Name:
Suzanne M Kinzer
AIPAC Role:
Chief Financial Officer
Professional Profile/Associations:
AIPAC Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the organization's financial operations and leading a 13-person finance department. According to AIPAC's 2023 Form 990, received total compensation of $588,559. Signed AIPAC's 2023 tax filings as the organization's principal financial officer. Holds a B.S. in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Previously served as Chief Administrative Officer at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from 2013 to 2019. Previously a partner at KPMG LLP for thirteen years.
Accountability:
As an officer of AIPAC, Suzanne Kinzer bears individual legal responsibility for the organization's conduct. Under D.C. Code § 29-406.42, officers with discretionary authority must act in good faith, exercise ordinary prudent-person care, and affirmatively report material information and potential legal violations to the board. While the DC Nonprofit Corporation Act provides automatic liability protection for directors of charitable corporations, it extends no such protection to officers—meaning executive officers face potential personal liability for conduct that would be shielded if committed by a director. Federal courts have sustained punitive damages against nonprofit executives while vacating them against directors, and federal tax law treats executive officers as "disqualified persons" subject to personal excise taxes on excess benefit transactions.
The information in these profiles is drawn primarily from AIPAC's most recent IRS Form 990, supplemented by publicly available sources including news reports, official announcements, and public records. As a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, AIPAC is legally required to file Form 990 annually with the Internal Revenue Service, and these filings are public documents. However, IRS regulations allow organizations up to eleven months after their fiscal year ends to submit these forms, meaning publicly available data typically lags by approximately one year. This inherent delay underscores why AIPAC—like most major organizations of its size and influence—should maintain a current, public-facing leadership page identifying its board members and senior executives. The absence of such transparency from AIPAC necessitates this project. We are committed to accuracy and will update these profiles as new information becomes available. If you have corrections, updates, or additional sourced information, please contact us at advocacy@dawnmena.org.
