Accounting Advisory Council

The Accounting Advisory Council assists the School of Management and its Accounting and Law Department by providing external perspective and advocacy for the department’s programs and strategic priorities. 

Chair

Michael Schaffstall
Partner
Chiampou, Travis, Besaw & Kershner

Committee Chairs

Nominating and Membership Committee

Hero Alimchandani
Managing Director
Deloitte

Curriculum Committee

Adam Storch
Senior Advisor to the Director of OCIE
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Placement and Mentoring Committee

Ryan Vaz
Partner, Financial Services
KPMG

Philanthropy Committee

Jerry Jacobik
CFO
Kalel Companies

Members

Tim Aman
Partner, Audit and Assurance
BDO Australia

Kelly Amos
Senior Manager, Transaction Execution Accounting Reporting and Integration
Deloitte

Keith Belote
Partner
PwC

Justin Bonk
Principal
Withum

Michael Draves
Executive in Residence, Accounting
UB School of Management
Retired Partner
KPMG

Eric Eynon
Vice President of Finance
Rich Products

Shawn Frier
Partner
Withum

John Galiski
Director
AlixPartners

David Gaulin
Director of Risk Management
White & Case

Sever Hida
Chief Financial Officer
Crossroads Live Group

Rose Hu
Clinical Assistant Professor, Accounting and Law
UB School of Management

Jennifer Insalaco
Partner
BS&P

Bharat Jain 

Jill Johnson
Partner
Lumsden McCormick, CPA

Steven Kreit
Partner
Paris, Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP

Qi Ma
Senior Manager
Deloitte

Jim McAuliffe
CFO
Weco Manufacturing Group

Gretta Miles
VP, Global Accounting Services
Delaware North

Andrew Moon
Partner
Tronconi, Segarra & Associates

Andrew Onyeji
Financial Controller
Buffalo Public Schools

Jorge Reinoso-Zegarra
Director of Procurement and Supply Chain
FSA – Campus Dining and Shops
University at Buffalo

Jim Rizzo
Tax Managing Director
GHJ

Peter Ruocco
Partner
Brock, Schechter & Polakoff LLC

Don Schoenl
President
Agile Cold Storage

Jeremy Sharkey
Site Operations Leader
CooperVision

Matt Silver
VP, Technical Accounting and Strategy
Royalty Pharma

Michael Spychala
Retired, Senior Vice President and Controller
M&T Bank

Jeffrey Thiele
Founder and CEO
Thiele Consulting LLC

Mark Tronconi
Partner
Tronconi Segarra & Associates

Stephen Turner
Partner
The Bonadio Group

Jessie Wang, CIA, CISA
Senior Vice President, Operational Risk Sr. Officer
Citi

Lexi Weber
Senior Manager – Emerging Professionals Initiatives
AICPA

Min Zheng
Vice President of Global Audit and Advisory
Transunion