CIA

M&T Bank

(716) 842-2316

ejanicki@mtb.com

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2014-2015 Board of Governors, Continued

Board Member* Micheal Ohlweiler, CPA

Partner, KPMG LLC

(716) 796-6039

mlohlweiler@kpmg.com

Board Member* John D'Angelo

General Auditor, M&T Bank

(716) 842-5551

jdangelo@mtb.com

Board Member* Eugene Cullen, CCSA, CRMA

VP of IA and Advisory Services, Roswell

(716) 845-8374

Eugene.Cullen@RoswellPark.org

Northeast District Advisor Linda Grotton lgrotton@mainehousing.org

Northeast District #3 Gloria Gibbon, CIA, CFSA, CRMA (607) 316-0732

ggibbon@roadrunner.com

Chapter Support - IIA HQ Michael Russell michael.russell@theiia.org

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