About the Board
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Lynn V. Hutchinson
CPA, CGMA - Board Chair
Dennis James
CPA
Kandace Mauldin
CPA
Daniel Brown
CPA
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CPA, CGMA - Board Chair
CPA
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Lynn Hutchinson, CPA, serves as CFO and Secretary-Treasurer of Lincoln Builders, Inc., the parent company of three commercial contracting companies with offices in Louisiana and Texas. In addition to her accounting and tax responsibilities for the construction companies, Ms. Hutchinson is responsible for all accounting and tax aspects of approximately sixty tax entities owned or operated by the original owner’s family.
Prior to joining Lincoln Builders in 1992, Lynn served as Corporate and Partnership Tax Partner with a local accounting firm in Monroe. She also served as Audit Manager for construction and real estate audit engagements.
Lynn is a 1980 graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, (NLU), and has served on the Accounting Department Advisory Board. Lynn has been a licensed CPA in Louisiana and a member of the AICPA and LCPA since 1982.
Lynn serves as Chair of the Louisiana State Board of CPAs, a position she has held since April 2016. She has served on the Louisiana State Board of CPAs since 2008. She is an active member of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and has recently completed serving as the Southwest Regional Director from 2020-2023.
Lynn is a Past Chair of the Society of Louisiana CPAs where she served in various offices and committees. Lynn received the Society’s Outstanding CPA in Business and Industry Award recognizing her contributions as a CPA to the business success of her employer and her individual contribution to the profession in 2005.
Lynn is active in the AICPA having served on the AICPA Council in 2003-2004 and from 2016-2019.
Lynn and her husband Bill reside in Ruston, Louisiana where they are active members of Temple Baptist Church. Lynn also serves as an officer of the Quota Club of Ruston.
Michele Avery, CPA/ABV, is a Partner at CRI Advisors, LLC. Michele’s concentration is in business valuation and litigation. She regularly provides expert testimony in the areas of business valuation, economic damages, lost profits and community partitions.
Michele has been in public practice for over twenty years having worked for two large Louisiana based public accounting firms prior to joining the regional firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram.
Michele is a 1995 graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Superior where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts. Michele obtained her Masters of Business Administration from LSU in 1998.
Michele has served two non-consecutive terms as President of the Northshore Chapter of the Society of Louisiana CPAs. Michele has been a long-term trustee of the LCPA PAC and a long-term member of the LCPA’s Forensic, Valuation and Litigation Committee.
Michele is active in her community having served as the Chairman of the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce, Board Member and Tax Policy Chairman of Greater New Orleans, Inc., Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West Women’s Build Committee, Treasurer of the St. Tammany Library Foundation and Mayor Madden’s Income Strategies Committee for the City of Mandeville.
Michele and her husband Jason (who is also a CPA) reside in Mandeville, Louisiana.
Dennis James is a founding director and current audit director with James Lambert Riggs & Associates. He has over forty years of diversified governmental audit experience working with fire districts, drainage districts, municipal governments of all sizes, parish governments, water districts, recreation districts, criminal court funds and judicial expense funds, city courts and marshals, libraries and a variety of other governments and not-for-profit organizations. Dennis graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1981 with a bachelor of science degree in accounting and currently serves on the board of directors for the Southeastern Foundation and the College of Business Advisory board. He recently received the 2024 Life Member Award from the Society of Louisiana CPA’s. Dennis and wife, Alice are lifelong residents of Ponchatoula, they have two daughters, six grandsons and a new baby granddaughter.
Letitia “Letti” Lowe-Ardoin, CPA is an accounting instructor at Louisiana State University’s E. J. Ourso College of Business, where she has been teaching for over two decades. She began her teaching career at LSU while in graduate school and has since dedicated her professional life to educating students in accounting and taxation.
A proud LSU alumna, Lowe-Ardoin earned both her Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master of Science in Taxation from the university. She holds an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license and brings over 20 years of public accounting experience to her teaching. In addition to her academic role, she previously owned The Lowe Company, APAC, a public accounting firm specializing in income tax preparation and planning.
Lowe-Ardoin’s teaching interests include accounting and income tax, and she is known for incorporating service learning into her courses. Her commitment to community engagement was recognized when she was named a Service-Learning Faculty Scholar by LSU’s Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership in the 2009–2010 academic year.
Beyond the classroom, Lowe-Ardoin contributes to the accounting profession through her service on the Louisiana State Board of Certified Public Accountants, where she has been a member since January 1, 2012.
Christine Dunn, CPA is a partner at Darnall, Sikes & Frederick, based in the firm’s Lafayette office. With over 30 years of experience in public accounting, Christie’s practice is primarily focused on auditing a wide range of entities, including for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies. Her work spans financial audits, reviews, and compilations across these sectors.
In addition to her audit work, Christie provides consulting and management advisory services to governmental bodies and small businesses. She is committed to helping clients implement strategies that support long-term success.
Christie earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1991 and became a licensed Certified Public Accountant in 1993. She is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants (LCPA). She previously served as President of the Acadiana Chapter of the LCPA from 2007 to 2008.
Her professional involvement includes active participation in several LCPA committees, particularly those focused on governmental and not-for-profit accounting and auditing. She previously served on the LCPA Ethics Committee and has contributed to the Peer Review Committee.
Beyond her professional commitments, Christie is deeply engaged in her community and volunteers with several nonprofit organizations throughout the Acadiana area.