Advisory and Advancement Council Member Mary Kay Scucci '86SIFMAManaging Director Mary Kay Scucci, PhD, CPA is a financial executive and most recently Managing Director for the SIFMA, where she served as the accounting, finance and treasury subject matter expert for the financial servicesindustry. She led numerous regulatory policy and rule making initiatives and provided technical regulatory thought leadership on capital and margin to the; SEC Division of Trading and Markets, FINRA, CFTC, NFAand CME.Additionally she provided accounting and auditing thought leadership to the; SEC Office of Chief Accountant, SEC Office of Corporate Finance, FASB, IASB and PCAOB. Over her career, Mary Kay has held many senior financial executive roles including Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller, Director of Finance, and Director of Strategy Development for numerous Fortune 500 corporations (Honeywell International, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone).Mary Kay is currently a trustee on William Paterson University’s Foundation Board and on the Dean’s Advisory Board for William Paterson University’s Cotsakos College of Business. She is also a board member for Financial Executives International - Las Vegas. Mary Kay’s previous board service includes chair of the audit committee for Power Medical Interventions (a publicly traded medical device firm), board director for Informetric (a private technology company), board director for Hope House (a division of Catholic Charities), and a trustee for the Financial Executives Research Foundation. Mary Kay is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She holds a BA from Duquesne University and William Paterson University, a MBA from The Wharton School and a PhD from Rutgers University.