RALEIGH, N.C. – Former N.C. State Auditor Les Merritt, a Zebulon CPA, has joined the board of directors of the N.C. Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Merritt will serve as the organization’s treasurer.
“Les Merritt has supported the public charter school movement in North Carolina from day one,” says Paul Norcross, chairman of the Alliance’s board of directors. “We are pleased to add someone of his stature to our board of directors.”
“Public charter schools are an important piece of our state’s educational system,” says Merritt. “I strongly believe in public charter schools and am pleased to support the charter school movement by serving on the Alliance’s board of directors.”
Leslie W. (Les) Merritt, Jr. is a partner with Merritt & Hawley, PLLC, a Wake-County-based CPA firm. He served as State Auditor of North Carolina from January 2005 until January 2009 and as executive director of the Foundation for Ethics in Public Service, Inc. from mid-2009 until early 2011. Merritt was the first Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to serve as North Carolina’s State Auditor. As State Auditor, he served on North Carolina’s Council of State, as a member of the Local Government Commission and led an agency with more than 200 employees. Prior to being elected State Auditor, Merritt was an owner and managing partner in privately held accounting and auditing firms for over twenty (20) years. He has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1981 and served as a Wake County Commissioner from 1994 through 1998. Prior to entering the accounting profession, Merritt spent several years in the banking industry. He earned degrees in accounting and economics from North Carolina State University. Merritt is a past president of the Zebulon Elementary School PTA, Zebulon Rotary Club and Zebulon Lions Club and served as a member of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He lives in Zebulon, North Carolina with his wife, Cheryl.
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