Southwestern Region Leadership

Candace Jaramillo, APP
President

Candace is the Accounts Payable Manager at Liberty Oilfield Services in Denver, Colorado. She has over 30 years of AP experience, including 15 years in supervisory roles. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to raising the profile of AP.

In addition to achieving her IOFM certification as a P2P manager, she is an active member of IOFM’s Advisory Panel and is a certified brain-based coach. Her passion is leadership and process improvement.

Candace is excited about the Southwestern Region IOFM Chapter and encourages anyone in AP or a related field to join the group!

Vanessa Engram, MBA, APM
Vice President

Vanessa is Senior Accounts Payable Manager at ITOCHU Building Products Holdings Inc. based in Dallas, Texas.

With 27 years of experience in accounts payable and purchase-to-pay operations management, she plays a critical role in the development of policies and procedures, business process improvements, automation implementations, system enhancements and best practices.

Vanessa is a proponent of cross-functional partnerships and works closely with senior management, IT, Legal, and Procurement. In addition, she provides comprehensive support to her organization’s subsidiaries.

She looks forward to joining the leadership team and working with IOFM and the Southwestern Regional Chapter and its members.

ReBecca Poulsen, APS, CCE
Secretary

ReBecca Poulsen is the Accounts Payable Manager at the Kimball Equipment Company, an aggregate crushing equipment sales company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. She serves on various committees for the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) and the Intermountain Credit Education League (ICEL) in Utah. 

Six years ago, after a 30-year career in Accounts Receivable and Credit & Collections, she transitioned to the AP side of financial operations.

Having worked in both areas, she enjoys AR/AP problem solving. Some of her favorite challenges are: Why does this not balance? Why does the invoice not match? Why is this payment late? How can we fix this?

LaToya Henry, MBA, APM
Membership Chair

LaToya is Associate Director and AP Operations Lead for Corebridge Financial, an insurance and financial products and services company. Her 20-year career spans the industries of aircraft services, import/export, energy, and insurance—within both the public and private sectors.

LaToya has served in various roles in tax accounting, AP, AR/Billing/Cash Application, treasury management and forex trading, debt and restructure accounting, MTM/derivatives, and IT finance. She earned both a BBA and an MBA degree from the University of Houston. In addition, she holds an APM certification and an "Excel Specialist in Accounting" certificate (CESA) from IOFM.

Come Join Us!

We welcome you to join us to benchmark, share best practices, and stay on top of new developments in financial operations.

Our quarterly meetings are held virtually and are accessible nationwide and globally.
While our chapter meetings are focused on Accounts Payable, all financial operations professionals are welcome to attend. We will discuss the relationship between AP and AR, and also address how AP interacts with other operations. 

If you are interested in joining this chapter, please complete and submit the RSVP form on this page or contact Candace Jaramello at:  [email protected]

Membership Request & Meeting RSVP Form (Practitioners Only)

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