Each May, The Institute of Internal Auditors and internal auditors around the world celebrate International Internal Audit Awareness Month. This year, The IIA added a Building Awareness Champion program to recognize those institutes and chapters that exhibit outstanding commitment to advancing the profession by accomplishing a set of established initiatives.

Congratulations to all the 2014 Building Awareness Champion winners:

Chapters

IIA–Bahamas Chapter

IIA–Beach Cities (CA) Chapter

IIA–Colorado Springs Chapter

IIA–Dallas Chapter

IIA–Inland Empire (CA) Chapter

IIA–Jamaica Chapter

IIA–New Orleans Chapter

IIA–Northern California East Bay Chapter

IIA–Oklahoma City Chapter

IIA–Ottawa Chapter

IIA–Palm Beach County (FL) Chapter

IIA–Topeka (KS) Chapter

IIA–Tulsa (OK) Chapter

IIA–Vancouver Chapter

IIA–Winnipeg Chapter

Institutes

IIA–China

IIA–Costa Rica

IIA–Cyprus

IIA–Greece

IIA–Mauritius

IIA–Panama

IIA–Philippines

IIA–Qatar

IIA–Singapore

IIA–Slovenia

IIA–Swaziland

IIA–Turkey

Remember, though we may speak the loudest during the month of May, advocacy is truly a year-round effort. Let’s continue to raise the profile of internal auditing and strengthen others’ understanding of what we do as practitioners.