Craig Hay, CPA
craig@hayrice.com
Craig is the President of Hay Rice & Associates. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He has been in public accounting since 1985 and he started with Hay Rice & Associates on June 1, 1987.
Rodney Hay, CPA
rod@hayrice.net
Rodney is the Treasurer of Hay Rice & Associates. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1995 with a Bachelor in Business Administration/Accounting . He has been in public accounting since 1995, all of those with Hay Rice & Associates. Rod is in our Ulysses, KS office every Monday, November through April 15.
Dustin Ormiston, CPA
dustin@hayrice.com
Dustin is the Secretary of Hay Rice & Associates. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1995 with a Bachelor in Business Administration /Accounting. He has been in public accounting since 1995, all of those being with Hay Rice & Associates. Dustin will also be in our Elkhart, KS office on Monday, January through April 15.
Kyle Hammel, CPA
Kyle was in private accounting for 6 years prior to joining Hay Rice & Associates in 2005. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1998 with a Bachelor in Business Administration and in 1999 with a Masters in Business Administration.
Marty Ormiston, CPA
marty@hayrice.com
Marty joined Hay Rice & Associates in May of 2008. He graduated in May 2008 from Fort Hays State University with degrees in both Accounting and Finance.
Mindi Ormiston, CPA, Senior Accountant
Mindi works part-time and brings with her over 25 years of accounting experiences, both public and private. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and returned to Hay Rice & Associates in October 2019.
Kenia Mendez, Manager
kenia@hayrice.com
Kenia joined our firm in June 2012. She attended Seward County Community College and graduated with a Associates of Science in Accounting. She then went on to West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas and graduated in May of 2012 with a Bachelor in Business with a major in accounting.
Kris Claypool, In-Charge Accountant
kris@hayrice.com
Kris started with us in August 2014 while attending Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell, OK. In May 2016, he graduated with Bachelor degrees in Accounting and Finance and started working full-time after graduating.
Anna Messerly, CPA, In-Charge Accountant
Anna joined our firm in August 2018. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Accounting from Kansas State University and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Texas A&M.
Clayton Mills, Staff Accountant
Clay joined Hay Rice & Associates in June 2022 coming from Hugoton, KS. He attended Fort Hays State University and then graduated in December 2021 from Oklahoma Panhandle State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.
Ariana Diaz, Staff Accountant
Ariana is a life-time resident of Liberal, graduating from Liberal High School and Seward County Community College before going on to Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. There she graduated in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree and in May 2023 she received a Masters of Business Administration. Ariana worked in private accounting for 2 years before joining our firm in August 2023.
Sofia Martinez, Staff Accountant
Sofia joined Hay Rice & Associates in August 2023. She graduated from Seward County Community College in May 2022 with an Associates degree in Business Administration and in May of 2023 with an Associates in Accounting. She is currently enrolled at Ottawa University pursuing her Bachelor degree in Accounting.
Carla Avilez, Staff Accountant
Carla started working at Hay Rice & Associates in November 2024. She graduated from Autonomous University at Coahuila in June 2022 with a Bachelor degree in Public Accounting. She also has 6 years of experience working in Mexico.
Teresa Blake, Office Manager
teresa@hayrice.com
Teresa has been with Hay Rice and Associates since January 1993.
Stacey Steckel,
stacey@hayrice.com
Stacey has been with Hay Rice & Associates since June 1983.
Cecilia Bravo,
cecilia@hayrice.com
Cecilia joined our firm in October of 2011.
Julie Krause, IT Administrator
julie@hayrice.com
Julie has been with Hay Rice & Associates since October 1979. She has an Associates in Computer Science from Seward County Community College.
Shawna Quint, IT
Shawna has been with Hay Rice & Associates since October 2018. She graduated from Seward County Community College with an Associates of Science and attended West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas.