Crane, Megan
During Megan’s time at Dean Dorton since 2009, she has provided audit accounting and various services for clients in multiple industries across the state of Kentucky, but her passion is higher education.
Megan leads the firm’s higher education industry team, which is recognized as one of the region’s leading experts in higher education consulting and compliance. She provides a wide range of services to colleges and universities, including, managing financial statement audits, single audits, internal audits, and consulting engagements, and also has expertise working in student financial aid. Her experience includes both public and private institutions and affiliated entities.
Sample List of Higher Education Clients Served:
• Bellarmine University
• Georgetown College
• Kentucky Community and Technical College System
• Kentucky State University
• Kentucky Wesleyan College
• Midway University
• Murray State University
• Murray State University Foundation
• Northern Kentucky University
• Western Kentucky University Foundation
• Union College
• University of the Cumberlands
Speaking Engagements
Megan has presented at the Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator’s Conference and the Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Conference. She also is a leading presenter at Dean Dorton’s Annual Higher Education: Current Issues and Trends Seminar, and Annual Accounting and Ethics Update.
Professional Activities
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board of Trustees
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants
• National Association of College and University Business Officers, Member
• Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Community Involvement
• Leadership Lexington Class of 2019 • University of Kentucky Fayette County, Alumni Board Member • Junior League of Lexington, Member and Holly Day Market Treasurer, 2016 • United Way of the Bluegrass, Audit Committee Member • Assumption High School, Class Ambassador
Published Higher Education Articles in 2020
• Accounting for COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Packages—Higher Education
• Higher Education Updates and Clarifications—PPP Loans and Emergency Student Grants
• Spring Semester Refunds May Be Taxable Without Swift Action
• Higher Education Institutions get an Automatic Extension for the Single Audit Filing Deadline
• More than $6 Billion in Emergency Cash Grants for Higher Education
• Summary of the Higher Education Provisions in the CARES Act
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
