Maria Petrollese

Maria Petrollese (Tesan), CPA, MBA, and PURE, currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Marist College since January 2024 and has held a supervisory role in Financial Reporting and Research at Central Hudson since December 2014. Previously, Maria was a Senior Accountant in Financial Reporting at Central Hudson, an Adjunct Professor at SUNY New Paltz from August 2014 to June 2019, and a Senior Auditor at O'Connor Davies, LLP. Additional experience includes working as an Accountant II at the New York Power Authority and as an In Charge Auditor at Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell. Early career roles include serving as a Personal Banker at Bank of NY & Chase. Maria holds a Public Utility Regulation and Economics degree from New Mexico State University, a Master of Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary College, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Phoenix, alongside a degree from Universidad Nacional de La Plata.