Call for Nominations: Do You Know a Great CPA Board Member?

2012 Michael H. Urbach, CPA, Community Builders Award Now Accepting Nominations

Submission Accepted through August 24th, 2012 
 
The New York Council of Nonprofits, Inc. (NYCON) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) are pleased to announce this call for nominations for the Ninth Annual Michael H. Urbach, CPA Community Builders Award.

The award is named in honor of the late Michael H. Urbach, CPA, former partner of Urbach, Kahn and Werlin, former NYS Commissioner of Tax and Finance and Chair of the State Employees federated Appeal, and board leader of a number of charities. This award is in recognition of the important role, talents and leadership that a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York State can provide as a board member for community-based charities. 

Award Criteria & Submission:
Candidates must:

• Be a CPA in good standing and a member of NYSSCPA.  
• Have served as an Officer on at least 3 different charitable 501(c)(3) community-based nonprofits with service as President/Chair at least once.  
• Have demonstrated exemplary board leadership resulting in significant and positive organizational impact including, but not limited to, financial turn-around, growth, and/or organizational re-structuring.  
• Preference will be given to nominees whose board leadership accomplishments have been with community-based charities.

Deadline - August 24th, 2012
Nominations addressing the candidate's qualifications must be received by August 24th.  Nominators are strongly encouraged to address the qualifications related to the four (4) criteria mentioned above and to include at least three (3) letters of support from the charities who have benefited from the candidate's volunteer leadership. 
 
Send two (2) packets of nomination materials to:
 
Urbach Community Builders Award Committee
New York Council of Nonprofits
272 Broadway
Albany NY 12204

OR email the packet to Melissa Currado, Executive Assistant to the CEO at mcurrado@nycon.org.

Announcement & Presentation:
The 2012 award will be formally presented at the Annual Member Meeting of NYCON slated for the afternoon of October 4th, 2012 at Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York.
 
The Luncheon will take place during CAMP FINANCE, a two-day retreat that provides the very best in knowledge, skill and strategy sessions for your staff and volunteer leaders.
 
In honor of the late Harold Mandel, a certified public accountant who worked for Urbach, Kahn & Werlin in Albany, NY and retired in West Palm Beach, FL, the 2012 Urbach Honoree has the privilege to award one (1) nonprofit executive of their choice a Camp Finance scholarship in Hal's name.  In 2009, Mr. Mandel's family accepted a posthumous Michael H. Urbach, CPA Community Builders Award in his tribute.