He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. In 1985 John E. Geantasio received a B.B.A. in Accounting from Siena College in Loudonville, New York. As an auditor with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in Albany, New York, he attended specific New York State tax appeal proceedings, reviewed and processed audit cases and calculated income and sales tax assessments.