Welcome to the IIA Louisville Chapter!

Welcome to the IIA Louiville Chapter

The Louisville Chapter of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has been serving the Louisville Metro and Southern Indiana area since 1947. The Chapter has approximately 270 current members. Meetings are typically held in Louisville, Kentucky.

Chapter Mission: To serve our members through quality CPE offerings, relationships with local colleges and universities, and networking opportunities.

Chapter Officers

About This Chapter ​

The Louisville Kentucky Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors has approximately 270 members representing a wide range of businesses in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The Chapter is a not-for-profit organization that was established to provide its members a means by which they may enhance their knowledge of Internal Auditing and share information.

Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. Internal Auditors interact with personnel from all areas of an organization. We help our organizations accomplish their objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.

The Louisville Chapter is an affiliate of The Institute of Internal Auditors, an international professional organization with over 154,500 members in more than 156 countries.

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) publishes Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. The IIA also offers a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation that is recognized world wide. Internal Auditors awarded the CIA designation have demonstrated through experience and examination a high level of knowledge of Internal Auditing and are required to obtain continuing education and abide by a code of ethics.

The Louisville Chapter of The Institute of Internal Auditors desires to promote the Internal Auditing Profession, to offer professional development opportunities and to provide a source for networking and sharing of information to its members. Established 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.

The IIA Louisville Chapter provides annual scholarships to three local colleges and universities:

• University of Louisville
• Bellarmine University
• Indiana University Southeast

IIA Louisville has a chapter library at Sullivan University.

Dear IIA Louisville Chapter Members,

As we begin a new chapter year, I want to welcome everyone back and express how excited I am about
what lies ahead for the IIA Louisville Chapter. A new chapter year brings new opportunities to learn, connect,
and grow together, and I am looking forward to continuing the momentum we have built while finding
new ways to provide value to our members and strengthen our professional community.

I also want to take a moment to recognize and thank Zack Estes and Grace Wilson for stepping in to support
our chapter while our Treasurer, London Lopez, is out on maternity leave. We greatly appreciate their
willingness to help maintain continuity for the chapter, and we wish London and her family all the best during
this exciting time.

As we begin our new year of programming, I’m excited to highlight our upcoming luncheon seminar featuring
Rolanda London, Director of Risk Detection and Intelligence at DraftKings, presenting
“Perspectives in Fraud and Abuse Mitigation.” Rolanda brings extensive experience across fraud, financial
crimes, customer journey abuse, payments, and recovery optimization. Her background spans multiple
perspectives within the ecosystem, including issuer, service provider, acquirer, and merchant environments,
along with experience training industry professionals and partnering with law enforcement.

Fraud and abuse continue to evolve across industries, making it increasingly important for internal auditors
and risk professionals to understand how bad actors identify and exploit weaknesses in processes, technology,
and human behavior. This session will explore different perspectives on fraud and abuse, how threats
develop and spread, and how organizations can better recognize warning signs and assess vulnerabilities.
Rolanda will also discuss the importance of ongoing education, cross-industry collaboration, and adaptive
strategies as emerging threats continue to change the risk landscape.

I encourage everyone to join us for what promises to be an insightful and engaging discussion. Topics like
fraud and abuse mitigation are particularly valuable to our profession because they challenge us to look beyond
individual controls and consider how risks evolve across an entire organization and industry.

As we embark on another chapter year, I also want to thank our officers, Board of Governors members,
committee members, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, and, most importantly, our members. Your continued
participation and support are what allow our chapter to provide meaningful CPE opportunities, professional
development, and opportunities to connect with fellow internal audit professionals.

I am genuinely excited about the year ahead and look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming
luncheon and throughout the chapter year. Together, I am confident we can continue to build on our successes
and make the IIA Louisville Chapter an even stronger resource for our members and the internal audit
profession.

Warm regards,

K.Robert Stutsman
President
IIA Louisville Chapter

The Louisville Chapter has been a Platinum Chapter since 2000, and has partnered with Junior Achievement (JA) to present in a Day annually since 2009 at a Louisville area elementary school.