Renda J. Burkhart

Renda J. Burkhart

Renda J. Burkhart
Director since June 16, 2015

Ms. Burkhart is a Partner in FORVIS, a top 10 public accounting firm, which was created by the merger of equals between BKD and DHG in 2022. Her current post caps a 39-year history of leading Burkhart & Company, P.C., a Knoxville-based certified public accounting firm that offered financial, accounting and tax services to ultra-high net worth families and their enterprises. Her legacy firm integrated into the DHG in 2021 prior to the formation of FORVIS. Prior to this, Ms. Burkhart worked for a large international CPA firm focusing on clients across Tennessee. She also co-founded Concorde Technologies, Inc. which developed integrated information technologies in select vertical markets serving a national footprint.

Through the years, Ms. Burkhart has served on numerous boards of public and private foundations, non-profit organizations and closely held businesses. She currently serves as Board Chair of University Health Systems, Inc., a 21-county regional network of health care providers including its flagship hospital, the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Ms. Burkhart is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the American Institute of CPAs. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee

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