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ZOOM Webinar: "How Organizations Think" with Dr. Toby Groves
What if the biggest risks aren't hiding in policies, procedures, or dashboards, but in how people communicate, make decisions, and react under pressure?
Join IIA Baltimore for a fascinating and highly relevant webinar with Dr. Toby Groves.
Date: October 20, 2026
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
Location: Live Virtual Event
CPE: 3.0 CPE Credits
IIA Baltimore is a NASBA-registered sponsor of continuing professional education
As internal auditors prepare for the upcoming IIA Topical Requirements on Organizational Behavior and Organizational Resilience, this session provides practical tools to help you:
- Detect warning signs before they appear in traditional metrics
- Identify groupthink and suppressed dissent
- Assess true organizational resilience under stress
- Evaluate behavioral signals across governance, risk management, and controls
- Bring deeper insight and value to your audit engagements
Dr. Groves is an experimental psychologist who has spent years studying how groups think, make decisions, and adapt in complex environments. His "Social Immune System" framework offers a fresh lens for understanding risks that rarely show up on an audit checklist.
The organizations that thrive aren't necessarily the ones with the most controls. They're the ones that learn, adapt, and respond effectively when conditions change.
Don't miss this opportunity to earn CPE while gaining insights that will change how you evaluate organizational risk.
Check out events from our neighbors: DC IIA Chapter and NoVa IIA Chapter. Also note that the IIA has several annual conferences including GAM, GRC, International, Financial Services, and All Star. Find out more at the following link: IIA Conferences.
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Welcome to the IIA Baltimore Chapter
The Baltimore Chapter of the IIA has approximately 600 members. Our mission is to promote and develop the internal audit profession in the Maryland business community. We aim to provide exemplary services to the profession and its members while effectively administering the Chapter’s roles and responsibilities.
Chapter Advocacy Supporter
The 2026 IIA Advocacy Key recognizes U.S. chapters that have strengthened the internal audit profession through direct grassroots advocacy. This badge honors the chapter’s critical support of IIA Advocacy in advancing robust and coordinated engagement with key U.S. policymakers.
We had the opportunity to meet with Congressman Johnny Olszewski Jr. to discuss the value internal auditors bring to organizations through strong governance, risk management, accountability, and continuous improvement. It was a great opportunity to advocate for our profession and share the important role internal auditors play across industries.
Chapter Officers
Mrs. Ashley Warlick (CIA)
Chapter President
Joseph Fierstein
Chapter Senior Vice President
Jovandra Sanderlin (CIA)
Chapter Secretary
Mr. Corey Maxwell (CIA)
Chapter Membership Chair
Mr. William J. Turner (CIA, CRMA, QIAL)
Chapter Certification Chair
Cassandra Johnson
Chapter Program Chair
Courtney Dye (CIA)
Chapter Advocacy Liaison
Contact Us
Chapter Leadership:
Questions should be directed as follows: training event content questions to the VP Programs, social event questions to the VP Hospitality, training or social event logistics questions to the VP Logistics, payment/ finance questions to the Treasurer, academic relations and scholarship questions to the Academic Relations Committee, and most other inquiries to the President.
Mailing Address:
Institute of Internal Auditors – Baltimore Chapter
P.O. Box 4759
Baltimore, MD 21211 -
The IIA Baltimore Chapter offers two scholarships for all interested accounting, finance, information systems, or other business-related field (i.e., economics) undergraduate and graduate students. See below for details of each available scholarship. The application deadline for the 2026 scholarships is April 30, 2026! Please reach out to academic@baltimoreiia.org with any questions.
Ted Keys/ Barb Summerson Undergraduate
The Baltimore Chapter awards three scholarships totaling $6,000. The individual values of the scholarships that are awarded are $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000. The 2026 scholarship application is available at the following link: Please email the completed application to academic@baltimoreiia.org.
Bill Bishop Graduate
The Baltimore Chapter awards one scholarship in the amount of $3,000. The 2026 scholarship application is available at the following link: Please email the completed application to academic@baltimoreiia.org.
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