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# Chapters Celebrate at Awards Ceremony

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Here is a complete list of winners from the American Payroll Association’s (APA) Chapter Exchange held Wednesday, May 16, during the 36th Annual Congress in National Harbor, Maryland:

**2018 CHAPTER OF THE YEAR**

**1st Place:** Greater Nashville Chapter

**2nd Place:** Atlanta Chapter

**3rd Place:** Alamo Chapter

**Honorable Mentions:** Chicago Chapter, Dallas Chapter, Silicon Valley Chapter

 

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**2018 GAVEL AWARDS**                                                    

**Innovator:** San Francisco Bay Area Chapter                        

**Mentor:** Sacramento Valley Chapter

**Facilitator:** Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter

**Communicator:** Greater Milwaukee Chapter

 

**2018 CHAPTER’S CHOICE AWARD**

Northstar Chapter

 

![exchange2](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/exchange2.jpg?width=846&name=exchange2.jpg)

 

**2018 CHAPTER PICTORIAL**

**1st Place:** San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

**2nd Place:** Silicon Valley Chapter

**3rd Place:** Atlanta Chapter

**Honorable Mentions:** Greater Milwaukee Chapter, Sacramento Valley Chapter

 

**2018 BEST CHAPTER WEBSITE**

**1st Place:** Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter

**2nd Place:** Dallas Chapter

**3rd Place:** Kern County Chapter

**Honorable Mentions:** Alamo Chapter, Denver Chapter Payroll Association

 

![exchange3](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/exchange3.jpg?width=882&name=exchange3.jpg)

 

**2018 BEST STATEWIDE OR REGIONAL MEETING**

**1st Place:** 24th Annual Illinois Statewide Payroll Conference, “Be a Payroll Champion”

Central Illinois Chapter, Chicago Chapter, Fox Valley Chapter (3 chapters)

**2nd Place:** 2017 Tennessee Statewide Payroll Conference, “Pay Rolling on the River”

Chattanooga Chapter, East Tennessee Payroll Association, Greater Nashville Chapter, Memphis Chapter (4 chapters)

**3rd Place:** Texas Payroll Conference, “Where Payroll Magic Happens”

Alamo Chapter, CenTex Chapter, Dallas Chapter, Fort Worth Chapter, Houston Chapter, The Woodlands Chapter (6 chapters)

**Honorable Mention:** Rocky Mountain Regional Payroll Conference, “Nightmare on Payroll Street, It’s a Scream” 

Denver Chapter Payroll Association, Northern Colorado Chapter, Southern Colorado Chapter (3 Chapters)

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