Payroll Certification (Payroll)

Catherine joined Neeyamo, a leading global payroll and employer of record solutions provider, in 2022 as VP of Global Alliances. In this role, she leads the Alliances function to expand the partner network and build out the solution ecosystem to assist organizations in their global growth.  

Prior to Neeyamo, Catherine spent five years with Safeguard Global, where she led the Strategic Partner Relations and the Solutions Consulting teams. She has previously worked at firms such as EY, Mercer Consulting, and Fidelity Investments.  

Catherine has over 30 years of experience in payroll and human capital and has worked as a practitioner, service provider and consultant. She has lived and worked around the world, is a veteran of two expatriate assignments, and is a published author and frequent speaker on global strategy, service delivery and operations topics. She holds a BA from Temple University and an MBA from Bentley University. 

Dayna currently is the director of payroll operations at a major medical center in Chicago and has been heavily involved in the payroll field for more than 20 years.

She started as a payroll clerk at a small Tucson company but moved on to be a payroll team leader at Honeywell Inc. 

During her time at Honeywell Inc., she obtained her FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) through the American Payroll Association. Dayna has also received several merit awards for customer service and acquisitions, and divestiture.

She also serves on the National American Payroll Association on the national Strategic Leadership Task Force, Government Affairs Task Force (PA Local tax subcommittee), and received a citation of merit for her service along with being a gold pin member of the APA.

Dayna is also a CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) through the APA and certified in HR hiring and firing practices and is a Six-Sigma Greenbelt.

Debbie Cash, CPP is a Manager of TLM Implementation at G&A Partners.  G&A Partners is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) that offers payroll, human resources, benefits management, risk management, and accounting services for businesses.  G&A Partners acquired Employer Advantage LLC (PEO) in February 2022.  Debbie began working for the organization in 2006 as a Payroll Tax Specialist and Time and Attendance Specialist.  She was promoted to Time/Labor Manager in 2021.

Debbie earned an Associates Degree in Accounting from MSSU in 1985 and a Bachelors Degree in General Business from MSSU in 2006.  She obtained her Certified Payroll Professional Certification in October 2006.  She has 30+ years of experience processing payroll and payroll taxes for various different companies and professions.

Debbie worked as a Payroll Specialist at Missouri Southern State University from 1993 to March 2006.  She attended the International Tax Conference in Wisconsin in 2005 and specialized in International Tax for Student Visa’s.  She also worked for Joplin R-8 School District processing payroll from 1990 to 1993.  

Ian has been in the payroll profession for over 30 years, processing payrolls from all sectors, large and small.  He moved from hands-on exposure in 2011 to becoming involved in educating the profession.  His wide-ranging experience and up-to-date knowledge ensure he is able to impart this information to UK professionals through course material, social media, newsletters, and face-to-face presentations.

However, educating the profession cannot be achieved without knowing how the profession works on a day-to-day basis, and involvement with hands-on administration is essential.  So, today, Ian operates as a consultant and advisor and is involved with a vital aspect of the payroll and reward environment, that of working with the software that actually does a lot of the hard work for the profession.  

The return to being involved in a hands-on environment has not stopped his desire to inform, educate and train the UK payroll profession.  Indeed, this is now better achieved, as he is able to draw on real processing situations.  

Ian approaches education and communication very much from the perspective of how this will impact the software, the employer, and the worker.  So, whilst the legislation is vital, compliance and effective communication are paramount. 

Ian is a Companion of the Institute for Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), a committee member of the British Computer Society (BCS), and a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.

Jessie Seaman, Esq & EA, is a licensed Florida attorney and IRS Enrolled Agent. Jessie brings over ten years of state and federal tax controversy and representation to Community Tax clients. Prior to joining Community Tax, she spent over seven years with a leading national tax resolution firm. She has overseen tens of thousands of tax resolution cases from the simplest financial privacy plans to the to the most complex business cases and high-profile celebrity clients.

Jessie is a Florida Native, growing up Boca Raton and moving to Tampa in 2000 for her undergraduate studies. While attending the University of South Florida, Jessie studied abroad in Costa Rica and eventually graduated with a double major: B.A. in Philosophy & B.A. in Political Science. In 2006, she was offered a scholarship from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, FL, where she graduated with a Juris Doctorate in 2009. During law school, Jessie interned with the ACLU, worked at Learn to Read, a local non-profit advocating for adult literacy, and was chosen by the Florida Coastal Academic Success Department to mentor incoming students on how to be successful in law school.

Jessie is a member of the Florida Bar, Tax Section, National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA), CERCA, and National Tax Practice Institute Fellowship. She is a leading voice within the tax resolution community.  Most recently she was asked to teach continuing education courses for the National Association of Accountancy (NSA) and be a lead Instructor at both national conferences for NAEA. She has also served as an adjunct professor teaching various courses including Business Law, State and Local Taxation, Contemporary Business Ethics, and an exam preparation class for the Enrolled Agents Examination. Jessie truly has a passion for tax controversy work and found her passion in this niche field because it is ever-evolving, applicable to all, and in many cases unfairly enforced. As the daughter of small business owners, she is especially passionate about helping business owners understand and overcome their tax challenges. Jessie even helped form and operate a pro bono tax resolution clinic in North Florida to assist those taxpayers who simply could not afford to hire professional representation for IRS and state tax issues.

Miles Hutchinson is a CGMA and experienced businessman. He has been an auditor with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Chief Financial Officer of a $1 billion real estate development company. Miles is a professional speaker and consultant who has presented over 2,700 seminars and training sessions on a myriad of business and financial topics, like financial analysis and modeling, accounting, strategic planning, and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  He is recognized as an expert in payroll and sales & use tax as well as financial modeling & analysis, business strategy and communications.  He is the author of several useful accounting and tax tools available at www.soxpolicies.com and www.salestaxadvisors.com.  His clients include, Abbott Labs, Bank of America, Boston Scientific, Citicorp, Corning, the FBI, the FDA, the Federal Reserve, GE, Pfizer, Siemens, US Marine Corps, and the US Army.  Please visit his web sites to see how you can further benefit from his expertise.

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, is president and academic director of The Payroll Advisor™ a firm specializing in training payroll professionals. With over 35 years of hands-on experience in all facets of payroll functions as well as over 20 years as a trainer and author, Ms. Lambert is a sought-after and respected voice in the practice and management of payroll issues. She has conducted open market training seminars on payroll issues across the United States that have been attended by executives and professionals from some of the most prestigious firms in business today.

Ms. Lambert has lectured extensively on payroll administration and compliance issues for clients that have included Automatic Data Processing, CCH Incorporated, Ceridian Employer Services, and The Employer Group. Ms. Lambert has also served as a consultant and in-house trainer for businesses such as Sun Microsystems, Paychex, Fox Studios, Disney, County of Riverside, and City of Hesperia.

Ms. Lambert is an adjunct faculty member at Brandman University in Southern California. She is the creator of and the instructor for the Practical Payroll Online program offered through the School of Extended Education. Ms. Lambert currently produces and presents audio seminars and webcasts for clients and business groups throughout the country.