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Professional Organizations
Professional organizations provide a unique opportunity to hone your skills, network with peers, connect with prospective clients, and become a leader in your profession. Explore the many different professional organizations listed here, then join one or more as you expand your networks and build your career.

Alpha Beta Gamma — Alpha Beta Gamma® is an International Business Honor Society established by business professors in 1970 to recognize and encourage scholarships among two-year business and professional college students.
Alpha Kappa Psi — Alpha Kappa Psi was founded in 1904 on the principles of educating its members and the public to appreciate and demand higher ideals in business and to further the individual welfare of members during college and beyond.
American Accounting Association — The American Accounting Association is an organization for those persons interested in accounting education and research. It promotes worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice.
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) — The American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues.
American Bar Association — The ABA is a professional association that provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
American Economic Association — The American Economic Association, organized in 1885, encourages economic research, issues publications on economic subjects, and encourages freedom of economic discussion.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants — The AICPA is the national professional organization for CPAs in the United States. It provides members with resources, information, and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest manner to clients and employers.
American Risk and Insurance Association — ARIA is a professional organization of risk management and insurance professionals that is dedicated to enhancing their knowledge and career development.
American Society for Quality — The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world's leading authority on quality. With more than 100,000 individual and organizational members, this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.
American Society of Appraisers — The American Society of Appraisers is an international organization of appraisal professionals and others interested in the appraisal profession. ASA is the oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all of the disciplines of appraisal specialists.
American Society of Military Comptrollers — Promoting education, training, and professional development in all aspects of military comptrollership. ASMC activities provide you with the latest in current issues.
American Society of Women Accountants — The ASWA was formed in 1938 to increase opportunities for women in all fields of accounting and finance. Its mission is to enable women in accounting and related fields to achieve full personal, professional and economic potential.
American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants — AWSCPA is the only organization devoted to the support and development of women CPAs through various opportunities such as leadership, networking and education.
Appraisal Institute — The Appraisal Institute is a global membership association of professional real estate appraisers, with 25,000 members and 91 chapters throughout the world. Its mission is to advance professionalism and ethics, global standards, methodologies, and practices through the professional development of property economics worldwide.
Appraisers Association of America — The Appraisers Association of America was developed to ensure that appraisers with the AAA credentials continue to be trustworthy source in ethics, conduct and professionalism through enhancing their visibility within their public or private communities.
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) — AFCEA International, established in 1946, is a non-profit membership association serving the military, government, industry, and academia as an ethical forum for advancing professional knowledge and relationships in the fields of communications, IT, intelligence, and global security.
Ascend – Pan-Asian Leaders in Finance and Accounting — Ascend is a non-profit organization that aims to be the premier professional association for enhancing the presence and influence of Asian Americans in the accounting and finance professions.
Association for Corporate Growth — The Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions.
Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) — This organization was developed for professionals that use ECM technologies and its purpose is to provide members with access to market education, training, and research and offer avenues to the answers the members seek.
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners — The ACFE administers the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential, which denotes proven expertise in fraud prevention, detection, deterrence and investigation. CFEs must meet stringent academic, professional and character requirements; comply with the ACFE Code of Professional Ethics; and continually build their skills through ongoing professional education.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) — ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.
Association of Government Accountants — The AGA serves government accountability professionals by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification of those involved in government accountability.
Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting — ALPFA is a national professional organization dedicated to the enhancement and development of Latinos in the finance and accounting fields.
Association of Financial Professionals — The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) serves a network of more than 16,000 treasury and finance professionals. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, AFP provides members with breaking news, economic research and data on the evolving world of treasury and finance, as well as world-class treasury certification programs, networking events, financial analytical tools, training, and public policy representation to legislators and regulators.
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) — AIRA is a nationwide not-for-profit organization serving the needs of business turnaround, restructuring and bankruptcy practitioners, and is recognized as a leading organization in its field. Membership consists of accountants, financial advisors, attorneys, workout consultants, trustees, and others involved in insolvency, and bankruptcy matters.
Beta Alpha Psi — Beta Alpha Psi is a professional accounting and business fraternity that recognizes academic excellence and complements members' formal education by providing interaction between students, faculty and professionals.
Beta Gamma Sigma — BGS is the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.
Business and Professional Women (BPW) — The leading advocacy organization on work-life effectiveness and workplace equity issues! Our mission: to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. BPW/USA offers several membership options to fit your lifestyle.
