At the age of 13 Evan Lemoine started his first business, a small website development firm. Over the next five years, his clients ranged from individuals and politicians to non-profit organizations and businesses of all sizes across southern New England. His interest in taxation, accounting, and management stemmed from the operation of this small firm, and he was self-taught taxation and accounting by reading many IRS publications and articles.
He is an eight year member of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, a national student business organization preparing students for careers in business and business-related fields. Evan is one of five members to have ever served as a national officer in both the high school (FBLA) and collegiate (PBL) divisions in the over 65 years FBLA-PBL has existed. His interest in parliamentary procedures began during his freshman year of high school through FBLA, and he has authored countless bylaw amendments to his local and state chapters and the national association. He has also offered several workshops on parliamentary procedure at state and national conferences with FBLA-PBL.
Evan is a student affiliate of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Rhode Island Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is an active member of the National Association of Parliamentarians and is working on his credentials to become a Registered Parliamentarian (RP).
Evan received his A.S. in Business Administration summa cum laude in May 2007 and B.S. in Accounting magna cum laude in May 2009. He pursing an M.B.A. in Global Business Leadership and Accounting at Johnson & Wales University and will be finished in May 2010. Upon completion of his academic studies, he will be actively working on acquiring his credentials as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
