Steven Mudd named Distinguished Accountant by USI's Romain College of Business

Steven Mudd, CPA, CBA, shareholder with Riney Hancock CPAs PSC, has been named 2015 Distinguished Accountant. This honor is awarded annually by the USI Romain College of Business in conjunction with the USI Accounting Circle. The selection criteria for this award includes: professional achievement and stature in the accounting industry, USI and community involvement, and leadership.

Steven Mudd grew up in Evansville. He is a certified public accountant and certified bank auditor. He has more than 28 years of public accounting experience with large and small regional CPA firms and has extensive experience in manufacturing, retirement plan auditing, banking, governmental, retail and wholesale, health services, non-profit organizations and construction. He joined his current firm, Riney Hancock CPAs PSC, in 2000 as shareholder-in charge of the Evansville office and director of audit/assurance services for the firm.

While he was achieving professional success, he was also giving back to the community. He has been a long-time and very active member of the USI Accounting Circle (an advisory group to the USI accounting program) and frequently visits USI accounting classrooms as part of the Accountants in the Classroom project.

His community involvement includes being a 1991 graduate from Leadership Evansville and now sits on the board for Junior Achievement and Aurora, Inc.

He also recently was honored as a Volunteer of the Year by Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana.