Northeastern Chapter

2008-2009 Chapter Leadership

President – Louis E. Marcin

Louis E. Marcin is a manager with Kronick Kalada Berdy & Co. PC in Kingston. He specializes in the area of the accounting and auditing, and holds CPA licenses in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He joined PICPA in 1999, and is a member AICPA and many community organizations, including treasurer and director of Junior Achievement of Northeastern PA, past board member of Kingston Rotary, Irem Temple Shrine, and Pennsylvania Free & Accepted Masons. Lou earned his bachelor’s degree from King’s College. He has been involved in the leadership of the Northeastern Chapter Executive Committee since 2004.

A Message from President Louis Marcin

As I look back on the success our chapter has achieved the past few years, I am excited to take on the responsibility of continuing the positive trends that my predecessors have established.  With the assistance of the officers and committees of this organization, I feel that I can accomplish the tasks I have set forth below.

As President of PICPA’s Northeastern Chapter, it is my responsibility to set forth goals to achieve during my one year tenure.  Although my time as President is limited, I feel that these goals can be carried forward for years to come.  They are as follows:

• Improve financial literacy within our community
• Improve relations with schools and colleges, as our Chapter’s future is dependent upon those students entering into the accounting profession upon graduation
• Develop CPE programs that meet the needs of our Chapter’s membership
• Increase membership participation.  While it is important to grow in numbers as a chapter, I feel that member participation is most essential in developing a strong chapter presence in the community

2008-2009 Chapter Officers

President-Elect - Melanie E. Walsh
Melanie is the accounting and auditing supervisor at the Sugarloaf office at Jones Kohanski & Co. LLP. She specializes in governmental and not-for-profit audits. Melanie received her accounting degree from Wilkes University.  She is a CPA in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has been a member of PICPA since 2003. Melanie has served on the Northeastern Chapter Executive Committee since 2005 and was the chapter auditor previous to joining the executive committee. In addition to her involvement with PICPA, Melanie is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Secretary – Adam Kamor
Adam Kamor is a subsidiary tax and financial specialist with Blue Cross of Northeastern Pa. Adam received his undergraduate degree at Wilkes University and MS in Taxation at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has been a member of PICPA since 1999. In addition, he is member of AICPA and involved with Leadership Wilkes-Barre Class of 2007.
 He has served as the chapter chair of the Emerging CPAs Committee and has previously been involved in Relations with Schools and Colleges, Chapter Social Activities, and Northeastern Executive committees.

Treasurer –  Philip C. Keaney
Philip C. Keaney is partner of JH Williams & Company LLP in Kingston.  A graduate of King’s College, he joined PICPA in 1995.  He has been co-chair of the Taxation and Annual Tax Meeting Committee and a member of the Budget and Finance Committee as well as the Northeastern Executive Committee.