Warren Ruppel, CPA
Partner

Warren Ruppel, CPA, is a Partner within the Nonprofit and Government Services Group at Marks Paneth & Shron LLP. He has over 30 years of experience in accounting and auditing services for governments and nonprofits. Mr. Ruppel focuses on the nonprofit and government services arenas and acts as the firm’s primary liaison on all business involving federal, state and local governments. Additionally, he is one of the leaders of in the firm’s Professional Practices Group.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ruppel served as the Assistant Comptroller for Accounting of The City of New York, where he was responsible for all aspects of the City’s accounting and financial reporting. He was also the Secretary of the City’s Audit Committee.

Mr. Ruppel began his distinguished career in 1979 with KPMG. In 1989, he joined Deloitte & Touche where he specialized in audits of not-for-profit organizations and governments. He has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of an international not-for-profit organization.

Throughout his career, Mr. Ruppel has been actively involved with education. Not only has he conducted numerous hands-on training courses and seminars, but he has also served as an Adjunct Lecturer of Accountancy at the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York. Mr. Ruppel is currently the Government Specialist for Smart Pros on-line continuing professional education, for whom he tapes a quarterly session on current industry developments.

A noted author, he has written several well-respected books about governmental and nonprofit accounting and auditing matters. These publications include GAAP for Governments, Governmental Accounting Made Easy, Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy, Not-for-Profit Organization Audits, Not-for-Profit Audit Committee Best Practices and OMB Circular A-133 Audits.

Mr. Ruppel remains committed to the field of accounting through his participation in a variety of professional organizations. He is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA). He is a past President of the Foundation for Accounting Education’s Board of Trustees, as well as a member of the Government Accounting and Auditing and Not-for-Profit Organizations technical committees. He previously was chair of the Society’s Audit Committee and a member of the Finance Committee. He is also a member the Special Review Committee of the New York Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants.

St. John’s University, College of Business
Queens, New York
Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude
Major: Accounting

Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants

(NYSSCPA)

Former President, Foundation of Accounting Education, Board of

Trustees

Former Member, Finance Committee

Former Chair, Audit Committee

Member (Former Chair), Government Accounting and Auditing

Committee

Member, Not-for-Profit Accounting Committee

Member, Special Review Committee of the Government Finance

Officers Association

Member, New York State Government Finance Officers Association

Member, Accounting and Financial Property Committee

Former President, New York City Chapter of the Institute of

Management Accountants