About The IIAEstablished in 1941, The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is an international professional association with global headquarters in Lake Mary, Florida, USA. The IIA is the internal audit profession's global voice, recognized authority, acknowledged leader, chief advocate, and principal educator. Generally, members work in internal auditing, risk management, governance, internal control, information technology audit, education, and security.Globally, The IIA has more than 185,000 members. The IIA in North America comprises 160 chapters serving more than 70,000 members in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean (Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Turks & Caicos), Bermuda, Guyana, and Trinidad & Tobago. Members enjoy benefits offered by the North American Service Center including local, national, and global professional networking; world-class training; certification; standards and guidance; research; executive development; career opportunities; and more. Internal auditors throughout North America enjoy free members-only webinars and national conferences such as the General Audit Management Conference, the Governance, Risk, and Control (GRC) Conference, and the All Star Conference. The IIA’s Audit Executive Center provides chief audit executives relevant and timely thought leadership and connections to peers for benchmarking and sharing best practices. And resources such as IIA Quality Services make The Institute an indispensable partner to you and your organization.Institute of Internal AuditorsIIA_71671e8e-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4MerchantsHow We Came to Be -- Historians have traced the roots of internal auditing to centuries B.C., as merchants verified receipts for grain brought to market. The real growth of the profession occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries with the expansion of corporate business. Demand grew for systems of control in companies conducting operations in many locations and employing thousands of people. Many people associate the genesis of modern internal auditing with the establishment of The IIA.Victor Z. BrinkThe year 1941 marked a major turning point. Victor Z. Brink, authored the first major book on internal auditing.John B. ThurstonAnd at the same time, John B. Thurston, internal auditor for the North American Company in New York, had been contemplating establishing an organization for internal auditors.Robert B. MilneHe and Robert B. Milne had served together on an internal auditing subcommittee formed jointly by the Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association, and they agreed that further progress in bringing internal auditing to its proper level of recognition would be best made possible by forming an independent organization for internal auditors. When Brink's book came to the attention of Thurston, the three men got together and found they had a mutual interest in furthering the role of internal auditing.Internal AuditorsAs an organizing committee, Brink, Milne, Thurston, contacted a small group of internal audit practitioners throughout the United States who expressed interest in forming a national -- even international -- organization for internal auditors. The IIA's certificate of incorporation was filed on November 17, 1941, and just prior to the first annual meeting on December 9, 1941 at the Williams Club located at 24 East 39th Street in New York City, 24 charter members were accepted for membership. Thurston was elected as the first president of The IIA.Membership grew quickly. It went from the original 24 members to 104 by the end of the first year, to 1,018 at the end of five years. By 1957, membership had expanded to 3,700 and 20 percent were located outside of the United States. More than 70 years later, The IIA is a dynamic global organization with more than 185,000 members worldwide. How did this grow from 24 enthusiastic men in New York City to what it is today? It has required selfless volunteerism, dedicated professionals, and most of all, people with a desire to make internal auditing a proud and distinguished profession.IIA Global Board of Directors The Board of Directors is the governing body of The Institute. The Board of Directors comprises 38 members elected at an annual meeting of the membership.Angela WitzanyA 2016-2017 Chairman of the Board -- Angela Witzany, CIA, QIAL, CRMA, is 2016-2017 chairman of The IIA's Global Board and head of internal audit for Sparkassen Versicherung AG Vienna Insurance Group, a large life insurance provider in Austria.Witzany has an impressive record of volunteer service with The IIA, including numerous leadership roles over the past nine years. She has served as chairman and senior vice chairman of IIA-Austria's board, and leads the permanent working group of private insurance companies as a contributor to numerous internal audit guidelines, model audit charters, and audit engagement programs. In Europe, she served as a board member of the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA) and completed her term as vice president in 2015. A member of The IIA’s Global Board of Directors since 2013, Witzany served most recently as senior vice chairman, as well as chairman of the Finance Committee and the Professional Guidance Advisory Council. She was also a member of the Professional Certifications Board.Robert KulingChairman of the North American Board -- Robert B. Kuling, CIA, CRMA is the 2016–17 chairman of The IIA's North American Board of Directors. In his role, he provides direction for The IIA’s strategic plan in North America and oversees its implementation.Since 2001, Kuling has actively volunteered with The IIA, having served as a member of the Global Board of Directors and the Global Ethics Committee. He was also vice chairman of the North American Board of Directors and a district representative on the North America Chapter Relations Committee. At the beginning of his IIA service, he held a number of leadership roles with The IIA's Saskatchewan Chapter, including president.IIA North American Board of Directors The mission of the North American Board is to ensure that volunteer and staff activities of The IIA adequately address the needs of the North American membership. The North American Board comprises 10 directors and one North American member of the Executive Committee. At least one member of the North American Board must be from Canada. The IIA President and CEO serves as an ex-officio member of the North American Board, without voting rights. All North American Board members also serve on the Global Board of Directors.IIA Boards and CommitteesThe primary function of The IIA boards and committees is to help set