--- title: PayrollOrg Congress Today | Kerry Cole description: Kerry Cole is the Editor for the American Payroll Association. --- - [Home](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today) - [About](https://blogs.payroll.org/about-congress) - [Connect](https://blogs.payroll.org/connect-congress) [![icon_fb](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/icon_fb_CT-24.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/AnnualCongress)[![icon-ig-CT](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/icon-ig-CT.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/payrollorg/)[![icon_li](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/icon_li_CT-24.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/payroll-org/) ![CT27 Online Banner_v2](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CT27%20Online%20Banner_v2.jpg?width=2000&height=669&name=CT27%20Online%20Banner_v2.jpg "CT27 Online Banner_v2") ![Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/kerry.jpg) ## Kerry Cole Kerry Cole is the Editor for the American Payroll Association. ### Recent Posts [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 21, 2021 # [Session Reveals Why Employees Will Own Data in Payroll’s Future](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/session-reveals-why-employees-will-own-data-in-payrolls-future) Blockchain technology will bring a data custody shift to payroll, placing employees’ data in their own hands instead of those of the employer, two payroll industry veterans predicted during Friday’s Closing General Session of Congress Xstream. [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 20, 2021 # [Pegine Extols Mosaic Recruiting, Inspirational Leadership](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/pegine-extols-mosaic-recruiting-inspirational-leadership) Singing and dancing her way through two presentations, Pegine brought her unique teaching style to Congress Xstream on Thursday, May 20, instructing participants on better methods of recruiting and leadership. [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 19, 2021 # [Nine Join Ranks of Meritorious Service Honorees](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/nine-join-ranks-of-meritorious-service-honorees) The APA honored nine outstanding individuals for their exemplary service to the Association, locally and nationally, with Meritorious Service Awards. They are: Lisa Anderson, CPP; Brett Cooper; Brian Garrett, CPP; Carlanna Livingstone, CPP; Cheryl Seifritz, CPP; Ansleigh Smith, CPP; Linda Werts,... [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 19, 2021 # [DOL’s Kravitz Honored as Government Partner](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/dols-kravitz-honored-as-government-partner) Michael Kravitz has played a critical role in developing the relationship between the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the APA, and it is partly because of this that he is the APA’s 2021 Government Partner Award recipient. [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 19, 2021 # [Tayfield Accepts GPMI’s Global Vision Award](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/tayfield-accepts-gpmis-global-vision-award) Fittingly enough, 2020’s Global Payroll Titan is 2021’s Global Vision Award recipient. [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 19, 2021 # [McAtee, Meeske Receive Special Recognition](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/mcatee-meeske-receive-special-recognition) **Stephanie “Sam” McAtee, CPP**, and **Levi Meeske, CPP**, received Special Recognition Awards for their continued exemplary service to the APA. Their awards were presented during Wednesday’s Congress Xstream Annual Awards General Session. McAtee, Director of Payroll for the McLane Company, has been a CPP... [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 19, 2021 # [ADP Experts Discuss Economy of Change](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/adp-experts-discuss-economy-of-change) The COVID-19 pandemic required businesses to become more flexible, a change that will continue in the years to come, three ADP panelists said in Wednesday’s Congress Xstream General Session, “Beyond Pay: Embracing the Economy of Change.”“Most of us have had to redefine or retool aspects of life and... [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 19, 2021 # [Education Grant Recipients Aim to Pay It Forward](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/education-grant-recipients-aim-to-pay-it-forward) Recipients of the 2021 education grants from the APA and Wisely Pay by ADP are ready to give back and pay it forward. [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 18, 2021 # [WMAC-APA Reclaims Chapter of the Year Honors](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/wmac-apa-reclaims-chapter-of-the-year-honors) Educational events such as Cram for the Exam and A Day of Calculations, plus a contest that rewarded more than 20 members with APA learning opportunities, lifted the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the APA (WMAC-APA) to Chapter of the Year honors Tuesday night, May 18, during the APA’s... [Kerry Cole](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole) May 18, 2021 # [Bateman, Poole Take Top Payroll Honors](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/poole-bateman-take-top-payroll-honors) The APA’s 2021 Payroll Man of the Year and 2021 Payroll Woman of the Year are well-known among APA members, as well they should be, for their years of service. - [Next](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole/page/2) ### Search [![26 Paytalk_CTA_300x300-4](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26%20Paytalk_CTA_300x300-4.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=26%20Paytalk_CTA_300x300-4.jpg)](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole/page/Link%20here) [![26 PAYO Subcriber 300x300 OP-1](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26%20PAYO%20Subcriber%20300x300%20OP-1.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=26%20PAYO%20Subcriber%20300x300%20OP-1.jpg)](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole/page/Link%20here) [![26 CT Online MM Ad-2](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26%20CT%20Online%20MM%20Ad-2.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=26%20CT%20Online%20MM%20Ad-2.jpg)](https://blogs.payroll.org/congress-today/author/kerry-cole/page/Link%20here) [Privacy Policy](http://www.americanpayroll.org/privacy/)     |     Acceptable Use ![26 PayrollOrg®RGB-Wht-Tag](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26%20PayrollOrg%C2%AERGB-Wht-Tag.png?width=612&height=396&name=26%20PayrollOrg%C2%AERGB-Wht-Tag.png "26 PayrollOrg®RGB-Wht-Tag") [![icon_fb](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/AnnualCongress)[![footer-icon-ig-CT](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/footer-icon-ig-CT.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/payrollorg/)[![icon_li](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_li.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/payroll-org/) © PayrollOrg