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About State Auditor Leslie
Merritt
 A
Qualified Professional
- Certified Public Accountant
(CPA) for 27 years
- First CPA to serve as State
Auditor of North Carolina
- Certified Financial Planner
- Former small business owner;
owned & operated a privately held auditing & accounting
firm for over 20 years prior to being elected
- Worked directly on
hundreds of audits as State Auditor and in private
practice prior to being elected
- Degrees in Economics &
Accounting from N.C. State University
 Family
Man; Devoted Husband & Father
- Raised on a farm in rural Sampson County between Clinton
and Magnolia
- Married to his wife, Cheryl,
for 31 years
- Two adult children, both of
whom graduated from North Carolina's public schools
- Member, Zebulon Baptist
Church
A Community
Leader
- Former president, Zebulon
Elementary School PTA
- Former president, Zebulon
Rotary Club
- Former president, Zebulon
Lions club
- Former member, Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Wake County Commissioner,
1994-1998
- Life Member, National Rifle
Association
Leslie Merritt
was elected State Auditor of North Carolina in 2004, becoming the
first Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to hold the office. Merritt
has been a CPA for 27 years. Prior to being elected, he owned and
operated a small business for over twenty years. Merritt’s
experience as a small business owner taught him the importance of
conserving and effectively utilizing resources. Leslie Merritt was
elected to the Wake County Board of Commissioners in 1994. During
his time as a County Commissioner he developed a reputation as a
voice of fiscal responsibility, fighting to set priorities and
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of county government.
Leslie Merritt is a former PTA president who served as president of
his local Rotary and Lions clubs. Auditor Merritt and his wife of
31 years, Cheryl, live in Zebulon and are members of Zebulon Baptist
Church. They have two adult children.
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