strategies to achieve the goals and objectives of The Institute and to provide advice and counsel to the headquarters staff. Terms are usually three years, with one-third of the members’ terms expiring each year.Richard F. ChambersIIA President and Chief Executive Officer -- Richard F. Chambers, CIA, QIAL, CGAP, CCSA, CRMA -- The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the chief salaried administrative executive of The Institute. The President and CEO is responsible for the operations of headquarters and the management of the activities of The Institute staff, providing leadership and fostering an environment of cooperation and teamwork that positively influence relations with the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, committee members and the general membership. The President and CEO also serves along with the Chairman of the Board as a spokesman for The Institute.IIA PartnersAs The IIA's premier partnership offering, the Principal Partner Program provides organizations the most prestigious and cost-effective way to increase the awareness and credibility of their brand, interact with internal audit stakeholders, and invest in the future of the profession.ACLACL is a software company with a vision for the future of the Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) professions: a community of compliance pros, auditors, risk management experts, IT and finance teams who are sought after for the value they deliver to their organizations. Through a unique combination of extreme ease-of-use, cloud delivery and the integration of industry standard risk analytics, ACL’s platform helps people focus more time on identifying and managing the highest-impact risks.CaseWare AnalyticsCrowe HorwathCrowe Horwath is a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm with offices across the globe. Connecting deep industry and specialized knowledge with innovative technology, our dedicated professionals create value for our clients with integrity and objectivity. We accomplish this by listening to our clients -- about their businesses, trends in their industries, and the challenges they face. We forge each relationship with the intention of delivering exceptional client service while upholding our core values and our industry's strong professional standards. Crowe invests in tomorrow because we know smart decisions build lasting value for our clients, people, and profession.Deloitte"Deloitte" is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and related services to select clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee ("DTTL"). Each DTTL member firm provides services in particular geographic areas and is subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates.Grant Thornton LLPFounded in Chicago in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton, which has revenues in excess of $1.6 billion and operates 59 offices, works with a broad range of dynamic publicly and privately held companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and civic and religious organizations. - See more at: https://www.grantthornton.com/about-us.aspx#sthash.AAfQRcGF.dpufKPMGWith a worldwide presence, KPMG continues to build on our member firms' successes thanks to our clear vision, maintained values, and our people.RSMRSM US LLP is a leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market. We guide our clients through business challenges by understanding their needs and bringing together the right team to address them. With 9,000 professionals and associates in 90 cities nationwide and access to more than 41,000 people in 120 countries through our membership in RSM International, we can meet your needs wherever in the world you do business.ProtivitiProtiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. Our consulting solutions span critical business problems in technology, business process, analytics, risk, compliance, transactions and internal audit. We are committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce of professionals that share the common value of collaboration. As an organization, we believe that by teaming together, with each other, and our clients, we can see beyond the surface of changes and problems organizations face in this fast changing world to discover opportunities others might miss and face the future with greater confidence.PwCPwC and you --Working together to deliver value to your business.TeamMateTeamMate, part of the Tax and Accounting Division of Wolters Kluwer, helps professionals in all industries at organizations around the world manage audit and compliance risks and business issues by providing targeted, configurable, and efficient software solutions. Solutions include: TeamMate AM, audit management; TeamMate CM, controls management; and TeamMate Analytics, data analysis. Together, this ecosystem of solutions provides organizations with confidence they need to manage all aspects of risk identification and assessment, electronic working paper creation and management, controls framework management, and data analysis._71672032-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4To provide dynamic leadership for the global profession of internal auditing. _71672104-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4Advocacy & PromotionAdvocate and promotion the value internal audit professionals add to their organizations._716721cc-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a41_7167229e-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4Education & Professional DevelopmentProvide comprehensive professional educational and development opportunities, standards and other professional practice guidance, and certification programs._7167235c-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a42_7167241a-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4KnowledgeResearch, disseminate, and promote knowledge concerning internal auditing and its appropriate role in control, risk management, and governance to practitioners and stakeholders._716724ec-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a43_716725b4-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4Best PracticesEducate practitioners and other relevant audiences on best practices in internal auditing._71672672-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a44_7167274e-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a4Information & ExperienceBring together internal auditors from all countries to share information and experiences._7167280c-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a45_716728d4-1036-11e7-a7d9-8dca647280a42017-03-23https://na.theiia.org/about-us/Pages/About-The-Institute-of-Internal-Auditors.aspxOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net