June 2023 Note from the Editor

What an exciting June issue we have for you! It is chock full of highlights from recent SHRM Spring Conferences and previews of more to come! We have highlights from the 2023 Alabama SHRM Conference in Perdido Beach on May 15-17, and highlights from the 14^th Annual West Tennessee Human Resources & Employment Law Spring Conference In Jackson May 10.

We also have previews of the 2023 45^th Annual HR Florida Conference & Expo in Orlando August 27-30, the 39^th Annual KYSHRM Conference in Lexington August 29-31, and The Tennessee SHRM Conference & Exposition is in beautiful Chattanooga this year on September 20-22. Next, we will travel to lovely Lanier Islands, in Buford, Georgia for the One SHRM Georgia State Conference & Expo. It’s going to be another exciting fall in the Southeast! Get your calendars updated and get ready to earn lots of SHRM and HRCI recertification credits!

We are excited to introduce Mary Cheddie, SHRM-SCP, and Divisional Director East for SHRM. In her role, she is responsible for member acquisition and retention, leadership development for volunteer leaders, chapters, and state councils, and creating the value-added proposition for SHRM.

Leading a team of Field Service Directors (FSDs), she and her team partner with the State Council and Chapter volunteer leaders focusing on governance, leadership and development training, role and mission, and the volunteer leader life cycle. Her team covers the Midwest and Eastern States plus the Caribbean. Cheddie also leads SHRM’s Together Forward at Work Taskforce, is a member of the SHRM IE&D Council, responsible for SHRMConnect (the member-to-member networking platform) and is a SHRM Ambassador. Cheddie is also a highly sought after speaker where she speaks on leadership, empathy, inclusion, analytics, and transformation. We are looking forward to seeing Mary in Las Vegas at SHRM23! We hope to see you there also!

I am looking forward to speaking at the Volunteer SHRM Chapter meeting in Dyersburg, TN on June 20. My topic is “Interpersonal HR Competencies.” Let me know if your chapter or state conference committee are interested in having me speak at your next meeting. We love to visit our SHRM friends in Southeast! Watch your email for my monthly complimentary webinar sponsored by Data Facts that will be on June 29. You will earn 1.00 SHRM PDC and 1.00 HRCI Business credit. If you are not currently receiving our monthly email invitation, you can subscribe on our website at www.hrprofessionalsmagazine.com.

Happy summer to all!