Welcome to the IIA Baltimore Chapter!

Chapter News and Events

January

Reimagining the Role of Internal Audit

Date: Thursday January 22, 2026
Time: 11:30 AM

In today’s volatile and fast-evolving business landscape, internal audit must transcend its traditional role as a yearly compliance monitor. This presentation explores how auditors can take on an expanded role —anticipating emerging threats, adapting to shifting priorities, and embedding themselves in decision-making processes. Through frameworks like the Risk Radar and agile auditing techniques, we’ll examine how internal audit can proactively guide organizations through uncertainty and transformation.

February

ZOOM Webinar: Unlocking AI’s Full Potential: The Power of Effective Prompts

Date: Thursday February 26, 2026
Time: 12-2 PM

This session will dive into creating effective AI prompts and how they can be applied in Internal Audit departments. Participants will learn how generative AI models work, how they can be levraged to improve productivity, enhance creativity, and streamline tasks across different stages of the audit lifecycle, how to evaluate AI-generated outputs, and the ethical considerations of AI.

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.

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 Officers

Mrs. Ashley Warlick (CIA)

Chapter President

Jovandra Sanderlin (CIA)

Chapter Secretary

Geoff Lindsay

Chapter Membership Chair

Mr. William J. Turner (CIA, CRMA, QIAL)

Chapter Certification Chair

William Singelstad

Chapter Program Chair

Joseph Fierstein

Chapter Program Chair

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

There are both local college and IIA Certified Internal Audit reveiw programs available, and the Baltimore Chapter has arranged a discount for the IIA courses. For more information, visit this link: Education - CIA Review Courses.

The IIA is offering scholarships that cover the cost of certain professional development courses. For more information, visit this link: IIA Professional Development Scholarships.

Some local colleges offer educational programs specifically oriented towards internal audit - see the following link for more details: Education - Programs.

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.