It is a pleasure to introduce Jon Lowe, Chief People Officer at DailyPay, a leading provider of HR technology services. Jon is a seasoned professional with a distinguished career in human resource spanning manufacturing, global fintech and HR tech sectors. Before venturing into the fintech realm, Lowe established himself as a prominent HR leader during his tenure of over seven years at Amazon where he supported company expansion and success in both the Canadian and US markets.
We are excited to welcome South Carolina to our distribution footprint in this issue, which currently includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. There are approximately 7,000 SHRM members and 13 SHRM Chapters in South Carolina. We invite you to meet the South Carolina SHRM State Council on Page 14-15. We look forward to bringing you live coverage on Facebook of the South Carolina SHRM State Conference in Myrtle Beach, September 18-20.
A special shout out to the HR Florida and Ohio SHRM attendees and SHRM members on the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas HR Conference Cruise! We are honored to be the official media sponsor for the cruise March 3-8. We will bring you live coverage of the conference speakers on our Facebook page. Watch for the photo spread in our April issue. Special thanks to Chad Sorenson, Past Director of HR Florida, and Karen Fagnilli, Past Director of Ohio SHRM, for making the cruise happen! We know attendees will love this exciting adventure sailing the Caribbean while picking up SHRM and HRCI credits! Attendees will enjoy the networking and “floating” educational experience! We are looking forward to more of these cruise opportunities from Mike Medoro with Aspect Marketing and Communications, Inc. See Mike’s “Welcome” on Page 10. We hope you can join us on the 2025 HR Conference Cruise. Check out the details on Page 11.
We are excited to present our 5th Annual Supervisor and Manager Conference in partnership with SHRM-Memphis on May 21 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. Our theme will be “Upskilling Your Leadership Competency.” Special thanks to our presenting sponsor, the University of Memphis Department of Management and Fogelman Women in Leadership Program. We have some top-notch speakers and sponsors lined up for you! See Page 7 for details!