Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Meeting Location:  Fairfax County Government Building, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax  VA  22035

Late Registration starts on Monday, 4/10 at 1:00 PM

Registration CLOSES on Wednesday, 4/12 at 1:00 PM

RCHs: 4.0 for the entire session

Topic #1: Payroll & HR & AP, Oh My!

Engaging human resources and accounts payable as strategic partners in your payroll processes can enable the payroll, HR, and AP departments to be combined leaders to your employees. You will learn how to ensure that any transaction that affects payroll won't be missed if you build an effective partnership with your partners in HR and AP. 

Topic #2: Garnishments

Garnishment rules remain an area of concern for employers.  Multiple laws, multiple types, and multiple states.  Garnishment processing is full of pitfalls!  This session will break down garnishments so that you can feel confident in your processing.

Topic #3: Overpayments / Repayments

In this session we will focus on the permissible actions that can be taken for recovering overpayments and salary advances.  In addition, we will explore available options as it relates to the repayment obligations for departing employees as outlined in the company policies.  The session will include a discussion on the resulting tax impacts and tax filing requirements.

Speaker #1: Dan Dycus, CPP

Daniel Dycus is a Senior Director for the American Payroll Association (APA) and the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI). In this role, Dan oversees the Education, Meeting Planning, and Event Logistics Divisions.  

He speaks at APA/GPMI events and other organizations’ events. Dan and a team plan the APA/GPMI’s Payroll Congress, Capital Summit, the Educational Institutions Payroll Conference, and the Payroll Leaders Conference.

Before joining APA in 2015, Dan was the Senior Manager of Accounting for Intelsat Corporation, overseeing the Global Payroll and Payroll Accounting Department. During his 25-year career, Dan has managed payroll, accounts payable, benefits, and accounting for various organizations. Dan is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter. Dan has a BS degree in accounting and obtained his CPP designation in 1999.

Speaker #2: LaToya Martin, MNM, CPP

LaToya Martin, MNM, CPP, is a Sr. Payroll & Tax Analyst for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in Washington, DC.  She serves as an Executive Board Member and Treasurer for The Cherry Community Coalition and Education Director for Charm City Payroll, both located in Baltimore, Maryland.  She is active in her local community, serving as a member of the Economic Development Committee for the South Baltimore 7 (SB7) Organization and a committee member for the Cherry Hill newsletter. She has a B.A. in Finance and an M.A. in Nonprofit Management from Notre Dame of Maryland University (formerly The College of Notre Dame of Maryland). LaToya is a lifetime resident of Baltimore City, where she lives with her three children and one grandson.

Speaker #3: Charlotte Hodges, CPP

Charlotte N. Hodges, CPP, is the Senior Payroll Manager for ECS, a leading provider of solutions in science, engineering, and advanced technologies including cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), data, and enterprise transformation solutions. In January 2008 Charlotte joined the Bloomberg Tax as a Payroll Advisory Board member.  She is a member of the American Payroll Association's Hotline Referral Service and serves on the Strategic Payroll Leadership Task Force Best Practices Subcommittee, the Government Relations Task Force Federal Issues Subcommittee, the APA Speaker’s Bureau, and currently serves as a Regional Advisor.  Charlotte was awarded the APA Meritorious Service Award in 2020.  Charlotte is a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the APA (WMAC-APA) where she currently serves as the Chair of the Education Committee.

Menu: TBD

Community Outreach: 

Food & Friends is the only community-based organization in the DC region providing home-delivered medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy to our neighbors living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses.

Led by Reverend Carla Gorrell in 1988, local community leaders were in search of ways to support meal delivery for people with AIDS.  In 1989, Food & Friends was incorporated and their reach began to expand outside to people with other medical needs.  This organization has grown immensely and now supports hundreds of volunteers delivering meals to clients.  Food & Friends served its 20 millionth meal in 2016.  The organization has had trouble making it through COVID due to the decrease in the number of volunteers allowed.

WMAC has set a fundraising goal of $3,000.00  WMAC will match all donations made to Food and Friends through the 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 is will then allow you to make 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.