Mazurkiewicz, Lovullo Honorees At Banquet
Retired partner with KPMG LLP, partner at Lumsden and McCormick LLP to receive awards
BUFFALO, NY – Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, CPA, a retired partner with KPMG LLP, will be honored as Accountant of the Year at the 46th Annual Canisius College Accounting Society Banquet on Wednesday, April 24 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens. Cocktails are at 6:00 p.m.; dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m.
Mazurkiewicz, a West Seneca resident, graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a degree in business administration. Shortly after his graduation in 1969, Mazurkiewicz joined the Buffalo office of KPMG, where he remained for his entire career.
An early member of the firm’s audit staff, Mazurkiewicz later moved into the Tax Practice and served as tax supervisor for nearly three years, before he was appointed head of the Middle Market Tax Practice. When that dissolved in 1983, Mazurkiewicz became partner in the Tax Practice of the firm’s Upstate New York Business Unit. Three years later, he was elected partner of the Business Unit Tax Practice, for which he provided consulting and compliance tax services to a variety of public, middle market and high wealth clients.
When KPMG restructured to a business operating structure in 1993, Mazurkiewicz was named tax partner with the firm’s Upstate New York Manufacturing, Retailing and Distribution Practice (MR&D). During this time, he also served as the MR&D tax leader for the Ohio Valley, which included KPMG’s Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit and Louisville offices. Mazurkiewicz retired from the firm in January 2002 as partner in charge of the Albany/Upstate New York Tax Practice.
Despite retirement, Mazurkiewicz remains active with several clients and community organizations. He is the board chair of the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation, a board member of the Kaleida Foundation, and former chairman and clement trustee for the American Red Cross (Buffalo chapter). In addition, Mazurkiewicz is a member of the Niagara Business Associates, and a member and past president of the NYS Society of CPAs (Buffalo chapter).
Stephen T. LoVullo, CPA, ’74, a partner at the accounting firm of Lumsden and McCormick LLP, will also be honored at the college’s Accounting Banquet in April. LoVullo will receive the Dr. Joseph R. Coppola Award, for outstanding achievement by a Canisius accounting graduate.
A Buffalo resident, LoVullo has been with Lumsden and McCormick since he was a student at Canisius. He joined the firm in 1973 as an accounting intern. Upon graduation, he was hired full-time and in 1988, LoVullo was admitted as partner to the firm, where he is currently responsible for quality control and assisting in the firm’s recruiting efforts.
A member of the Canisius College Council on Accountancy, LoVullo is also chair of the Student Financial Aid Committee and holds professional affiliations with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the NYS Society of Certified Public Accountants and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. His interest in the accounting issues facing the profession today has attracted the attention of various local organizations, including the NYSSCPA Construction Accounting Conference, the International Association for Financial Planning and TAG International. In addition, LoVullo is actively involved in fund-raising activities for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, communities and service to humanity.
Mazurkiewicz, a West Seneca resident, graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a degree in business administration. Shortly after his graduation in 1969, Mazurkiewicz joined the Buffalo office of KPMG, where he remained for his entire career.
An early member of the firm’s audit staff, Mazurkiewicz later moved into the Tax Practice and served as tax supervisor for nearly three years, before he was appointed head of the Middle Market Tax Practice. When that dissolved in 1983, Mazurkiewicz became partner in the Tax Practice of the firm’s Upstate New York Business Unit. Three years later, he was elected partner of the Business Unit Tax Practice, for which he provided consulting and compliance tax services to a variety of public, middle market and high wealth clients.
When KPMG restructured to a business operating structure in 1993, Mazurkiewicz was named tax partner with the firm’s Upstate New York Manufacturing, Retailing and Distribution Practice (MR&D). During this time, he also served as the MR&D tax leader for the Ohio Valley, which included KPMG’s Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit and Louisville offices. Mazurkiewicz retired from the firm in January 2002 as partner in charge of the Albany/Upstate New York Tax Practice.
Despite retirement, Mazurkiewicz remains active with several clients and community organizations. He is the board chair of the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation, a board member of the Kaleida Foundation, and former chairman and clement trustee for the American Red Cross (Buffalo chapter). In addition, Mazurkiewicz is a member of the Niagara Business Associates, and a member and past president of the NYS Society of CPAs (Buffalo chapter).
Stephen T. LoVullo, CPA, ’74, a partner at the accounting firm of Lumsden and McCormick LLP, will also be honored at the college’s Accounting Banquet in April. LoVullo will receive the Dr. Joseph R. Coppola Award, for outstanding achievement by a Canisius accounting graduate.
A Buffalo resident, LoVullo has been with Lumsden and McCormick since he was a student at Canisius. He joined the firm in 1973 as an accounting intern. Upon graduation, he was hired full-time and in 1988, LoVullo was admitted as partner to the firm, where he is currently responsible for quality control and assisting in the firm’s recruiting efforts.
A member of the Canisius College Council on Accountancy, LoVullo is also chair of the Student Financial Aid Committee and holds professional affiliations with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the NYS Society of Certified Public Accountants and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. His interest in the accounting issues facing the profession today has attracted the attention of various local organizations, including the NYSSCPA Construction Accounting Conference, the International Association for Financial Planning and TAG International. In addition, LoVullo is actively involved in fund-raising activities for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, communities and service to humanity.