PAUL BRIGGS
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Paul Briggs was named LEA’s President and CEO in December 2009. He joined the Company as a controller in January 2008 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 5, 2008. Mr. Briggs holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting from East Carolina University in May 1999. From September 1999 to April 2002, he was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP as a senior auditor in their Greensboro, North Carolina office. From May 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Briggs was a senior internal auditor for VF Corporation in Greensboro, North Carolina and from June 2003 through April 2007, he was the controller of Ikex, Inc., and Ikex LLC/Hanes Companies located in Middlesex, North Carolina. From November 2007 through January 2008, Mr. Briggs was employed as the operations manager of Jarco Supply in Youngsville, North Carolina.

TONY PERRY
CPA, Controller

Tony Perry joined Law Enforcement Associates as Controller in April of 2010. Mr. Perry is a licensed CPA in the State of North Carolina #31648. He holds a Master of Science in Accountancy from Wake Forest University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting & Information Systems Magna Cum Laude from Virginia Tech. Prior to coming to LEA, Mr. Perry was an Audit Supervisor at Frost, PLLC in their Raleigh, NC office from February 2008 until April of 2010. Before joining Frost, Mr. Perry began his career at Todd Rivenbark & Puryear, PLLC in Raleigh, NC in December of 2004 where he was an accountant and Senior Accountant until he left for Frost in February 2008. Mr. Perry is a member of both the AICPA and NCACPA and has served on the Young CPA Cabinet and Financial Literacy Committee at the NCACPA.