Meeting Location:  Virtual

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Agenda:

8:30-9:00 Chapter Information
9:00-10:00 Topic 1 - How to Speak Up and Be Heard
10:00-10:00 Break
10:10-11:10 Topic 2 - Best Practices
11:10-11:30 Closing

Topic: This meeting will cover two topics.

Topic 1: How to Speak Up and Be Heard

Have you ever been in a meeting and wanted to speak up but didn’t know how? You’re not alone. Join us on September 9^th as Lori Brown, Finance Director for Payroll Operations at Hanger, Inc., shares how she gained the confidence to speak up and the valuable lessons learned along the way to increase her effectiveness.

“I knew how to speak up, but I didn’t know if anyone was listening or cared. Over the years, I’ve developed better communication skills and tricks that help me speak up in ways that compel people to listen. I’d like to share my experiences so that the next time you speak up, your voice is heard.” – Lori Brown, CPP

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Topic 2: Payroll Best Practices

The SPLTF Best Practices group recently considered the topic of “Preventing Payroll Errors During Unplanned Staffing Shortages.”  This is always a relevant topic for payroll leaders; but during the pandemic, it became an urgent topic. 

In this presentation we will discuss the ideas of the SPLTF/BP group for keeping the Payroll department and staff prepared for an unexpected staffing shortage. 

• If your process is to redistribute the work across the existing staff
  • How do you keep them current?
  • How do you reward those who carried the extra work load?
• If you have documentation – how do you know it works?
• If you don’t have documentation – how do you develop it?
• When do you seek temporary help?
• How do you handle security for a temporary person?
  
  

The answers to these questions were as varied as the companies represented on the SPLTF/BP sub-committee.  Keeping in mind – “The best ideas are those you steel borrow from other people” – discovering what the members of the SPLTF/BP are doing should provide plenty of ideas to put in practice at your organization.

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Speaker: 
Speaker 1: 

Lori Brown, CPP
Finance Director of Payroll Operations
Hanger, Inc.

Lori Brown, CPP brings a broad range of experience to Hanger, Inc. where she is the Finance Director of Payroll Operations overseeing HR, HRIS and Payroll. She has over 25 years of experience in payroll including government contracting, payroll tax compliance and systems conversions. She earned the Fundamentals of Payroll (FPC) certificate designation in 2001 and the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) in 2002.

Lori has been an active member of the American Payroll Association (APA) since 2002. She currently serves nationally on National Speakers Bureau, CPP Certification Board, Certification Item Writing Mentor and Hotline Committee. She has received Citations of Merit from the APA each year since 2005 and in 2014 received a Meritorious Service Award. She is an active member of the Washington Area Metropolitan Chapter (WMAC) of the APA and served many roles over the years including President. 

Since 2004, Lori has shared her knowledge with other payroll practitioners by teaching CPP/FPC exam preparation classes and payroll knowledge concepts.  She has taught at George Mason University and Prince George’s Community College, and currently teaches payroll courses for the APA nationally, as well as speaking at conferences on a broad range of payroll related topics.

Speaker 2:

Stephanie (Sam) McAtee, CPP
Payroll Director
McLane Company, Inc.

Stephanie (Sam) McAtee, CPP is the Director of Payroll at McLane Company, Inc. in Temple, Texas.  She earned the CPP certification in 1996 and the Excel Expert certification in 2013.  She is a member of APA’s Board of Contributing Writers; Government Relations Task Force (GRTF) Child Support and Other Garnishments Subcommittee; the GRTF Federal Issues Subcommittee; the Strategic Payroll Leadership Task Force (SPLTF) Emerging Technologies Subcommittee; and is co-chair of the SPLTF Best Practices Subcommittee.  Sam also represents the APA as a member of the IRS Security Summit; the Social Security Administration (SSA) Modernization Workgroup; and the National Council of Child Support Directors (NCCSD) Workgroup.   She received the APA’s Meritorious Service Award in 2017.

Community Outreach:

Since inception, the WMAC has been active in our community. For 2021, WMAC has chosen Covenant House Greater Washington as our Community Outreach. Due to COVID-19, our in-person opportunities have been cancelled. WMAC has created a goal to raise $5,000.00 for Covenant House during the year. WMAC will match any donation made through our website. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so as you progress through your chapter registration or you can visit the Community page on the website. It is an available product, select the product by clicking ADD and it will then allow you to enter a donation amount. The cash amount is left open for you to fill in any dollar value you wish to donate. Thank you in advance.