Welcome to the IIA Baltimore Chapter!
Chapter News and Events
Congratulations to Our 2026 Scholarship Recipients
The IIA Baltimore Chapter is proud to support outstanding students who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership, integrity, and commitment to the auditing profession.
Bill Bishop Scholarship ($3,000)
- Regan Foy - Recognized for a strong commitment to the internal audit profession through leadership experience, community involvement, and the pursuit of advanced data analytics skills to increase future impact within the profession.
Ted Keys / Barb Summerson Scholarships
- Cameron Grant ($3,000) - Recognized for exceptional academic achievement (4.0 GPA), extensive leadership and community service, strong professional experience, and a thoughtful essay highlighting integrity, ethics, transparency, and public trust.
- Megan Bennett ($2,000) - Recognized for outstanding academics (4.0 GPA), leadership roles, community service, a KPMG audit internship, and a compelling commitment to the auditing profession and future success in the field.
- Kori Thompson ($1,000) - Recognized for a near-perfect GPA, strong leadership and internship experience, and an essay focused on integrity, work ethic, and lifelong learning.
Please join us in congratulating these exceptional students and wishing them continued success in their academic and professional journeys.
IIA Baltimore in the Classroom
Recently, several IIA Baltimore leaders had the opportunity to speak at Towson University with Dr. Wiglesworth's auditing classes about careers in internal audit.
We were blown away by the level of engagement, thoughtful questions, and genuine curiosity displayed by the students. Discussions ranged from career paths and certifications to analytics, cybersecurity, governance, fraud, and the evolving role of internal auditors in today's organizations.
For many of us, internal auditing was a profession we discovered by chance. Today's students are discovering it while still in college, and that early exposure can make a tremendous difference.
Follow along with our chapter activities and student outreach efforts. Connect with us on LinkedIn: IIA Baltimore LinkedIn
Bring IIA Baltimore to Your Campus
Do you have a connection to a college, university, student organization, business school, accounting program, or faculty member?
IIA Baltimore would love to help. Our volunteers are available for:
- Guest speaker presentations
- Career panels
- Classroom discussions
- Internal audit profession overviews
- Certification and career path discussions
- Student networking opportunities
Together, we can continue building awareness of the profession and investing in the next generation of internal auditors.
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.
Volunteering
Interested in volunteering? Submit a volunteer form!
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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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