CFA Institute — The CFA charter is the designation of excellence in the investment community. If you're looking for an educational challenge where you build a fundamental knowledge of investment principles that is relevant in every market around the world, then the CFA Program may be right for you.
Corporate Leadership Board — The Corporate Executive Board provides best practices research, decision-support tools, and executive education to a membership of the world's leading corporations and not-for-profit institutions.
Council on State Taxation — COST is a nonprofit trade association consisting of nearly 600 multi-state corporations engaged in interstate and international business. COST's objective is to preserve and promote equitable and nondiscriminatory state and local taxation of multi-jurisdictional business entities.
Counselors of Real Estate — The Counselors of Real Estate is the membership organization established exclusively for real estate advisors who provide intelligent, unbiased, and trusted advice for a client or employer. Founded in 1953, the organization serves 1,100 members worldwide, all who hold the "CRE" designation. CREs are linked to one another by their commitment to integrity, competence, community, trust, and service; and they adhere to a strict Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice.
Delta Sigma Pi — Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.
Financial Executives International — FEI is the leading advocate for the views of corporate financial management. Its 15,000 members hold policy-making positions as chief financial officers, treasurers and controllers. FEI enhances member professional development through peer networking, career management services, conferences, teleconferences and publications. Members participate in the activities of 85 chapters, 74 in the U.S., and 11 in Canada.
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) — FBLA is a business student organization with a quarter of a million high school and middle school students, college and university students, faculty, educators, administrators, and business professionals as members. FBLA is for those interested in developing leadership, communication, and team skills, or those simply looking for an organization to meet and network with others at the local, state and national levels.
Global Association of Risk Professionals — GARP's mission is to be the leading professional association for risk managers, managed by and for its members, and dedicated to the advancement of the risk profession through education, training and the promotion of best practices globally.
Golden Key International Honour Society — Golden Key is the world’s premier collegiate honor society, recognizing outstanding academic achievement and connecting high-achieving individuals locally, regionally & globally with lifetime opportunity, reward & success. Membership is by invitation only.
Healthcare Financial Management Association — HFMA is a membership organization for financial management executives and leaders employed by healthcare organizations, accounting firms, insurance companies and government agencies. Its main goal is to meet the challenges of the modern healthcare environment by providing education and guidance to its members.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) — The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.
Information Systems Audit and Control Association — ISACA is a pace-setting global organization for information governance, control, security and audit professionals. It provides resources needed by IT professionals in an ever-changing worldwide environment.
Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) — A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. The IEEE name was originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Today, the organization's scope of interest has expanded into so many related fields, that it is simply referred to by the letters I-E-E-E (pronounced Eye-triple-E).
Institute of Management Accountants — The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) is the world's leading organization dedicated to empowering management accounting and finance professionals to drive business performance.
Institute of Professionals in Taxation — The Institute is a non-profit educational association serving over 4400 members representing approximately 1450 corporations, firms, or taxpayers throughout the United States and Canada. It is the only professional organization that educates, certifies and establishes strict codes of conduct for state and local income, property and sales & use tax professionals who represent taxpayers (government officials or organizations do not qualify for membership).
International Information Systems Security Certificate Consortium — The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)²®, is the global, not-for-profit leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers. We are recognized for Gold Standard certifications and world class education programs.
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals — IAOP was formed in early 2005 by a consortium of leading companies involved in outsourcing as customers, providers, and advisors. Today its global membership includes over 250 organizations from around the world representing a cross-section of industries and functional activities.
International Association of Privacy Professionals — IAPP is the world's largest association for the privacy field. It offers privacy resources and a forum for interaction and information exchanges for its members.
Institute of Internal Auditors — IIA is the world's leader in certification, education, research and technological guidance for internal auditing. It serves as the profession's resource on significant auditing issues around the globe.
Institute of Management Accountants — The IMA is the leading professional organization devoted to management accounting and financial management professionals in driving business performance and advancing their careers through cutting-edge programs and research.
Meeting Professionals International — Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the meeting and event industry’s largest and most vibrant global community, helps members thrive by providing human connections to knowledge and ideas, relationships, and marketplaces.
National Association of Black Accountants — NABA is a national organization with its primary purpose to develop, encourage and serve as a resource for greater participation of African Americans and other minorities in the accounting profession.
