Joann Payne, President Recognized as a Professional of the Year by

Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Fairfax, VA, September 07, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Joann Payne of Fairfax, Virginia has been recognized as
a Professional of the Year for 2017 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide for her outstanding
contributions and achievements for 32 years in the field of government relations.

About Joann Payne, President

Joann Payne has spent the last three decades as a strong and effective advocate for her clients in the
transportation, defense, education, corporate, federal, state, and local government arenas. As the founder
and president of Payne, Shea and Associates (PSA) and Women First National Legislative Committee
(WFNLC), Ms. Payne is regarded as one of the nation's foremost legislative strategists.

As founder and president of PSA, Ms. Payne has successfully advocated for state and municipal
governments, small businesses, corporate and business groups at the federal, state and local levels.
Always with her client's priorities first and foremost, her efforts have ensured that local governments
receive necessary federal funding and successfully accomplish all goals for economic development.
Additionally, Ms. Payne has secured billions of dollars for small women-owned businesses in the defense
industry and small, medium and large highway construction companies.

As the Founder and President of Women First National Legislative Committee (Women First), Ms. Payne
has promoted the economic interests of over twenty-five thousand women business owners. In this
capacity, she lobbies and monitors federal and state legislation in the following areas: small business,
local government, government contracting, affirmative action, transportation, defense and small business
innovative research companies (SBIR).

Throughout her career, Ms. Payne has interacted and worked closely with Administration officials,
bipartisan Congressional Leadership, corporate America and many of the nation's leading advocacy
groups. Her extraordinary contributions have earned her a reputation as an effective leader, strategist, role
model, advocate and coalition builder.

Ms. Payne's expertise has led her to chairing task forces, testifying before Congressional committees,
conducting staff briefings, filing Amicus briefs with the Supreme Court, and writing various policy
papers. She also handles media and outreach communications for Women First. Thus, her advocacy
effectiveness has earned her the title from colleagues and peers as a one-woman legislative machine.

Ms. Payne's legislative successes become even more impressive when seen in the context of time and
bipartisan support. For example, she began her career successfully lobbying the Reagan Administration
and the Democratic controlled Congress gaining support for her client's initiatives on a bipartisan basis
having women added to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. Since this time, Ms. Payne has
been able to maintain a successful and close relationship with both Republicans and Democrats. Thus, her
unique bipartisan approach has made her one of the most effective lobbyists on Capitol Hill for the past
thirty years.

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Because of her accomplishments, Ms. Payne was awarded the National Women's Business Council Seat
at the Table Award, an award given to the most outstanding advocate for women in small businesses.
Her upbeat and easy-going personality allows her to effectively interact with individuals from different
backgrounds and ideologies. Her positive attitude, persistence, dedication and passion to initiate change
would be an asset in any work environment.

Despite all of her professional success, Ms. Payne considers her greatest achievement to be the raising of
her three children: Charlie (Attorney), Frank (Corporate Executive) and Julia (Corporate Executive).

Ms. Payne is a native of Virginia and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington located in
Fredericksburg, Virginia with a B.A. in Political Science and History. While there, she received the
Mortar Board National Honor Society, the National Social Science Honor Phi Gamma Mu, and a coveted
internship with the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Prior to her lobbying career, Ms. Payne was an award
winning American Government teacher in Stafford, Virginia. In her spare time she enjoys breeding
Champion English Springer Spaniels.

For further information, please contact www.payneshea.com or email Ms. Payne directly at
joannpayne@payneshea.com.

About Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide

Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide highlights the professional lives of individuals from every
significant field or industry including business, medicine, law, education, art, government and
entertainment. Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide is both an online and hard cover publication where
we provide our members' current and pertinent business information. It is also a biographical information
source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms throughout the
world. Our goal is to ensure that our members receive all of the networking, exposure and recognition
capabilities to potentially increase their business.

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Contact Information:
Strathmore Worldwide
Susan Perrault
516-677-9696
Contact via Email
www.strathmoreworldwide.com
Syndi Reibman

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