Karen Geduldig, Deputy Commissioner, Civil Enforcement Division, NYS Dept of Taxation and Finance

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Karen Geduldig was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Civil Enforcement Division in January 2022. She will also oversee our Office of Professional Responsibility, which regulates nearly 40,000 registered tax return preparers and facilitators. 

Career background: Karen has served in several leadership positions with New York State. She most recently served for three years as Associate Chief Information Officer at the State University System of New York (SUNY). Before that, she served as both Executive Deputy Chief Information Officer and General Counsel at the NYS Office of Information Technology Services (ITS). 

Other public service: 

  • Director of the Office of Telecommunications at the NYS Department of Public Service for nearly two years beginning in December 2015. 

  • Bureau Chief of the NYS Attorney General’s Internet Bureau for more than one year, preceded by five years as an Assistant Attorney General in that bureau. 

Private sector:  She began her career working for three years as an associate attorney (litigation) at the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery. 

Education:  She graduated with a law degree from Hofstra University School of Law and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and creative writing from The George Washington University.