Ben Smith serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer.  He specializes in providing information technology consulting, corporate tax and higher income individual tax planning and compliance. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, he is also recognized as a Chartered Global Management Accountant by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Ben was appointed by Commissioner Adam Krupp in January 2018 to the inaugural Tax Advisory Council for the Indiana Department of Revenue and continues to serve in this role.  He also has served as Chairman for the Indiana CPA Society's Tax Resource and Advisory Council for the last several years.

 

A graduate of Columbia City High School, Ben joined Estep-Doctor & Company in 1989 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Manchester College.  Ben was awarded the MVP in 1989 on the Manchester College Golf Team, and was lead trumpet for both the concert and jazz bands while at Manchester. During his time there, he played Fanfare Trumpet at the Pan Am Games opening ceremony in 1987 and was selected for the Indiana Intercollegiate Honors Band in 1989.

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Ben has served as the President of Delaware County Optimists, Board President of the Delaware Country Club, Board Chairman of Cornerstone Center for the Arts, treasurer for Boys & Girls Club of Muncie, and on boards of several other local non-profit agencies. He is currently serving as Treasurer of the Secret Families Christmas Charity and Treasurer for Delaware Country Club.

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Ben and his wife Erin reside in Muncie and are both avid golfers, with Ben having made four career hole-in-ones. Erin is a part-time substitute teacher at Muncie Central and both volunteer much of their time for MC sports, with Erin running clock and Ben doing the PA announcing for Muncie Central basketball at the Fieldhouse. They have a blended family of 5 children and maintain both the Dylan T. Stafford Donor Advised Fund for suicide prevention, and the Dylan T. Stafford Memorial Scholarship fund at the Muncie-Delaware County Community Foundation in memory of their son who died by suicide in March of 2021.

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Contact Ben Smith at 765.289.5366, extension 230 or email ben@edcpa.com.  You may also connect with him on LinkedIn.