Debra Zambito was recently named chief financial officer of Elant, a provider of senior health and housing solutions. As CFO, Zambito will oversee Elant”™s business and financial operations. Most recently, Zambito was a chief administrative officer and chief compliance officer for Kohl Asset Management and was the company”™s CFO and director of operations for its Northern Services Group.
The $500 million privately held asset management company specializes in the ownership, operation and management of health care facilities throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Previously, she was the vice president of finance and administration for Interstate Waste Services Inc. and CFO for Healthcare Environmental Inc.
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Gary Schuster, senior counsel at Jacobowitz & Gubits L.L.P. in Walden, was recently elected to the board of directors of the New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON). Based in Albany, NYCON represents and provides services and technical assistance to more than 3,200 nonprofits throughout New York state.
At Jacobowitz & Gubits, Schuster has represented numerous nonprofits in formation, mergers and dissolution, obtaining recognition as tax exempt, real property acquisitions and a wide range of governance and operational matters. He is a founding board member and past president of the Orange County Arts Council, a founding board member of ReThink Local and a member of the Sullivan County Nonprofit Leadership Summit Steering Committee and its arts group.
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Ralph J. Martucci CPA, of Middletown, a staff accountant at Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, CPA, P.C., was recently named treasurer of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands Board of Managers.
The historical society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and protecting the unique history, architecture and culture of Newburgh. Martucci is also the co-chairman of the Young Professionals of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Young CPA Committee of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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Richard J. Remsnyder, tourism director of Ulster County, was recently elected president of the Catskill Association for Tourism Services (CATS). The organization promotes the wide range of vacation and recreational opportunities in the Catskills region, bringing together various entities to strengthen the tourism industry overall. Remsnyder, who assumed the post Jan. 1, will serve as president for the next two years. The Catskills region is a $1 billion annual tourism industry, with tourism responsible for about 15 percent of total employment.
