Instructor of Accounting
Stephanie Merrell is a CPA who earned both her bachelor’s degree and MBA from Nicholls. She began her career as a Staff Accountant for International Shipholding Corporation in New Orleans where she worked for over two years. She was then offered a position with Bollinger WorkOver, Inc., now known as Suard WorkOver, where she was tasked with performing all functions of the accounting process from data entry to financial statement preparation.
While working on her MBA at Nicholls, Merrell also enrolled in undergraduate classes in Computer Information Systems and upon completing the MBA program, accepted a position with CHAND, LLC, a division of Bollinger Shipyards, as a Programmer/Systems Analyst. In this position, she gained invaluable experience in programming, networking as well as various computer software programs. During her years at CHAND, she served as the project lead for a successful E-commerce development project as well as the project lead for the successful implementation of a document management system.
Merrell’s most recent position before coming to Nicholls was as a consultant/programmer with Lorelei Walker, CPA, LLC in Houma where she supported clients in various accounting software programs as well as utilized her expertise in programming and report writing. She continues to support clients with their accounting, programming and software needs.
Education:
B.S., MBA, Nicholls State University
Contact information:
132 Powell
Phone: 985.448.4212
mailto:stephanie.merrell@nicholls.edu