Tani Budde joined Ericksen Krentel in 2023 and most recently served as a senior audit manager in the Assurance and Advisory Practice in the firm’s Baton Rouge office.

Budde primarily conducts governmental and nonprofit audits, with extensive experience in assisting his clients through complex implementations of Governmental Accounting Standards Board pronouncements. He also specializes in the education sector, mainly in charter schools, and in local governmental municipality accounting and advisory services.

Budde is a member of the AICPA and the Society of Louisiana CPAs. He was selected as a 2025 Changemaker for the BR Alliance for Students. He currently serves on the finance committee for the Capital Area United Way and the Finance/Governance Committee for the Louisiana Academy of Production. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southeastern Louisiana University.