Officers & Trustees

The 2011/12 New Jersey Society of CPAs Officers are:

Carole A. Hedinger, CPA

Carole A. Hedinger, CPA, Executive Director at the New Jersey State Lottery,  Lawrenceville, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1984. She has served on the NJSCPA Board of Trustees as secretary, vice president and trustee; chair of the Strategic Planning Committee; and as an NJ-CPA-PAC chair and trustee. She is  currently a member of the State Taxation, Federal Taxation, and Litigation Support and Forensic Accounting interest groups, as well as a Scholarship Fund Trustee.

Hedinger is a member of the American Institute of CPAs. She is a recipient of the Ocean County Community College Distinguished Achievement Award and the Toms River Regional Schools Hall of Fame Award and was inducted into the Georgian Court University Court of Honor.

In her community, Hedinger is chair of the Health South Rehab Hospital Citizen’s Advisory Council and has served on the Board of Trustees for Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Hedinger received her B.B.S., magna cum laude, in business from Georgian Court College and A.A. in business from Ocean County Community College. She and her husband, Len, reside in Toms River and have two daughters.

Thomas F. Roche III, CPA

Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa, LLC
President-Elect

Thomas F. Roche III, CPA, Principal at Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa, LLC, Cranford, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1981. He has served on the NJSCPA Board of Trustees as vice president and trustee. He was a member of the Meetings & Special Events committee and chair of the Insurance Trust and Committee Operations Committee. He has also served as an NJ-CPA-PAC trustee and secretary. In the Union County Chapter, he served as treasurer, secretary, vice president and president.

Roche is a member of the Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey, the Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce and a past president of the Union Township Chamber of Commerce.

In his community, Roche is the treasurer of the Westfield Police Athletic League and a board member of the Stephen F. Mannuzza Foundation, Inc.

Roche earned his B.A. in accounting from Pennsylvania State University. He and his wife, Nancy, reside in Westfield and have a son and a daughter.

Lloyd F. George, CPA

Lloyd F. George, CPA, LLC
Secretary

Lloyd F. George, CPA, Principal at Lloyd F. George CPA, LLC, Plainsboro, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1992. He has served on the NJSCPA Board of Trustees as a trustee. This is George’s second year as secretary. He is a member of the NJSCPA Valuation Services and Litigation Support & Forensic Accounting interest groups and the Financial Literacy Committee and is a trustee of the NJSCPA Education Foundation. He has also served as a member and co-chair of the NJSCPA Help Center and the Dues Management Task Force. In the Mercer Chapter, he has served as president, vice president and secretary and was twice a recipient of the Mercer Chapter President’s Award.

George is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and is a member of the Audit Committee of the Electrochemical Society, Inc., and the board of the New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network.

In his community, he was a founder and the first president of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation, Inc., a member of the school board, chair of its Finance and Facilities committees and co-chair of the Facilities Expansion Task Force. He also serves as an executive-in-residence at Rider University.

George earned his B.S. in engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy and his M.B.A. in  management from Boston University. He and his wife, Barbara, reside in Plainsboro and have three daughters and four grandchildren.

Walter J. Brasch, CPA

ParenteBeard LLC
Treasurer

Walter J. Brasch, CPA, Regional Managing Partner at ParenteBeard LLC, NY/NJ Metro Region, Clark, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1977. He has served on the NJSCPA Board of Trustees as a trustee. He is currently a member of the NJSCPA Health Care and Governmental Accounting & Auditing interest groups and chair of the NJ-CPA-PAC. He has also served as president, vice president, secretary and director of the Monmouth/Ocean Chapter.

Brasch is a member of the Health Care Financial Management Association, associate business member of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials and board member of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce.

In his community, Brasch served as board chair and treasurer of the Raritan Bay Medical Center, alumni association president of Christian Brothers Academy, board member and committee chair of the American Cancer Society and board member and treasurer of Boy Scouts of America, Monmouth Council. He is the recipient of the CBA Alumnus of the Year Award from Christian Brothers Academy.

Brasch earned his B.B.A. in accounting from St. Bonaventure University. He and his wife, Ann, reside in Little Silver and have a son, a daughter and two grandchildren.

Robert S. Marrone, CPA

Robert S. Marrone, CPA, Partner at Bowman & Company LLP, Voorhees, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1985. He has served on the NJSCPA Board of Trustees as president, president-elect, vice president, secretary and trustee. He is chair of the NJSCPA Education Foundation Executive Committee and former president of the NJSCPA Scholarship Fund. He has served as chair of the Governmental Auditing & Accounting and Legislative Advisory Council committees and as a member of the Young CPAs and Finance committees, as well as trustee, secretary and chair of the NJ-CPAPAC. He has also served as president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and director of the Southwest Jersey Chapter.

Marrone is a member of the American Institute of CPAs Council. He is also a Registered Municipal Accountant.

In his community, Marrone is a member of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials and has served as treasurer of the New Jersey Chapter of the March of Dimes as well as chair of its South Jersey Division. He currently serves on the board of the South Jersey Division and is a member of the South Jersey March of Dimes’ Golf Classic Committee. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.

Marrone earned his B.S. in business administration from Drexel University. He and his wife, Patricia, reside in Mount Laurel and have four sons.

Ralph Albert Thomas

New Jersey Society of CPAs
Executive Director

Ralph Albert Thomas began his service as Executive Director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1999. He joined the Society in 1985 and has served in various capacities, including the NJSCPA Board of Trustees as treasurer.

He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, where he currently serves on the  AICPA Pre-Certification Education Executive Committee and has served on the AICPA Peer Review Board, Strategic Planning Committee and Council.

Thomas was a director of CPA/SEA (Association of Society Executives) and also serves on the Accounting Advisory Boards of Rutgers and Seton Hall Universities. He has served as President of the Lehigh University Alumni Association and is a member of Lehigh’s Board of Trustees and the Board of Advisors of Lehigh’s College of Business. He has also served on the board of The National Association of Black Accountants, Inc., where he is a lifetime member and past national president. Accounting Today magazine recently named Thomas as one of its “Top 100 Most Influential People.”

Thomas earned his B.S. in business and economics and his M.B.A. from Lehigh University. He and his wife, Valerie, reside in South Brunswick and have a daughter.

The 2011/12 New Jersey Society of CPAs Trustees are: