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.
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 LLP. 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.
Justin E. Doggett
Justin serves as a director at HORNE where he provides audit, consulting, and other assurance services to large private and publicly-traded companies. He has over ten years of experience in public accounting serving clients in a variety of industries including governmental, not-for-profit, insurance, transportation, manufacturing, technology, real estate and forest products.
Jon Legner
Jon is a data analytics senior manager at HORNE LLP. 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 LLP 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 LLP. 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 LLP 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.
Elizabeth Ford
Elizabeth serves as an assurance manager for HORNE LLP 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.
Ali Hairston
Ali serves as an assurance manager for HORNE LLP. She specializes in providing external and internal assurance services to a number of public and middle market companies. She has significant experience serving clients in the technology, distribution, manufacturing and gaming industries.
Ryan Henderson
Ryan is a transaction advisory manager for HORNE Capital Strategies at HORNE LLP. He works with strategic corporate buyers as well as private equity investors throughout the acquisition and divestiture process to ensure their desired goals for the transaction are met. He specializes in potential target identification, financial analysis, strategic rationale for the proposed transaction and detailed due diligence.
Chelsey Henley
Chelsey is a public and middle market manager at HORNE LLP. She specializes in tax services, compliance and planning, as well as accounting for income taxes. She primarily serves public and large, privately-owned corporate and flow-through clients, including financial institutions. She also serves on the firm’s Personnel Committee, where she focuses on bettering the firm through collaborating with team members, developing and implementing initiatives, and addressing the firm’s challenges.
Hannah Lewis
Hannah is a public and middle market manager at HORNE LLP where she specializes in both internal and external audits in the governmental, transportation, oil and gas, energy, manufacturing and insurance industries. She has significant experience in compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for publicly traded clients as well as experience supervising employee benefit plans.
Neal Stephens
Neal is a transaction advisory manager for HORNE Capital Strategies at HORNE LLP. He works with business owners, strategic corporate buyers, and private equity investors to advise and manage the sale and purchase process for transacting parties.
Mitzi Warren
Mitzi is a public and middle market manager at HORNE LLP. She specializes in external audits in the machinery and technology industries as well as nonprofit and governmental audits. She also performs employee benefit plan audits. Mitzi joined the firm in 2013.
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 conflict resolution, nexus review, taxability determination and any other issues that multi-state companies may be facing.
