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Audrey began her organizing career in 1991. Organized Audrey LLC provides customers with quality information and skills that create a sense of peace and order in individuals’ lives at home and in the workplace. Her unique process of accounting for a person’s personality type and learning style when developing organizational systems results in skills that are maintained for a lifetime. In her words, “we transform lives, not just spaces.” Return to the top of this page Luncheon Session - Kathy Honey Kathy Honey, of Kathy’s Gingerbread House since 1996, has built a career upon her zest for shopping and love of art. Back in 1997, Kathy developed an interest in hats and a fondness for wearing them, and has hardly been seen without one since. She has since spoken to many “Red Hat” and women’s groups on the subject of hats, their history, their proper care, and of course the finer points of wearing them, and has even been known to share a funny anecdote or two about her adventures in hat-wearing. Return to the top of this page Breakout Session A - Christine Hlavac Christine Hlavac has worked as an Investigator with the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division for ten years. Prior to this, Ms. Hlavac has worked for many years in the private industry serving persons with disabilities. Ms. Hlavac is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and is currently attending Hamline University School of Law Return to the top of this page Breakout Session B - Jim Owen, CPP Jim Owen is the Payroll Operations and Services Manager for Meijer Stores, a retailing company in the Midwest with about 80,000 Team Members. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Management from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jim is an active member of the American Payroll Association. He has served on the Automated Clearing House Committee and currently chairs the Government Affairs Task Force Subcommittee on Child Support. He was one of three non-governmental individuals to receive the HHS Secretary’s Award for distinguished service for his work with the FPLS (Federal Parent Locator Systems) work group. He received a Special Recognition Award in 2001 and was named 2004 “Payroll Man of the Year.” He is a member of the APA’s National Speaker’s Bureau. Over the past few years, Jim has been involved in EFT/EDI, Centralized Collections, Child Support Enforcement, and other related federal and state legislation. He has attended and presented at Child Support Enforcement Regional IV-D Director meetings and has been an active member of the federal Department of Health and Human Services work group, interpreting regulations and designing systems related to Child Support Enforcement. Return to the top of this page Breakout Sessions C & F - Linda Obertin, CPP Linda Obertin, CPP is the Vice President of Client Operations for Fidelity Human Resource Services (FHRS). FHRS provides a full suite of outsourced service offerings including Human Resource, Payroll, Heath & Welfare, Defined Contribution, Defined Benefit, and Stock services. Linda began her payroll career in Minneapolis and now has over 18 years of in-depth payroll experience, which has included responsibility for management of payroll, benefits and HRIS. She has held positions in the Human Resource, Payroll and Accounting divisions of corporations ranging from 300 to over 100,000 employees. Her work also includes developing and implementing international and expatriate payrolls and utilizing best practices in payroll system and process design. Linda is a Certified Payroll Professional. She currently chairs the APA’s Large Employer Task Force, is a member of the Board of Advisors and the Nominating and Elections Committee. She has written articles for PAYTECH and is a regular speaker for the American Payroll Association. Linda received an APA Citation of Merit in 1999, and was named “Payroll Woman of the Year” in 2002. Return to the top of this page Breakout Session D - Rick Seifert, CPP Bio will be added soon . . . Return to the top of this page Breakout Session E - Jaynie Atanasoff Bio will be added soon . . . Return to the top of this page |
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Keynote
Speaker - Audrey Thomas
