Hunt, Kathleen

Kathleen Hunt founded her company, Personalized Payroll Services, Inc., in 2011 with the goal to help women-owned businesses thrive and prosper. Personalized Payroll partners with small to mid-sized businesses to customize and streamline their payroll processing and HR services. As a certified woman-owned business through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), and an active member of the Women’s Business Council Southwest and Women’s Business Enterprise Council South, Kathleen is passionate about connecting WBEs to one another. She is an advocate for WBEs and frequently makes introductions, referrals and recommendations for others.  

Kathleen has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, staffing and sourcing services across various industries. She is an operations and process controls expert putting those skills to work for her clients on a daily basis. Personalized Payroll helps clients avoid costly penalties and accrued interest with timely and accurate local, state and federal tax deposits and filings. The company provides payroll services such as direct deposit, pay cards and checks as well as employee reporting, web time entry, smart phone technology and pay as you go workers’ comp.

Kathleen is an active leader in the business community serving on many boards and committees that support women business owners. She is a member of the WBENC National Forum and serves on the WBEC South Board of Directors. Kathleen is a recipient of the WBE Volunteer of the Year Award in 2017 by the Women’s Business Council Southwest and Volunteer of the Year Award in 2014 by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council South.     

Personalized Payroll sponsors business events throughout the year including the WBENC Summit & Salute; WBEC South WE Summit & Awards Gala in New Orleans; and Connections to Contracts hosted by the Women’s Business Council Southwest. The company is a Circle Sponsor for Women’s Business Council Southwest and a Champions Circle Sponsor for WBEC South. 

Kathleen was selected to participate in and successfully completed the WBENC Robert Half Accelerated Leadership Development Program and the Energy Executive Program presented by the University of Texas at Austin in 2019. She earned an Associate’s degree in Business Administration and Management at Fox College, Inc.