TeamChapter Officers & Board of Directors
Get to know the current Officers and members of the Board of Directors for the Central Indiana Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Dean Mucha
Chapter President
Dean Mucha
Chapter President
Dean has been with the Fishers Police Department since 2003 and is assigned to Criminal Investigations as a Detective. Dean has over 20 years of law enforcement experience with the Fishers Police Department and has served as an Officer, D.A.R.E. Instructor, Field Evidence Technician, Field Training Officer, Law Enforcement Instructor, S.T.O.P.S. Instructor, Interviewer on the Crash Reconstruction Team, and a Crisis Negotiator. Dean received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Anderson University and has been a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) since 2012. Dean has investigated various types of financial crimes and has presented anti-fraud presentations to students, businesses, private organizations, and citizens. Dean has served as a Board Member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners since 2018. Dean just took over the role as Chapter President at the start of 2023.
David Fink
Chapter Treasurer
David Fink
Chapter Treasurer
David is the managing partner of the Indianapolis office of Hutton, Kruse & Fink, Ltd. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner specializing in litigation support and commercial insurance claim valuations. Insurance claim valuation services include lost business income calculations, employee theft analyses and financial motive evaluations. He also provides business accounting and tax services, individual income tax services and fraud audit services. He has additional experience in financial statement audits and ERISA compliance audits. David has been a member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE for years and has served in a number of different positions within the Chapter. He is currently serving as Treasurer.
Brian Herbert
Member, Board of Directors
Brian Herbert
Member, Board of Directors
Brian Herbert has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2010. He has over 18 years experience combatting fraud in the public and private sectors. Brian is a Fraud Risk Manager with OneAmerica where he is primarily responsible for leading investigations and managing the company's anti-fraud training program. He is a past president of the Kentuckiana chapter of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators and is a member of the Governance Council for the Financial Crimes Committee of Limra Loma. Brian has been a speaker on effective anti-fraud training programs at national and regional conferences. After being a member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE for years, he became a member of the Board of Directors at the start of 2023.
Alan Czyzewski
Member, Board of Directors
Alan Czyzewski
Member, Board of Directors
Alan is an associate professor of Accounting in the Scott College of Business at Indiana State University. He has been a Certified Fraud Examiner and member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE for a number of years. Alan currently serves the Chapter as a member of the Board of Directors.
John Rihm
Director Emeritus
John Rihm
Director Emeritus
Chad Christensen
Chapter Vice President
Chad Christensen
Chapter Vice President
Chad is a licensed private investigator and Certified Fraud Examiner. He has over 20 years of experience investigating civil and criminal cases. Chad was previously employed as an Investigative Paralegal for the Marion County Public Defender Agency. During his employment with the agency he assisted attorneys with a wide range of criminal cases including but not limited to: drug offenses, robbery and murder. Prior to his time at the Public Defender Agency, Chad was a Team Manager for the Robison Group, a nationwide private investigation firm. As a Team Manager Chad was responsible for hiring and training investigators and was chosen to open the Robison Group Indianapolis office. He is considered by many of his colleagues as a surveillance expert and one of the leading surveillance investigators in the state of Indiana. Chad’s career began in the accounting department for MC Sports where he was in charge of profit and loss statements, bank reconciliations and various accounting tasks. His accounting experience is beneficial when handling fraud examination cases. Chad’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from Grand Valley State University. Chad has a passion for the truth and the knowledge and experience to find it.
Troy Janes
Member, Board of Directors
Troy Janes
Member, Board of Directors
Troy is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Purdue University Krannert School of Management. He holds a PhD in Business Administrations Accounting from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Troy is a Certified Public Account and has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2016. He is currently serving the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE as a member of the Board of Directors.
Bonnie Brunton
Member, Board of Directors
Bonnie Brunton
Member, Board of Directors
Bonnie is an Investigative Consultant in the Compliance Investigations Unit for UnitedHealthcare. She has been with UHC since 1995. She currently serves the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE as a member of the Board of Directors.
Jo Griffiths
Member, Board of Directors
Jo Griffiths
Member, Board of Directors
Jo is an Auditor for the US Department of Defense, Defense Finance and Accounting Service at Fort Benjamin Harrison. She has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2012 and a Certified Financial Manager with the Department of Defense since 2015. Jo holds a master's degree in Accounting and Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. She has been a member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE for years serving in multiple capacities. Jo is currently service as a member of the Board of Directors and focuses her time helping with the Training Committee for the Chapter.
Leia Foster
Chapter Secretary
Leia Foster
Chapter Secretary
Leia has years of experience in auditing having served in a number of capacities in the public and private sectors. She is currently Assistant Director of Sports Wagering and Paid Fantasy Sports with the Indiana Gaming Commission. Leia has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2017 and holds a master's degree in Criminal Justice and Public Safety from Indiana University. She has been a member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE for a number of years and currently serves as Secretary.
Michael Hathaway
Member, Board of Directors
Michael Hathaway
Member, Board of Directors
Michael Hathaway, a Certified Fraud & Forensic Investigations, Owner and COO, has more than 30 years of experience fighting fraud, waste and abuse in the government industry. Michael is an expert consultant with state agencies and vendors in the area of fraud detection & deterrence solutions. Michael earned his Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Indianapolis, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner (CECFE), a licensed Private Investigator (PI), and has been accepted and testified as a forensic accounting expert witness. Michael has also received training from the John E. Reid School of Interview and Interrogations and the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) with a concentration on crime and financial investigations within the gaming industry. Michael began serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE in 2023.
- Email: michael@cfficorp.com
Perley Roberts
Member, Board of Directors
Perley Roberts
Member, Board of Directors
Perley is Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Internal Auditor with over 40 years experience working in the public and private sectors. She is currently a Revenue Cycle Analyst with Eskenazi Health Hospital & Healthcare. Perley holds a degree in Accounting and Economics from IUPUI. She is currently serving the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE as a member of the Board of Directors.
Erik Buchenberger
Member, Board of Directors
Erik Buchenberger
Member, Board of Directors
Erik is a Senior Fraud Investigator with CNO Financial Group. He holds a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Ball State University and a master's degree in Business Administration and Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. Erik has been a member of the Central Indiana Chapter of the ACFE for years, serving in multiple positions. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors.