A graduate of Bentley and Moravian Colleges, Searles currently resides in Allentown with his wife Debra and their 3 children. He is also involved as a Board Member of the Lehigh Valley Senior Citizen's Center, immediate past president of the Estate Planning Council, and Professional Advisors Steering Committee of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation. The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants is a professional organization with over 19,000 accounting professionals.
Membership includes practitioners in public accounting, industry, government and education.