About Shelby

Shelby Burghardt is a senior manager for audit services and a health care senior analyst for RSM US LLP. With over 17 years of experience, she provides financial statement audit, single audit and agreed-upon procedures services for clients in the health care and nonprofit industries.

Experience

Shelby has served a variety of health care and nonprofit organizations, including academic medical centers, hospitals and health systems, behavioral health organizations, as well as private equity-backed health care companies. In addition, as a member of the firm’s Industry Eminence Program, Shelby works alongside the firm’s chief economist and her fellow senior analysts to understand, forecast and communicate economic, business and technology trends affecting middle market businesses.

Professional affiliations and designations

• Certified public accountant, Illinois

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Illinois CPA Society

• Healthcare Financial Management Association

• First Illinois Healthcare Financial Management Association

  • Board member June 2023-current
  • “Volunteer of the Year” award July 2024
  • Co-chair of programming June 2022-June 2024
  • “Emerging Volunteer of the Year” award July 2022

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration, accounting, Saint Mary’s College