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PBC SHRM 2023 PRESIDENT

Katie I. Kato, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Letter from the President

Dear Palm Beach County SHRM Chapter members,

It is my honor and privilege to serve as your Palm Beach County SHRM Chapter President for 2023-2024!! We are so pleased to be representing the human resources professionals in our community:

“The mission of Palm Beach County’s Society for Human Resources Management Chapter is to promote organizational excellence through the advancement of the Human Resources profession in partnership with our business community.”

This year’s PBC SHRM Board and Leadership Team is highly engaged and has planned such an exciting year! We have so many ways for each of you to get involved in our Chapter. It will be our continued focus to create events and professional development opportunities for our Chapter members to get together with live, in-person monthly Chapter meetings offering cutting-edge in-services. And, based on feedback from our membership, we are strategically having quarterly Social/Networking events, and other activities, to allow our Chapter members to further their interactions with each other.

Our Palm Beach County SHRM Chapter is also proud to be aligned with SHRM National on the Dual Membership Release (DMR) program and this has helped to make us a SHRM Mega Chapter, and we are 550+ members strong. We have been a 100% SHRM Chapter for many years, and in 2021, we became fully integrated with the Dual Membership program with SHRM. This affords us the ability to offer greater resources and services to our local Chapter members.

With this change, the program also enables us to jointly renew our PBC SHRM Chapter membership (of $20/year) along with SHRM’s membership in one transaction with one profile – all of this will be handled by SHRM’s robust systems. Members have been asking for this solution for years, and it is finally happening! PBC SHRM Chapter members will no longer pay separate Chapter membership dues directly to the Chapter but will instead renew their PBC SHRM Chapter membership at the same time that they renew their SHRM membership.

To enhance the value of our PBC SHRM Chapter membership, in 2023, we have added so many new programs and activities, with discounted pricing for our Chapter members! This includes:

  • Our monthly Chapter meetings and educational in-services, which offer 1.0 PDC.
  • Our Annual Conference, which offers 10.5 PDC’s when you attend the full conference, and up to another 8.0 PDC’s with our NEW virtual platform capabilities.
  • Our NEW monthly Virtual Meetings, which offer 1.0 PDC/meeting.
  • Our NEW video platform, which allows access to many PBC SHRM recorded programs.
  • Our New Quarterly Social/Networking events at local fun venues around the county.
  • Our NEW Quarterly Diversity Book Club meetings which also offer PDCs!
  • Our Quarterly HR Competitive Edge Series which offers 1.0 PDC/session.
  • Our monthly virtual HR Happy Hour for ’in Transition’ members.
  • Our NEW Quarterly “Ask the HR  Pro” open forum virtual sessions to match seasoned HR professional with our emerging professionals.
  • Our Quarterly Lynn Breakfast Education Series, which offers 1.0 PDC/session.
  • A newly revamped Job Posting on our website that offers employers more cost-effective postings with HR employment opportunities, and which offers our Chapter members access to HR positions.
  • Timely notification of Professional Development Credits after each eligible program, for both HRCI & SHRM certifications.
So, please join the 2023 PBC SHRM Board and Leadership team at our upcoming events and activities, and make your connection to our Chapter even stronger. We look forward to meeting each of you and making our Chapter the best it can be!!

Thank you, and very warm regards,

Katie I. Kato, M.Ed, SPHR (Lifetime), SHRM-SCP

President@pbcshrm.org

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PBC SHRM BOARD MEMBERS


Katie Kato, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
President

KATIE'S BIO



Paula Humber, MBA, SHRM-SCP,
President-Elect
PAULA'S BIO



Tammy Lane, SHRM-SCP, GBA

Past President

TAMMY'S BIO


Kathleen Vanhorn, SHRM-SCP
At-Large Director/Legislative/Government Affairs 

KATHLEEN'S BIO


Katie Colon

Secretary 

KATIE'S BIO


 

Laurie Myers, SPHR, SHRM-CP
At-Large Director/Facilities-Special Events



Lavern Blackwood

At-Large Director/SHRM Foundation
LAVERN'S BIO



Lynette Lockwood
At-Large Director/Membership 
LYNETTE'S BIO



Brenda Tirado
Treasurer (Board)
BRENDA'S BIO






PBC SHRM LEADERSHIP TEAM



Aimee Mangold, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

HR Florida Ambassador

AIMEE'S BIO


Tracy Ellison
Webmaster

TRACY'S BIO



Dr. Deeawn T. Roundtree, SPHR, SHRM-CP
College Relations/Students
DEEAWN'S BIO




Monica Buzek, SHRM-CP, PHR
Hospitality 
MONICA'S BIO



Mike Powers
Workforce Readiness




 Fonda, SPHR
Certification


Nikki Carpenito, MBA, SHRM-CP
Sponsorships
NIKKI'S BIO



Karen Roberts, SPHR, SHRM-CP
Programs and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
KAREN'S BIO


Seth Mitchell, CFA

SETH'S BIO


Past Presidents 

2022 - Tammy Lane
20-21- Brian Knapp
2019- Aimee Mangold, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
2017-18 - John Haymore, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP, OSHA-30
2016 - Katie Beirne, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP
2015 - Darron Davis, PHR
2014 - Tim Garman
2013 - Jennifer Gunter, M.S, PHR
2012 - Eric Gordon, Esq.
2011 - Brian Altschuler, M.S., SPHR
2009-10 - Lara Donlon, Esq., SPHR
2008 - Dominique Cultrera, GPHR, PHR
2007 - Olga Otero, PHR
2006 - Roy Lantz, CCP, SPHR
2004-05 - Karen Roberts, SPHR
2004 - Paul Hederman, SPHR
2003 - Michele Dobos, PHR
2002 - Daivd Huntley, SPHR
2001 - Ellen Finnerty, SPHR
2000 - Robert Francis, SPHR
1998-99 - Rita Craig, SPHR
1998 - Ronald Dias
1997 - Kathryn Schmidt, SPHR
1996 - Debra Laster, SPHR
1995 - Kristina Steffer
1994 - Mona Christie, SPHR

1993 - Susan Napolitano, PHR
1992 - Sandra Lamb
1991 - Joan Slaughenhaupt
1990 - Vicky Porter
1989 - R. Ricky Hyre
1988 - Kenneth Kirby, SPHR
1987 - Toby Cohen
1986 - Jacqueline Cassady
1986 - Marc Yanchura
1984 - William Crouse
1983 - Frank Angerame
1982 - Jeanne Brannon
1981 - Eldene Spriggs
1980 - George Anderson
1979 - Louis Benson, PH.D.
1978 - Donald Stephens
1977 - D. Allen Strickland
1976 - George Nale
1975 - John Girardeau
1974 - Charles Camus, Jr.
1972-73 - Malcom Smith
1971 - Thomas Boyd
1970 - John Green
1969 - Earnest Nelson
1968 - Norma Good

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