Dean Michael Mead is a Partner at Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors (CRI). As part of CRI's government and public sector industry line, Dean resolves technical issues for clients and staff related to any service line that is provided to state and local governmental entities and provides quality assurance with respect to the interpretation and application of accounting and financial reporting standards. He is a frequent author and speaker for CRI, preparing educational materials and conducting training for CRI clients and staff, governments and accounting firms, and the general public, and presenting at the conferences of major national, regional, state, and local professional organizations. 

Prior to joining CRI, Dean worked for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) for 24 years, most recently as Assistant Director of Research and Technical Activities. Dean oversaw the GASB's technical activities, directing the staff's work on all facets of standards setting. Dean also served as Coordinator for the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC), the GASB's primary advisory group.

Dean is a nationally recognized writer and speaker, known for his ability to communicate about complex issues with a wide range of audiences, from the layperson to the expert. He was the author of the GASB's plain-language communications, including all 17 volumes of its award-winning User Guide Series. He twice received the Governmental Research Association's (GRA) Award for Effective Citizen Education and was honored by the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) with its Award of Excellence, in recognition of his efforts to educate analysts about governmental accounting through teaching and writing.

Between 2008 and 2020, Dean was an adjunct member of the Accounting and Information Systems faculty at Rutgers Business School, where he taught governmental accounting, auditing, and financial analysis. He is a graduate of Cornell University. He pursued doctoral studies in public administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, completing all but the dissertation. He was an adjunct professor of finance at NYU from 1995 to 1998, teaching public and nonprofit financial management. He will be a co-author of Michael Granof's textbook, Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting, beginning with its tenth edition.

Dean is a Certified Public Financial Manager™ (CGFM). He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Florida Institute of CPAs, Government Finance Officers Association (and a reviewer for its Certificate of Achievement program), Florida GFOA, Association of Government Accountants, American Accounting Association (and its Government & Nonprofit Section), Association of Local Government Auditors, GRA, NFMA, and Southern Municipal Finance Society (and a member of its board of directors).