Introducing CPO—Your Magazine That Empowers Leaders

July 2025

July 28, 2025

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of CPO—The Magazine for Chief Payroll Officers and Corporate Payroll Leaders. This is the first publication aimed at executive payroll professionals brought to you by PayrollOrg, the payroll industry leader in education, publications, and networking. As a nonprofit organization, PayrollOrg is committed to the advancement of professionals in payroll from the start of their career, mid-career, and to the pinnacle of executive levels of corporate involvement and engagement. Designed exclusively for executive payroll professionals, CPO will help you stay ahead of ever-changing business challenges.

The success of our in-person Executive Summit launched in May 2024, and followed by an engaging event in May 2025, has highlighted a growing interest for deeper conversations among payroll executives. These past two years of facilitating the Executive Summit has paved the way for awareness and professional support for this emerging community. If you participated in these Summits, you know firsthand the value of shared expertise and vision. CPO builds on this momentum, providing timely insights and thought leadership.

Our mission is both clear and ambitious: to unite and empower the leaders who are shaping the future of payroll and business operations. By ensuring these leaders are ready for future challenges, the C-suite will clearly understand how payroll can assist, manage, and foster success. Through CPO, and a new leadership group within The Payroll Community (coming soon), we aim to cultivate a dynamic network, inspire innovation, and keep payroll at the center of organizational progress.

Thank you for embarking on this worldwide movement with us. We are better together, and PayrollOrg and CPO will be there for you and your industry peers. Your expertise, perspective, and active participation will be essential as we advance payroll professionals into a new era of strategic payroll leadership at an executive level in corporations around the U.S. and worldwide.

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Dan Maddux
Executive Director
PayrollOrg