Making Life A Little Lighter
Romans 12:1-2
“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what Goes does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down into its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturing in you.”
Our Values
Faith: The values of Christ and the teachings of the Bible should guide all decision-making processes.
Courage: Being willing to take bold and decisive action in the face of challenges and adversity.
Community: Building strong relationships with the community and working to make a positive impact to society.
Respect: Valuing and honoring the dignity of all people and treating everyone with respect and kindness.
Generosity: Being willing to share your time, talents, and treasures with anyone in need as a conduit of God’s love.
Diversity: Embracing diversity in all it’s forms and creating an inclusive culture that values and leverages differences.
Integrity: Honesty, transparency, and accountability are paramount to building trust within the organization and with external stakeholders.
Our Mission
Our mission is to cover the world in Christ by unapologetically declaring to the world whose we are by proactively creating faith-centric cultures in the workplace.
Who We Are
At C-Suite for Christ, we are a group of business executives who come together every month to share our stories of how including Christ in our daily lives has positively affected our work environment. We share our joys and our struggles with others on the same journey.
In sharing the joys and struggles with others who walk similar paths, we are able to support and encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ to live courageously in witness to Him. It is our hope to rejuvenate the working soul through fellowship and praise of God.
Chapter Presidents
Matt Payne
Matt is one of the Founders at Inner Circle Solutions. He is a Global Leader with 30 years of experience identifying and managing security risks for Fortune 500 companies. Matt is keenly interested in emerging trends in the corporate sector and seeks to find and implement innovative processes, controls, and tools to help reduce risk for companies. Matt has a unique ability to see business from a holistic perspective due to significant cross-training experience. Bringing together a wealth of experience to include Military Special Operations, Law Enforcement and Global Corporate Programs to deliver consistent and exceptional results. Matt focuses on both customer and employee satisfaction which yields optimal management style with superior business results. Matt is an excellent law enforcement partner and maintains a significant range of contacts and willingly shares in education of industry trends. Matt comfortably applies delegation, empowerment, and leadership skills in dynamic environments.
Matt’s professional experience includes Director, Global Safety & Security at Epic Games; Director, Global Security Operations at PayPal; Leader, Global Safety & Security at Intuit, Inc.; Associate Director Investigations at Novartis Pharmaceutical; SME Counter-Terrorism at Coastal Defense Inc.; Retired Chief Humane Law Enforcement Officer, New Jersey; Detective at the Mercer County Prosecutors Office; Patrolman at the Hillsborough Township Police Department; U.S. Customs Inspector; Sergeant Combat Controller in the US Air Force
Matt’s extensive industry involvement includes International Association of Financial Crimes Investigator (IAFCI), Founder of Cyber Fraud Industry Group of IAFCI, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), International Association of Privacy Professionals, FBI Domestic Security Advisory Council, Department of State Overseas Security Advisory Council, Secret Service High Tech Crime Task Force, and FBI InfraGard. Career highlights include being a retired USAF 24th Special Tactics Squadron (Joint Special Operations Command) Combat Controller, Retired Chief Humane Law Enforcement Officer in New Jersey, and Former Chief Security Officer (financial, technology, entertainment, and engineering).
Matt received his B.A. in Criminal Justice at Caldwell College and received his Master of Public Administration and a M.A. in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University Camden in New Jersey. Professional certifications include Certified Fraud Examiner-Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Buffy Payne
Buffy is a Dynamic Global Security Leader with 25 years of demonstrated experience in identifying risk and developing plans to mitigate with minimum impact. She is keenly interested in emerging trends in the financial services sector and seeks to find and implement innovative processes and tools to help reduce risk for companies. Buffy has the unique ability to see business from a holistic perspective due to significant cross-training experience and has been progressively promoted throughout her career due to consistent delivery of exceptional results. Her focus on both customer and employee satisfaction yields optimal management style with superior business results. Buffy is an excellent law enforcement partner and maintains significant range of contacts and willingly shares in education of industry trends. She comfortably applies delegation, empowerment, and leadership skills in dynamic environments.
Buffy’s professional experience includes working as the Director of Global Security and Crisis Management at a Global Manufacturing Company. As head of global security, Buffy is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive Global Security strategy and program. She is responsible for defining global risks, assessing vulnerability, and assisting management with the implementation of efficient and cost-effective countermeasures designed to mitigate business risks. This includes all aspects of physical security, personnel security, information protection, crisis management, executive protection, investigations, and security administration. Additional professional experience includes working as the Director of Global Security Investigations and Credentialing at Equifax and Team Leader-Fraud Prevention & Investigations as well as Customer Service, Lending Operations, and Capacity & Budget Supervisor at JP Morgan Chase.
Buffy’s extensive industry involvement includes Board of Directors, International Association of Financial Crimes, President, International Association of Financial Crimes Investigator (IAFCI), Southeastern Chapter, Treasurer, High Technology Crimes Investigations Association (HTCIA), Committee Member, JPMorgan Chase Corporate Suspicious Activity Report Governance Committee, Member of the North Georgia, and North Alabama Identity Theft Task Force.
Buffy’s professional certifications include Association of Certified Fraud and Examiners (ACFE) and Adult AED, CPR, and First Aid. Buffy received her B.A. in Criminal Justice with focus in Forensic Science, at the American Intercontinental University in Atlanta, Georgia, Business Administration at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, Graduate, Business Management Program at Hamburger University (McDonald’s) in Oakbrook, Illinois, and Certified Six Sigma Green Belt at JP Morgan Chase.
Committees
Executive Committee
The primary mission of the C-Suite for Christ Executive Committee is to offer key insights – from a broad perspective – regarding all of the many activities happening within the C-Suite for Christ movement. This committee is designed to provide guidance in multiple arenas, such as worldwide expansion endeavors, the efforts taking place at the home office, and essential social media activities. The committee’s breadth of knowledge and experience affords an effective checks and balances for the organization.
Marketing Committee
This group is responsible for getting the word out about C-Suite for Christ and coming up with creative, engaging, effective means of connecting with Christian business executives all across Georgia. Whether it be via social media, events, or other creative modalities, this collection of members is tasked with calling attention to our group in an effort to not only increase awareness, but swell our membership ranks in the process.
Membership Committee
It’s the primary mission of this group to vet prospective members of the group to ensure that high-quality, God fearing, value driven men and women are identified, recruited, and admitted into C-Suite for Christ. In addition to the recruitment of new members, this collection of individuals is also responsible for the retention of current members by paying attention to their needs and ensuring that we are delivering high value to these folks on an ongoing, regular basis.
Mission Committee
This group is tasked with coming up with ways to take what is being taught and discussed during the gatherings of C-Suite for Christ and sharing it with the rest of the world, namely through volunteering, community service, missionary work, or other external facing modalities. Our ability to evangelize and bring others to Christ is of the utmost importance to our organization and this collection of individuals is on the forefront of doing just that.
Ministry Committee
It’s the primary mission of this group to identify speakers to address the C-Suite for Christ members at our monthly meetings and work with them to come up with topics and programming that our membership will find of value. Additionally, it is this collection of individuals who draft our Mission and Vision Statements and ensure that, in everything we do, our organization is being true to our purpose, our members, and all those whose lives we are impacting on a daily basis.