Partners
Joseph P. Acquavella, CPA, MST
Joseph P. Acquavella, Managing Tax Partner. He has been providing Tax advice and consulting services to corporations, partnerships and high net worth individuals for over 25 years.
A founding partner of ACSB, he has published articles in the Practical Accountant and presented various Tax seminars to accountants, bankers and clients in many industries. He also served as a lecturer for CW Post Graduate School and Fairleigh Dickinson Graduate School. In addition he has served as an adjunct professor at City University of New York.
Joseph is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts Tax Division; He is also a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and he serves on the New York State Society Taxation of Financial Instruments Committee. Joseph was the past president of the Metropolitan Credit Club and member of the Phoenix Credit Club.
Formerly, he was a member of the tax departments of New York CPA firm Berenson & Co. LLP (now part of J.H. Cohn LLP), Eisner & Lubin LLP and the Trust Division of Manufactures Hanover. He also served as an Internal Revenue Agent and Instructor in the Manhattan District. He holds a M.S. in Taxation from Long Island University and a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College, New York City. He also holds a series 7 NASD license and series 66.
Email: jpa@acsbco.com
Santo Chiarelli, CPA
Santo Chiarelli is an Accounting and Auditing Partner at ACSB and is also the Partner in charge of ACSB’s Mortgage Banking Services division. He has been providing accounting and auditing services to specialty industries including Mortgage Banking, Debt Collection, Construction Contractors and Manufacturing. He also has extensive experience in a vast variety of industries including, Real Estate investment companies, cemetery management, as well as forecasting, budgeting and business planning for closely held corporations. Additionally, Santo is concurring partner on all of the Firms SEC engagements and assists in ACSB's technical and quality review.
A founding partner of ACSB, Santo began his professional career as an audit member of the New York CPA firms Yohalem, Gillman & Company LLP (now part of Anchin Block & Anchin) and Berenson, Berenson, Adler LLP (now part of JH Cohn).
Santo currently serves as an adjunct accounting and tax professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey.
Santo holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Bernard Baruch College, New York City. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Santo is also a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association and the New Jersey Mortgage Bankers Association and is a Quickbooks Pro Advisor. Santo is highly active in his community and also served as President and Co-founder of a youth athletic club and serves as treasurer of multiple charitable organizations.
Email: sc@acsbco.com
Samuel Shuster, CPA, CMA
Samuel Shuster is an Accounting and Auditing Partner at ACSB. Samuel has extensive experience in a wide array of industries, including transportation, healthcare, legal and medical professions, finance, wholesale and apparel industries, as well as forecasting, budgeting and business planning for closely held businesses. He is also engaged in financial planning services and services a number of the firms closely held business clients. Samuel is ACSB's expert in internal accounting systems and procedures.
A founding partner of ACSB, Samuel was an auditor with the then CPA firm of Laventhol Horwath as well as with . Berenson, Berenson, Adler LLP (now part of JH Cohn) Additionally, he worked as a controller of a finance company. Samuel has served as a political campaign treasurer as well as serving in various capacities for charitable institutions in the New York area.
Samuel holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Colorado and has his CMA certification. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy.
Email: ss@acsbco.com
Maurice Berkower, CPA, MBA
Maurice Berkower, an Audit Partner at ACSB, leads the firm's national financial services practice group. Since 1975 Maurice has been providing auditing, accounting and consulting services to investment partnerships, offshore funds, securities broker-dealers and private investment companies.
Prior to merging his practice with ACSB in 2005, Maurice was a Partner at a mid-sized accounting firm in New York City, where he headed the firm's Financial Services practice. Maurice began his accounting career at J.H. Cohn where he was promoted to Partner.
Maurice has contributed accounting and consulting articles to The CPA Journal and various community and local newspapers and presented various educational and informational seminars and programs to other accountants, bankers, attorneys, hedge fund managers and hedge fund industry professionals.
In addition to Maurice's serving as partner in ACSB, he is a founder and managing director of Rankin Berkower (Cayman) Ltd, a Cayman Islands Monetary Authority approved local audit firm. Maurice also serves on the Board of and is Vice President of the US & Canadian region of Parker Randall International, a worldwide network of independent accounting firms, of which ACSB is the United States representative.
Maurice has an MBA in Taxation from Bernard Baruch College and a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College, Maurice serves on the New York State Society Stock Brokerage Accounting and Investment Management Committees. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State and New Jersey Societies of Certified Public Accountants. Maurice also serves in leadership capacities for various non-profit and charitable organizations. He is a regular fixture at hedge fund seminars, conferences and charity events across the country and in the Cayman Islands.
Email: mb@acsbco.com
Pamela Radoszycki, CPA
Pamela Radoszycki is an Accounting and Audit Partner in ACSB. Pamela leads the firms broker-dealer practice group. She has expertise in a variety of industries, with emphasis in the financial services industry, including investment partnerships, offshore funds and securities broker-dealers, as well as in the medical and legal professions and construction industries.
Pamela started her career at ACSB and ascended to partner in 1998. Pamela manages numerous accounting and auditing clients in a wide variety of industries.
Pamela holds a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College, New York City. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and serves on the New York State Society Stock Brokerage Committee.
Email: pr@acsbco.com
Rodman J. Chrysler, CPA, MBA, MST
Rodman J. Chrysler, Tax Partner, has over 10 years of experience in providing tax preparation and consulting services. His broad range of experience includes international taxation, state and local taxation, C Corporations, pass through entities, estates and trusts, individuals, and sales taxes.
Rodman is a Certified Public Accountant in State of New York.
Rodman holds B.S. in Accounting from Boston College, an MBA from St. John’s University and an M.S. in Taxation from Baruch College.
Email: rc@acsbco.com
David Svoboda, CPA
David Svoboda, an Auditor Partner at Acquavella, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP (ACSB), heads the firms Public Company SEC practice group. Since 1986 David has been providing Auditing service to a variety of Companies in a wide range of industries, in both the privately held and public company areas.
Prior to merging his practice with ACSB on July 1, 2009, David was a Partner at a small accounting firm in New York City.
David has a BBA in Accounting from Dowling College. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Email: davids@acsbco.com