Dennis F. Dycus presently serves as the Director of the Division of Municipal Audit for the Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee. The division is responsible for the audit of all municipalities, utility districts, school activity and cafeteria funds, housing authorities, certain not-for-profit organizations and other quasi-governmental entities in the State of Tennessee. In addition, numerous audits for fraud, waste and abuse are conducted by the division’s staff each year.

From the beginning of his career with a national accounting firm, through the last 34 years of involvement with the audits of all forms of governmental entities, Mr. Dycus brings a wealth of practical experience to his presentations.

Mr. Dycus is a graduate of Western Kentucky University. He is a frequent guest speaker/lecturer for various college business/accounting classes, professional associations, local, state, and national conferences and not-for-profit organizations. In 1996, the Eta Omicron Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi presented him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in recognition of his support of the WKU Accounting Department

Mr. Dycus is president emeritus of the Middle Tennessee ACFE Chapter, a charter member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, a former member of the Association's Board of Regents, an Association Fellow, and an adjunct faculty member. He is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Government Finance Officers Association, and the Association of Government Accountants.

Mr. Dycus has developed and conducted training programs in all 50 states, Canada, Guam, Austria, and Puerto Rico, related to the detection and prevention of fraud as well as all aspects of governmental accounting, auditing and financial reporting for numerous professional organizations and individual professional firms. He received the Distinguished Discussion Leader Award from both the Florida Society and Tennessee Society of CPAs and in 1989 and again in 1997, he was the recipient of the AGA’s National Education and Training Award. In 2003 he was the recipient of the Tennessee Society of CPA’s first ever, Outstanding CPA in Government Award, and in 2004 was presented with the Outstanding CFE in Government Award by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners at their 15th Annual Conference in Las Vegas.