Meet Our People
HORNE LLP
Public & Middle Market Leadership
Rusty Butcher
For middle market and public companies, opportunities often come with a host of complexities. We are here to help anticipate market factors and internal challenges so they are well informed and ready to take control of their future. Having worked with institutions of varying size and complexity for more than 20 years, I bring commitment and earned knowledge to every institution I serve.
Josh Edwards
M&A transactions come with high personal risk. We never lose sight of that reality or the fact that our clients are people—not projects. It’s our responsibility to help them make educated, confident decisions. Whether we are working on the buy-side or the sell-side of a transaction, we help spot concerns unique to each deal and provide the information and insight needed to ease uncertainties and keep the process moving.
Patrick C. Gough
Public and middle market companies face unique challenges, often dependent upon their industry or company goals. Our team provides a quick, expert response and accurate, quality work to address critical issues and keep our clients safe and successful. I have spent my career serving large private companies across multiple disciplines, so I’m familiar with the challenges that they face. I have a passion to support management on their journeys toward seeing their companies meet growth goals.
Joe Green
Companies that are looking to expand through an equity raise, merger, or organic growth face unique challenges and urgency. We work alongside clients to manage deadlines and stressful situations for them, so they can focus on their future. It’s why we have such strong relationships with our clients - I genuinely want to help them succeed. They trust that I am going to answer their questions quickly and support them with answers based on experience.
Robert Miller
Bob Miller is a partner at HORNE where he leads the public & middle market tax team, and also serves as HORNE’s firmwide director of tax. He specializes in helping businesses navigate the complex tax environment.
Mary Kathryn Allen
Mary Kathryn Allen, CPA
- Senior Manager
- marykathryn.allen@hornellp.com
- Ridgeland, MS
- Direct: 601.326.1219
Mary Kathryn is a tax senior manager at HORNE. She specializes in tax compliance for public and middle market clients as well as state and local tax compliance.
Mary Kathryn joined HORNE in 2011. Prior to joining HORNE, she worked for an international accounting firm serving clients in the areas of tax compliance, consulting and income tax accounting.
Brian Huff
Brian is an audit and assurance senior manager in the public & middle market practice at HORNE. He is passionate about serving public and middle markets in a wide variety of industries performing assurance and employee benefit plan services. His love for service and making a difference in his client’s lives is his biggest driving factor.
Jon Legner
Jon is a data analytics senior manager at HORNE. He serves private and public companies by collaborating with them to use their data to solve problems and achieve their strategic objectives.
Alison McLendon
Alison McLendon, CPA, CFE, CIA
- Senior Manager
- alison.mclendon@hornellp.com
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Direct: 601.620.5119
Alison is a public and middle market senior manager at HORNE where she serves in both internal and external audit capacities in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, agribusiness, food services, motion picture production and digital interactive media and software. She has significant experience in SEC Reporting and compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for publicly traded clients.
Angela Beasley Phyfer
Angela serves as a tax services director for HORNE. Angela primarily works with business entities in the areas of real estate, agribusiness, food services, manufacturing, cost segregation and 179D energy efficiency.
Parker Smith
Parker is a tax services senior manager at HORNE where he focuses on tax compliance and consulting services for public and middle market clients. He specializes in tax return compliance, accounting for income taxes under ASC 740 and accounting methods reviews and consulting.
Timothy Smith
Timothy is a senior manager in the public and middle market industry at HORNE. He focuses on developing relationships with decision makers across state and local government and the private sector, and shepherding them through decision making regarding grant implementation, management and compliance. He also guides and participates in consulting projects for state agencies, local governments and private sector businesses.
Neal Stephens
Neal is a transaction advisory senior manager for HORNE Capital Strategies. He works with business owners, strategic corporate buyers, and private equity investors to advise and manage the sale and purchase process for transacting parties.
Megan Toles
Megan is a senior manager in the public and middle market practice at HORNE. She serves primarily in the external audit capacities in a variety of industries including manufacturing, oil and gas, food services and digital interactive media. She specializes in performing reviews of high-risk areas, being a technical resource and ensuring the team meets its deadlines.
Randa Craig
Randa is a public and middle market manager at HORNE where she specializes in both internal and external audits in the oil and gas, regulatory, manufacturing and agriculture industries. She has significant experience in compliance with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act for publicly traded clients as well as supervising various engagements.
Elizabeth Ford
Elizabeth serves as an assurance manager for HORNE where she serves public and middle market clients. She provides assurance and internal audit services to a number of public and middle market companies, including companies in the retail, pharmaceutical, and agriculture industries.
Justin Poole
Justin is a manager in public and middle market at HORNE where he specializes in consolidated and multi-state tax returns.
Kyle Skene
Kyle is an assurance manager at HORNE. He is responsible for team leadership, review of audit test work and managing client relationships for public and middle market clients across a variety of industries including agribusiness, telecommunications and manufacturing.
Mary Margaret White
Mary Margaret specializes in tax return compliance, accounting for income taxes under ASC 740 and tax consulting for public and large, privately-owned clients.
Rob Zischke
Rob is a state and local tax manager at HORNE LLP where he focuses on multi-state tax issues. He specializes in tax incentive identification and compliance, conflict resolution, and other issues multistate companies may be facing.
