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GOVERNOR NOMINATES NANCY A. NAPLES TO BE COMMISSIONER OF THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Governor George E. Pataki today announced that he has nominated Nancy A. Naples of Hamburg, Erie County, to be the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Ms. Naples will serve as Acting Commissioner pending State Senate approval of her nomination.
“Nancy Naples has a broad and distinguished record of success in both the public and private sectors, and she will be an outstanding addition to our administration,” Governor Pataki said. “Her financial and management expertise, along with her long-standing commitment to public service, will be valuable assets at the Department of Motor Vehicles. I am pleased she has agreed to extend her career in public service, and look forward to working with her to continue to improve services for all New Yorkers.”
Ms. Naples served as Erie County Comptroller from 1994 through 2005, overseeing a $1.1 billion budget for New York’s second largest county. During her tenure, she implemented a number of initiatives, including a comprehensive cash management program, that generated strong returns on investments and provided significant taxpayer savings.
Previous to her election as Comptroller, she served as vice president of Finance and Operations to Joseph J. Naples & Associates, a surety bonds, workers’ compensation and insurance agency in Buffalo serving more than 2,000 individual and corporate clients. As part of her duties at the firm, she helped design and implement computer systems that automated accounting, financial reporting, and customer services.
She also has worked as Vice President of the Corporate Systems Division for Merrill Lynch & Co., in New York City and as an Assistant Vice President of the Trust and Investment Division of Chemical Bank in New York City.
Ms. Naples is the past-president of the Roswell Park Foundation Board and a founding member of the Roswell Park Alliance. She also has served as a member of the board of trustees for Canisius College and Nardin Academy in Buffalo, and is an ex-officio Director of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy/Albright Know Art Gallery.
She was the first woman President of the One Hundred Club of Buffalo and Western New York – an organization that assist families of public servants killed or injured in the line of duty of our armed forces. Ms. Naples also served on the Executive Committee of the New York State Division for Women WNY Advisory Council, and is a member of the western New York Chapter of the Business and Professional Women USA.
A graduate of Marymount College in Tarrytown, Ms. Naples earned her MBA from Pace University in New York City.
She is married to Thomas H. O’Neill, Jr.
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