Kat Meissner, CPP

Kat graduated in 1985 from NCTC with a degree in Legal Secretarial Science. She worked in several law offices and then made a career change to Greenheck Fan Corporation in Wausau, WI. For a few years, she was a stay-at-home mom and then joined forces with her sister at Christopher’s Restaurant in Coleman. In 2000, Kat and her family moved to Iron River, Michigan, where Kat was the business manager for Ski Brule for 3 years.

Home kept calling, so in 2003, she moved back to Coleman, Kat worked for Eslien Law Offices until 2005 when the opportunity came up for her and her sister to purchase TimePlus Payroll of Green Bay. As a client of TimePlus Payroll (in the restaurant) she knew the value of outsourcing payroll and was very excited to be able to help other business owners succeed and grow their businesses. Eventually, the sisters split the business, TimePlus Payroll became Kat’s, and the name was changed to Wisconsin Pay Specialists.

Today, along with payroll and bookkeeping, Kat and her team manage over 50 residential rental properties.   In the fall of 2013, Kat became a Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) through the American Payroll Association and continues to learn and stay on top of the ever-changing payroll and bookkeeping laws and regulations.

Kat, a wife, mother of three daughters, horse owner and grandma, loves to be with her family. She is an active member of St Anne Parish in Coleman and volunteers many hours to the SHINE Mission Group which helps the needy, elderly, and infirm.   Kat has experienced the death of her youngest daughter, a major software vendor collapse and other life changing hurtles but continues to believe in small business ownership where the struggle is real and so is the reward.