April A. Payne-McMillian is currently a Program Analyst, Child Care Subsidy Program(CCSP), Office of Human Resources, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The CCSP is a $3.6M national program that supports employees to subsidize the costs of childcare. To improve the efficiency of the program, she has mastered an automated records management system(CCRMS) that captures and electronically processes thousands of payments through an Invoice Payment Processing System (IPPS) to childcare providers across the country.
In 2010, Payne-McMillian worked at The Library of Congress, Office of the Librarian in the Special Events Department. She served as a special assistant in supporting such major events as the Gershwin Prize Award honoring Paul McCartney and several other icons. Prior to her tenure at the Library of Congress, Payne-McMillian developed her career in the music industry, where she provided marketing and promotional events for Sony Music and several recording startups. She worked closely with the late LeBaron Taylor of Sony and assisted in organizing several major entertainment events during the early years of the nationally recognized Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
In 1995, April became the Senior Vice President of Global Productions and Entertainment, Inc. She was responsible for managing the company’s multi-international entertainment/event, contracts, artists, marketing, and strategic planning, as well as assisting in the development of the company’s long-term direction and operating and performance targets. She worked toward an advanced degree in public health/biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University and studied at the University of Alabama. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of the District of Columbia, where she started her career in biostatistics and strategic planning on a grant from the U. S. National Institute of Health.
Payne-McMillian has been extraordinarily successful in pursuing her academic interest in the sciences, as well as her passion for the creative and performing arts. She has traveled extensively in South America, Europe and Canada.