Ronald G. Lykins, President Ron Lykins, Inc. CPAs

A native of Adams County Ohio, in the Appalachian Mountains, Dr. Ronald (Ron) Lykins graduated from Morehead State University in 1964.  Ron had a dual major in Accounting and Economics-Sociology.  While at Morehead, he was President of the Student Council and he lettered in tennis, track and cross country.  Upon graduating, he received a graduate assistantship from Ohio University, where he traveled and studied in Europe and earned his MBA in 1967.

After earning his MBA, Ron worked as an assistant to the Executive Vice President at Ohio University for three years.  He acted as a team leader and liaison with Arthur Andersen & Company for the design and implementation of a state of the art computerized accounting system.  After obtaining his Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Ohio University in 1971, he spent three years as associate director of management improvement for the Ohio Board of Regents, working primarily in the area of budgeting and financial systems.

While he was with the Ohio Board of Regents, he was an adjunct professor in Accounting at Ohio State University.  Following this tenure in 1975, he was selected by Ohio Wesleyan University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, where he taught accounting and finance for three years.  At the time, he was one of the youngest Associate Professors in the history of Ohio Wesleyan University.

In 1978, Dr. Lykins formed his own Certified Public Accounting firm in Westerville, Ohio.  His firm specializes in taxation and has rapidly grown into one of the top 20 accounting firms in the Columbus metropolitan area with over 1,400 clients. Ron Lykins Inc., CPA’s formed a business association with Smith Barney in 2003 to facilitate the investment needs of their clients.  Recently Ron received national acclaim when he represented his firm pro se before the United States Tax Court and won his own case-- Ron Lykins, Inc., Petitioner V. Commission of Internal Revenue, Respondent.

Concurrent with his role as the CEO of Ron Lykins, Inc., he has continued his academic career.  Ron was an adjunct lecturer on taxation and accounting for the Capital University Executive MBA program from 1978 to 1987.  Following this time, he was an adjunct professor of finance in the Executive MBA Program at Ohio University for thirteen years.  Dr. Lykins was recognized by the business graduate students as one of the top teaching professors in the MBA curriculum at both Capital University and Ohio University.

Recent civic activities include President of the Board of Trustees at Central College Presbyterian Church and VP for Finance for the Westerville Civic Symphony.  Currently, Ron is chairman of a citizen’s advocacy group to defeat a 60% city income tax increase in the City of Westerville.

Dr. Lykins resides in Westerville with his wife, Ruth, a speech language pathologist.  They have three children, Kurt, Kristi, and Lisa, as well as seven grandchildren.  Ron’s hobbies include tennis, reading, gardening, and most of all, playing with his grandchildren.