Steve is president of Way, Ray, Shelton & Co., P.C., where he specializes in accounting and auditing. He has concentrated in accounting in the newspaper industry for 25 years. Steve is a frequent speaker at newspaper industry programs and consults with newspaper owners and CFO’s on a variety of subjects. He has experience with mergers, acquisitions, equity and debt financing and accounting for the day to day activities of the newspaper industry.
Steve is a past member of the board of directors and past President of INPACT Americas, an organization of accounting firms with 35 member firms from the United States and affiliate firms in more than 30 countries worldwide. The organization serves to keep its member firms on the cutting edge of the accounting profession and assists in identifying and promoting accounting management strategies.
Steve is a Cum Laude graduate of The University of Alabama where he received a Bachelors degree, in 1974 and a Masters degree, in 1975, both in accounting. While in school, Steve became a member of Beta Alpha Psi, and Beta Gamma Sigma, the national accounting and business honor societies. He received his CPA certificate in 1977.
Steve is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Alabama Society of CPAs, Inland Press Association and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. He is a past Chairman of the "Management of an Accounting Practice" committee of the Alabama Society of CPAs. He is also a past secretary/treasurer, vice president and president of the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Alabama Society of CPAs.
He and his wife, Sue, have three daughters, Heather, Stephanie and Catherine, A son-in-law Shane and two grandchildren Mary Grason and Luke.
You can email Steve at sas@wrscpa.com
