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1 WE WELCOME RICHARD CHAMBERS pg. 3 audit scope Florida West Coast Chapter Providing dynamic leadership for the global profession of internal auditing Fall 2017 IIA Scholarship Recipient: Jordan Ghaemmaghami Seminar Packages Available Now Jobs in Your Area! 2 President s Message Dear Chapter Members: The 2016-2017 Chapter Year was another successful year. We again achieved Platinum Chapter Status and therefore remain a Sapphire Chap-ter.

2 In recent years the IIA established designations to recognize chapters that have achieved Platinum Status for over 10 years. We have achieved Plati-num Status for at least 15 years, and therefore retain the Sapphire Chapter Designation. We could not achieve this milestone without the hard work of our Leadership Team, and are fortunate to have all of our officers returning; Monica Sanchez (Vice President of Education), Paul Jerome (Treasurer), Sarah Reekstin (Vice President of Communication), and Kristina Simmons (Secretary).

3 We also have retained almost all of our Board Members and wel-come our newest Board Member, Heidi Pinner. At the IIA Leadership Conference in April, our chapter newsletter, the Audit Scope , was recognized as the top newsletter of all IIA Chapters in North Ameri-ca. Sarah Reekstin serves as our editor-in-chief and a big applause to Sarah for her continued work on the Audit Scope . The 2016-2017 Chapter Year was full of excellent seminars that provided 32 hours of educational training. We had an average of 145 attendees at each event, with our December Fraud and Secu-rity Seminar drawing 246 attendees.

4 A special thanks to Monica Sanchez and Rose-ann Mondy for their continued involvement in planning our educational seminars. Speaking of educational training, the 2017-2018 Seminar Series has been devel-oped. Our first event, Pillars of the Profession, kicks off the chapter year on Wednesday, October 25th at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park. We are for-tune to have the President and CEO of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Richard Chambers, discuss the traits of great internal Audit leadership. We will have a guest panel of local internal Audit leaders that will share their views on today s internal auditors and how they are seen more as advisers, strategic partners, and consultants.

5 We are also excited to have Raven Catlin visit our chapter to discuss Branding and Marketing the Internal Audit Activity and Risk Assessment Done Right! This is a can t-miss seminar and I look forward to seeing you all there. Visit the Chapter s website to learn more and purchase your Seminar Package. I look forward to the upcoming Chapter Year and continuing to serve as your President. Sincerely, Mark Smith INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upcoming Events.

6 3 Join us for our first seminar this IIA year featuring IIA CEO, Richard Chambers on page 3 Chapter News ..4 We congratulate the recipient of the John Harmon Scholarship, Jordan Ghaem-maghami, on page 5 Resources .. 5 Other upcoming events and career resources on page 6 The Institute of Internal Auditors Florida West Coast Chapter Fall 2017 Audit Scope Contact Us For questions, comments, or submissions: Sarah Reekstin, VP of Communications 3 The Institute of Internal Auditors Florida West Coast Chapter Fall 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS The Pillars of the Profession Wednesday, October 25, 2017 8:30am 4:30pm 7:45 8.

7 30 Registration, Breakfast and Networking RICHARD CHAMBERS, President and CEO of The Institute of In-ternal Auditors: Internal Auditors as Trusted Advisors Leveraging Trust to Foster Organizational Success Includes complimentary copies of Mr. Chamber s most recent publication Trusted Advisors: Key Attributes of Outstanding Internal Audi-tors Book signing to follow! Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park/950 Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg 33716 This training qualifies for up to 8 hours of CPE credit LEADER PANEL: Strategic Positioning of the Internal Audit Activity Guest Panelists include: Hector Collazo Jr.

8 , Inspector General/Chief Audit Executive, Pinellas County, Florida Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Jim Saylor, Director, Internal Audit , Welbilt Karen Robillard, Vice President of Internal Audit , MetLife Steve LaBarbera, Chief Audit Executive, Raymond James Financial RAVEN CATLIN, Raven Consulting Group: Branding and Marketing the Internal Audit Activity & Risk Assessments Done Right Featuring: 2017-2018 Seminar Plans Available Now! The cost per member for the four seats will be $495 for members, $600 for non-members, which is an exceptional CPE value.

9 The price of $495 includes admission to each of the Chapter s four 8-hour CPE seminars, including lunch, continental breakfast, and two refresh-ment breaks. At $ per CPE-hour, it s still the best deal in town. Click here to Register Today! CHAPTER NEWS 4 Scholarship Spotlight: Jordan Ghaemmaghami During the Spring 2017 semester at the University of South Florida (USF), the IIA Florida West Coast Chapter sponsored a competitive scholarship to support deserving students and to promote the inter-nal Audit profession.

10 After a re-view of all the applicants, Jordan Ghaemmaghami was awarded the John Harmon Competitive Scholar-ship Award and received a package covering the ex-penses associated with the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Examination. Subsequently, Jordan passed all three parts of the exam in the span of two months. Congratulations Jordan! Provide some background on how you chose ac-counting and any relevant experience you have had. In High School every morning my dad would have fox business on the television before he would drop me off to school.