Mr. Parente was elected to the Board of Directors of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC in 2006 and currently serves as Chairman of the Audit and Strategic Planning Committees. Mr. Parente also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Pagnotti Enterprises, Inc., a diversified holding company whose primary business includes workers' compensation insurance, real estate, and anthracite coal mining, preparation and sales, and as Chairman and CEO of CP Media LLC, a holding company that owns broadcast television stations. Mr. Parente has also served as a director of Community Bank System, Inc., a bank holding company, and its affiliated bank, Community Bank, N.A., since May 2004. Prior to this, from 1988 through 1993, he served as President and CEO of C-TEC Corporation, a telecommunications and high-technology company. From 1970 through 1987, Mr. Parente was CEO and Managing Partner of Parente Randolph, LLC, the leading independent accounting and consulting firm in Pennsylvania and among the top 30 in the country. Before this, from 1962 through 1970, he was a Principal at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, a public accounting firm.
Mr. Parente is a member of the Board of Directors of: Sordoni Construction Services, Inc., a commercial construction and real estate development company; Bertels Can Company, a private manufacturer of metal cans for the gift industry; Circle Bolt & Nut Co., a distributor of industrial products; and Frank Martz Coach Co. & Subsidiaries, a diversified transportation company. He is active with various civic and community organizations, is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Inc. and is a board member of The Luzerne Foundation and King's College, where he also served as Chairman from 1989 through 1998. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He graduated cum laude from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
