The Payroll Post - August 2025
President Letter
Dear Chapter Members,
Our summer social at Morgan Falls Overlook Park on Saturday, July 7th, was an incredible success. The beautiful weather, engaging conversations, delicious food and delightful company made it an evening to remember.
In addition, our virtual study group sessions have been a great success. Your active participation and dedication have truly shown the strength and unity of our community.
As we look forward to the upcoming months, I encourage everyone to celebrate National Payroll Week from September 1st through 5th. This week is an excellent opportunity to recognize and appreciate the hard work and importance of payroll professionals in our industry.
Thank you all for your continued support and commitment. It is your enthusiasm and involvement that make our chapter strong and thriving.
Kind regards,
Priti Rughani, CPP
Chapter President
Chapter Member Spotlight
Chapter Member Spotlight – Leslie Jones Cainion, CPP
Meet our President-Elect
receiving my CPP. I had recently hired a payroll supervisor that was very involved with the chapter that invited me to attend a meeting. I saw joining the chapter as a way help others through the journey that I have spent more than half my life traveling. This journey included helping so many people I met grow in the profession and in their careers.
A career in payroll promises you will never be bored from doing the same thing day in and day out. Every day brings a new challenge to do a job that allows our companies, our team, our employees and their families to become successful in what they do. It is a career that promises you can always find a job and it will never be eliminated by technology – you will always need human involvement.
I assumed the responsibility as incoming President of the Chapter because I saw it as an opportunity to do what I love best – provide knowledge and help others succeed. As I tell so many folks I meet, “I no longer work for me” in this stage of my career. I plan on planting seeds in the chapter that will grow for generations to come, by helping create leaders that will go on to plant those same seeds in so many others. The driver for me is the feeling I get when I see someone else succeed at their goals. It’s the adrenaline created that keeps me motivated to do what I am doing and proof that what I’m doing is the right thing. The chapter will provide the opportunity for me to touch so many more people and spread that wealth of knowledge faster than I otherwise could.
As the upcoming president elect, my biggest challenge will be that of growing the
chapter and motivating others to become involved. I think there needs to be a paradigm switch of sorts in how some of us think when it comes to our involvement in the chapter. I’d like to see more of us working towards helping others succeed and coming up with new ideas on how to make that happen. We must think outside of the box regarding how we teach, how we speak and how we do things to attract the future generation of payroll leaders. It’s a big challenge, but I think we are all up to making it happen – will you join me?
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