National Association of Enrolled Agents — The National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) is a national association of over 11,000 independent, licensed tax professionals called Enrolled Agents (EA). The association is dedicated to helping its members maintain the highest level of knowledge, skills and professionalism in all areas of taxation, so that their members may most effectively represent the needs of their clients.
National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) — NALA is the nation's leading professional association for paralegals and legal assistants. As a non-profit organization, NALA provides continuing education and professional development programs for paralegals - from novice to experienced professionals.
National Association of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries — The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) is an association of institutional real estate professionals who share a common interest in their industry. They are investment managers, plan sponsors, academicians, consultants, appraisers, CPA's and other service providers who have a significant involvement in pension fund real estate investments. They come together to address vital industry issues and to promote research.
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts — NAREIT®, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®, is the worldwide representative voice for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. NAREIT's members are REITs and other businesses throughout the world that own, operate and finance income-producing real estate, as well as those firms and individuals who advise, study and service those businesses.
National Association of Realtors — The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® strives to be the collective force influencing and shaping the real estate industry. It seeks to be the leading advocate of the right to own, use, and transfer real property; the acknowledged leader in developing standards for efficient, effective, and ethical real estate business practices; and valued by highly skilled real estate professionals and viewed by them as crucial to their success.
National Association of Tax Professionals — The NATP is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to excellence in taxation. It was formed to serve professionals in all areas of the tax practice.
National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) — The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering women MBAs in order to propel more women into leadership positions in corporate America and to enhance the diversity of the nation's workforce.
National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) — The National Black MBA Association leads in the creation of educational opportunities and economic growth for African American professionals by providing innovative programs to stimulate their intellectual and economic growth, building partnerships with key stakeholders who help facilitate this growth, and increasing awareness and facilitating access to graduate management education programs and career opportunities in management fields.
National Contract Management Association — NCMA was formed in 1959 to foster the professional growth and educational advancement of its members. NCMA is a membership-based, professional society, whose leadership is composed of volunteer elected officers.
National Notary Association — The National Notary Association (NNA) strives to professionalize the Notaries of the United States through programs that train, equip, support and speak out for this dedicated group of indispensable public servants.
National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives — The National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (NSAC) is a professional society, comprised of approximately 2,000 individual members actively involved with the financial management and planning of cooperative business.
National Society of Hispanic MBA (NSHMBA) — The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the U.S., so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation's diverse workforce.
Public Risk Management Association — PRIMA is a nonprofit association offering risk management educational programs, management information, and publications to people involved in public sector risk management.
Project Management Institute — PMI is an organization that helps project management professionals in many industries by providing its members with forums to share experiences and ideas, access industry information, education programs and exposure through networking and leadership experiences.
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc — RIMS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management by providing highest quality products, services and information to manage risk effectively.
Risk Management Association — The Risk Management Association (RMA), is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association, whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk.
Special Libraries Association (SLA) — Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a global organization for information professionals, which provides access to valuable and respected products and services designed to enhance your career and benefit your organization. SLA offers a wide array of professional development opportunities, including the industry's best online education programs, designed to sharpen your professional skills throughout your career.
Society for Technical Communication — STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. Through the efforts of a small, full-time staff and a large network of volunteers, STC promotes the public welfare by educating its members and industry about issues concerning technical communication.
Students In Free Enterprise — SIFE is an international organization that mobilizes university students around the world to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders.
Tax Council Policy Institute — TCPI is a non-profit public policy research and educational organization created to help bring about a better understanding of significant tax policies that impact the national economy through careful study, thoughtful evaluation, and open discussion.
Tax Executives Institute — TEI is a membership organization made up of mostly accountants, lawyers and other corporate and business employees that are responsible for tax affairs in their work. Its purpose is to enhance and improve the tax system and facilitate interaction and training among its members.
The Institute for Internal Controls (TheIIC) — The Institute for Internal Controls is dedicated to promoting an effective internal controls environment in all organizations by providing high quality research and education in all areas of internal controls. As an indicator of expertise in internal controls, The Institute for Internal Controls grants the designation of Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) and Certified Controls Specialist (CCS).
Toastmasters — Toastmasters is a group of international members who learn how to speak to groups and work with others in a supportive environment.
Urban Land Institute — Urban Land Institute initiates research that anticipates emerging land use trends and issues, proposing creative solutions based on that research. The members of the Urban Land Institute are community builders, the people who develop and redevelop neighborhoods, business districts and communities across the U.S. and around the world.