NYSARC

Individual 1st-Party and 3rd-Party Trusts Trustee

John J. Sherman, Chief Financial Officer

John Sherman received his MBA from Canisius College and has more than 30 years experience in accounting and financial management with non-profit organizations, serving persons with mental health and developmental disabilities.

Sherman started with NYSARC Inc. in 1981 and became its chief financial officer in 1984, helping 60,000 people and 29,000 employees who generate more than $1.5 billion in revenue each year.

As CFO, he ensures NYSARC's 55 chapters have excellent access to capital markets, establishes and maintains bank relationships, supports chapters' accounting and finance functions, financial reporting and analysis and risk management.

He also supervises the administration of the NYSARC's supplemental needs trust services. He chairs NYSARC's Workers' Compensation Trust and is liaison to these NYSARC Board of Governors' committees: Budget and Finance, Early Warning, Insurance and Pension, and the NYSARC Trusts Board of Trustees.

Sherman is the treasurer and a past president of ClearView Centers Inc., a provider of mental health service, and he sits on its property holding company board. He has served on the Rensselaer County Community Service Board since 1994. He was a director and treasurer of the Mental Health Association of New York State. He has been a reviewer for Empire State Advantage, which provides assessments, recognition, training and mentoring to organizations in all sectors.