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Kaydee Ruppert, CPA, MSA

Accounting & Financial Outsourcing Associate Director

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As an Associate Director in Dean Dorton’s Accounting and Financial Outsourcing (AFO) group, Kaydee Ruppert can leverage more than 25 years of accounting, finance, and administrative experience. Her expertise includes financial and human resource management, strategic planning, budgeting, alignment of technology, and process coordination. Kaydee grew up working in a family-owned business and went on to manage the business functions of several small businesses before specializing in the nonprofit industry.

Kaydee’s career has focused almost exclusively on the nonprofit industry. Her experience includes senior leadership positions within various nonprofits focused on faith-based education, grant-funded basic needs programs, and the performing arts. Kaydee has also facilitated and led several multi-organizational projects and affiliations in the nonprofit sector and has received recognition as a servant leader.

Over the past eight years, Kaydee has championed outsourced accounting and advisory solutions for small and mid-sized nonprofit organizations, endeavoring to match their operational and strategic needs to robust but cost-effective solutions. Kaydee understands the scrutiny placed on nonprofit financial information and the importance of attracting and freeing resources to serve a mission.

Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certified Sage Intacct Accounting Specialist
  • Certified in Client Accounting Advisory Services, AICPA

Professional Activities

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Community Involvement

  • Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity, Finance Committee Member

Board Involvement

  • St. Mary Catholic School System, Board Member, present
  • Tri-Country Community Dental Clinic, Secretary, Board Member, present

Education

  • Master of Science in Administrative Science, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
  • Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI

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