We are committed to serving our clients with compassion, care and love. With each interaction, my goal is not only to navigate our clients through market dynamics and internal challenges but to cultivate relationships founded on trust, mutual understanding and a desire to see them thrive. Driven by our common purpose of “we deliver with care,” we aim to create an environment where team members and clients feel truly valued and understood.
About
Rusty is the managing partner of HORNE, where his leadership is driven by a deep commitment to the firm’s core values of God, family, service and gratitude. Prior to being elected, he served as the managing partner of our public and middle markets focus area and Chairman of HORNE’s Board of Directors. In those roles, Rusty was instrumental in creating the firm’s investment banking division, HORNE Capital Strategies, and HORNE Philippines Corporation. He is passionate about maintaining a culture of trust, respect and transparency, and his guidance has been pivotal in transforming HORNE into a leading professional services firm and one of the top 30 CPA firms.
During his career, Rusty has served numerous regional and community banks in an auditing and consulting capacity and has led HORNE’s financial institutions practice. Rusty has a foundation in audit and is a practicing Certified Public Accountant.
Rusty attended the University of Alabama and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from Union University. Rusty also attended the Paul W. Barret Jr. School of Banking.