Lynn L. Albala, CPA InfoSight Partners LLC Treasurer
Lynn L. Albala, CPA, CMA, CGMA, Chief Financial Officer at InfoSight Partners LLC, Oakland, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1981. She has served on the NJCPA Board of Trustees as a trustee. She has served as a member of the NJCPA Federal Taxation, Accounting & Auditing Standards and Technology interest groups; Nonprofit Interest Group leader; a member of the Audit Committee; and leader of the Nonprofit Conference and the Accounting, Business & Technology Show work groups. Albala is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, past chapter president of the American Society of Women Accountants and the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants, and past chapter director of the Institute of Management Accountants. In her community, she is a Girl Scout Senior and Ambassador Consultant for the Oakland Girl Scout Service Unit and past Oakland GS Service Unit Manager. Albala earned her B.S. in accounting from Penn State University. She and her husband, Mark, reside in Oakland and have a daughter.
Brad E. Muniz, CPA
Sobel & Company LLC, CPAs Immediate Past President Brad E. Muniz, CPA, Partner in Charge of Accounting and Auditing at Sobel & Company LLC, CPAs, Livingston, joined the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1991. He has served on the NJCPA Board of Trustees as president, president-elect, secretary, treasurer and trustee. He is on the NJCPA Finance and Retirement Savings Plan committees; on the Department of Labor Work Group; and an Education Foundation trustee. He has served as a member of the Scholars Institute Advisory Board; Strategic Planning and Volunteer Relations committees; Accounting & Auditing Standards Interest Group; and as a Scholarship Fund trustee. In the Morris/ Sussex Chapter, he has served as president, vice president, treasurer and director. Muniz is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the AICPA Council. He is a member of the PKF North America Network and has served on its CPE Committee and as vice chair of the Accounting & Auditing Committee. In his community, Muniz is a board member of the Milton School and treasurer for Family Intervention Services. Muniz earned his B.A. in accounting from William Paterson University. He and his wife, Diane, reside in Parsippany and have two daughters and a son.
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Ralph Albert Thomas, CGMA New Jersey Society of CPAs CEO & Executive Director Ralph Albert Thomas, CGMA, began his service as CEO and Executive Director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs in 1999. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and serves or has served on numerous AICPA committees and the AICPA Council. He was appointed to the inaugural AICPA National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion. Thomas also serves or has served on the Accounting Advisory Boards of Lehigh University, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University, Montclair State University and Thomas Edison State College. He is a trustee emeritus at Lehigh University, former chair of Lehigh’s Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee, and member of Lehigh’s Audit Committee. Thomas has been actively involved since 1977 as a member of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) and was elected National President of NABA for fiscal years 1990-92. Thomas is a member of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Cornerstone Initiative and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) State Society Relations Committee. Thomas was selected by Accounting Today as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting” for the past five years. Thomas earned a B.S. in business and economics and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University. He and his wife, Valerie, reside in South Brunswick and have a daughter.