Milwaukee Chapter

Patti Pomerenke is the Cash Disbursements Manager at Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp (MGIC) located in downtown Milwaukee. Patti has been working in the mortgage industry for her entire career and has been with MGIC for 14 years. Her resume at MGIC includes Project Management and Business Analyst roles, and Patti has been the  Cash Disbursements (AP) Manager at MGIC since August, 2015. Patti enjoys looking for more efficient ways of working and time spent coaching and mentoring her team. Patti encourages anyone in the AP (or related field) to participate in the WI IOFM group—you will reap great benefits from it!

Vanessa Wais, APM is an AP Analyst at Uline, a shipping, industrial and packaging materials supplier located in Pleasant Prairie, WI. She has 29 years of experience in AP and is passionate about Accounts Payable, particularly electronic payments. She has been a member of the IOFM AP/P2P Advisory Panel since 2018 and enjoys networking with her professional peers. Being a chapter leader offers her yet another opportunity to share best practices with others.

Sheila Anderson is Vice President and Accounts Payable Manager at Baird, an international financial services firm that provides services to individuals, corporations, institutional investors, and municipalities. She has been an AP professional for 19 years and is a member of IOFM’s Advisory Panel.

Jesse Norwood, APM is the Director of Accounts Payable for Veolia North America. He has been with the company for more than 17 years and has been in the Accounts Payable Department since 2012. Prior to 2012, Jesse spent 17 years in IT and is now bringing AP automation to his department in 2022. Jesse received his APM certification in 2015.