Colleen H. Payne
Colleen Payne is Managing Member and Founder of CH PAYNE ASSOCIATES LLC. The firm has its corporate office in Northern New Jersey. CHP&A's corporate client reach stretches to all regions of the United States and globally. The firm's educational and advocacy arms although concentrated in the United States impact economic and social initiatives across these shores. Colleen has grown CHP&A from herself to several professional associates.
The firm’s Micro-Analytics Division provides business strategies to corporate clients of diverse industries with sales to $50M. This Division specializes in consulting services to the population of small businesses - nascent entrepreneurs and young businesses as well as growing firms. Such profit and non-profit ventures are moved ahead in scope and profitability by CHP&A's Micro-Analytics' teams. The firm is proud to be recognized as expert in the food, CPG, legal and plastic manufacture industries.
In the Spring of 2008, CHP&A proudly announced its role as exclusive worldwide distributor of Belt Graphix, Inc., products. Belt Graphix alongside CHP&A provides state-of-the-art conveyor belt advertising at grocery stores representing a new, innovative and cost effective advertising modality to the brand and grocery store markets. The firm develops and executes all marketing/sales, analytical and client support services.
CHP&A’s Macro-Analytics Division presents expert analyses of trends and formulates strategies to increase small and mid-sized businesses’ presence and success. As consultant to state and federal economic development agencies Colleen develops incentivization packages to lure small businesses to their venues. Implementation of recommended strategies yields more and enduring small businesses within communities. On policy agenda, Colleen engages stakeholders in regions and compellingly argues for improving regions' businesses' competitiveness by advocating myriad regulatory changes as well as removal of other competitive constraints to entrepreneurs.
Colleen personally maintains relationships to federal agencies to stay current regarding policy initiatives and issues of the day. She is frequently reached for review and comment on myriad federal government proposals, particularly those requiring application of economic theory to real-world business activities and cycles. To stay abreast of important and germane monetary policy issues, Colleen was please to be an invited attendee at the New York Federal Reserve Bank's Symposium for College Professors - Monetary Policy in the 21st Century (2008, 2009).
CHP&A has renewed its commitment to inspiring young people to be innovators acting as a Partner to the Kauffman Foundation’s GlobalEntrepreneurshipWeek 2008 and 2009 Initiatives. CHP&A proudly participates annually in this important and germane effort. Colleen was recently invited as discussant at The Brookings Institute and Georgetown University on topics relating to increasing entrepreneurial activity nationally and globally. Colleen also presents on nascent entrepreneurial theory & practice to professional and academic groups. Recently, Colleen spoke on Entrepreneurship to attendees at the 2007 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professional's International Annual Conference in New York, NY.
Before founding CHP&A Colleen enjoyed more than a decade of professional advancement at the New York Stock Exchange. Colleen was the then youngest Director, Fixed Income Markets, overseeing strategic planning and competitive intelligence functions. Prior to that position at the NYSE, Colleen spear-headed the analytical functions on the equity side of the business. As a Senior Analyst at the NYSE she oversaw Exchange-wide budgets within its Financial Planning & Analysis Division. Colleen was also an Econometrician charged with modeling mortgage-backed securities markets for Merrill Lynch's Capital Markets Division. As a Consultant, The Rising Group in Manhattan engaged Colleen with her expertise as a turn-around specialist.
Colleen is a member of The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals and American Economic Association. She was appointed to the Securities Industry Strategic Planning Counsel and was also a member of the NYSE Senior Officers, Managers and Professionals Group. Colleen is a recognized professional in Who’s Who in Finance, Who’s Who in Economics & Finance and Who’s Who in Women in Finance & Industry. Colleen holds a B.A., Mathematical Economics from Villanova University and studied graduate Econometrics at New York University. She earned a certificate in Mortgage Backed Securities and Debt Markets from the New York Institute of Finance.
Colleen resides in Northern New Jersey with her husband and five children.
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