James Certoma is a Certified Business Continuity Planner and has been a member of the CPE Board of Directors since 1989. He is the current Vice Chair of Operations and has previously held the positions of Chairperson, Vice Chair, Public Relations Coordinator, Treasurer and Vice Chair of Marketing and Communications.

Mr. Certoma has over 16 years of business continuity planning experience at several major financial corporations in New York. He is currently a Business Continuity Manager at Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Former positions include; the Crisis Management and Business Continuity Consulting Practice Leader for Kroll, Manager of Business Continuity Planning for Goldman Sachs and Co., and business continuity management positions at Alliance Capital Management, JPMorgan Chase, and US Trust.

Within the business continuity professional community, Mr. Certoma has participated in the New York State Joint Loss Partnership Committee, chaired the New York Clearing House Business Continuity Committee, and functioned as a liaison between the CPE and New York Office of Emergency Management.