LEHIGH VALLEY IIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER

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1 LEHIGH VALLEY IIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER APRIL 2014 Dear members: On Friday March 21 st our chapter sponsored an ACL Users Group meeting at Air Products. The event was well attended and I want to thank everyone who presented, as well as Nancy Komm, Doreen Wynn and Erin Stone for coordinating the event. Just as the snow has finally cleared out and the winter seems to be wrapping up, our chapter year is also coming to an end. There are only three more events remaining: Thursday, April 3 rd - the chapter is co-sponsoring a Student Night with the ACFE at DeSales University. Jonathan Marks will speak about The Mind Behind the Fraudster s Crime. Registration for this event is now closed, so hopefully you already signed up! Monday May 5 th - the chapter will co-sponsor a full day seminar with the ACFE at DeSales University on Integrating Fraud Testing into Your Audit Program. Registration closes April 28 th. Thursday May 22 nd Year-end social and election of officers at Coca-Cola Park. Registration is now open for everyone, and closes April 18. Our annual Membership Survey will also be distributed during the month of April. The survey is your opportunity to provide feedback and recommendations to the chapter leaders. We will then build the program of events using the information received from the survey. Please take a few minutes to thoughtfully complete the survey in order to help us improve the chapter. In addition, individuals who complete the survey will be entered into a raffle for a gift card! Bill INSIDE THIS ISSUE TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Event Calendar 3-5 Event Details 6 Chapter News 7 Chapter Tools and Resources Place Logo Or Company Name Here

2 Chapter events 2014 Calendar of Events Page 2 Date/Topic Event Type CPE Location Speaker Cost April 3 The Mind Behind the Fraudsters Mind Joint w/acfe - Evening 2 DeSales University Jonathan Marks $20 Member/$25 Non-Member/$10 law enforce/retiree May 5 Integrating Fraud Testing into Your Audit Program Joint with ACFE/Full Day Seminar 8 DeSales University Leonard Vona $225 Member/$250 Non Member/$30 student/law enforce/retiree May 22 Iron Pigs Social Social N/A Iron Pigs N/A $15 Members and Guests Event Cancellation Policy: Reservations for Chapter Events are first registered, first served. Payment for all events is preferred at the time of registration. Breakfast and Dinner meetings may be paid at the door, but cancellations after registration period cannot be refunded. Payments for any other Chapter event must be made no later than the close of the registration period. If payment is not made by this time, then stand-by registrants will replace unpaid registrants as attendees. The Chapter incurs fixed costs when arranging a Chapter event, so any cancellation (paid or unpaid) after the close of the event registration cannot be refunded, nor applied to a future Chapter event. Other Training Events Ohio ACFE May ACFE conference that features excellent speakers on the topic of fraud, two of whom we have featured in recent IIA events (Don Rabon and Cynthia Hetherington). More details to come

APRIL EVENT Training Event and Student Awards Night Event Overview Take a closer look at the personality traits of individual perpetrators of massive fraud.

3 APRIL EVENT Training Event and Student Awards Night Event Overview Take a closer look at the personality traits of individual perpetrators of massive fraud. Discuss the basics of profiling and identifying elements of behavior common among white-collar criminals. Discover what role company culture plays in the commission of fraud. Hear cutting-edge ideas and methods to help detect and deter fraud. About the Speaker The Mind Behind the Fraudster s Crime Jonathan Marks is a partner in the Risk business unit \that has over 25 years of experience and is the national leader of the fraud, ethics, and anti-corruption practice at Crowe Horwath LLP. In is\his role, Marks advises domestic and international engagement teams and clients on anti-fraud, fraud, corporate governance, business practices, ethics, risk management, compliance, internal audit, and internal control matters. He also works closely with and provides training to boards and senior management. Prior to joining Crowe, Marks was co-owner of a national consulting practice where he directed the firm s fraud, SEC, technical accounting, governance, internal audit, risk management, quality assurance review and education/training practices. Joint ACFE/IIA evening event April 3, :30-6:00 Registration/Hors D oeuvres Social hour /Buffet 6:30-6:00-8:00 Presentation 8:00-8:30- Student Awards CPE s - 2 DeSales University 2755 Station Avenue Center Valley, PA Price: $20 Member / $25 Nonmember/ $10 law enforce/retiree Event Contact: Page 3 Dominic Abruzzese treasurer@acfelehighvalley.org REGISTRATION and PAYMENT Payment information will be forwarded via as soon as pricing is determined.

May Event Page 4 INTEGRATING FRAUD TESTING INTO YOUR AUDIT PROGRAM May 5, 2014 While fraud investigators and auditors are familiar with the traditional fraud investigation performed in reaction to an

4 May Event Page 4 INTEGRATING FRAUD TESTING INTO YOUR AUDIT PROGRAM May 5, 2014 While fraud investigators and auditors are familiar with the traditional fraud investigation performed in reaction to an allegation, a proactive approach integrates fraud testing methodologies into the audit program when there has been no allegation of fraud. The proactive approach can use either the traditional approach of testing controls or can conduct fraud testing designed to uncover fraud scenarios. The proactive approach focuses on red flags associated with data, documents or internal controls. At this event, you will learn how to identify red flags associated with a fraud scenario, build samples, and design audit tests that focus on the mechanics of the fraud scenario. The proactive methodology focuses on how to tailor the audit approach to integrate fraud risk into your sampling and testing program. The highlights of this seminar will include: Fraud Risk Identification; Integrating Fraud into your Audit Program; How to Build a Fraud Data Mining Plan; and, Detecting Fraud in Disbursements. Whether you are a fraud investigator looking to expand your fraud monitoring capabilities or an auditor who would like to increase your fraud awareness and testing capabilities, you are sure to find something of interest at this event. About the Speaker Leonard W. Vona is a financial investigator with more than 30 years of auditing/forensic accounting experience. His firm currently advises clients in litigation support, financial investigations, and fraud prevention. He has conducted more than 100 financial investigations, including embezzlement, economic damage, asset theft, bribery, intellectual property, and disbursement schemes. Mr. Vona lectures nationally and internationally on various fraud related topics. He has developed the Fraud Training Curriculum for the MIS Training Institute, and is the author of Fraud Risk Assessment: Building a Fraud Audit Program, and The Fraud Audit: Responding to the Risk of Fraud in Core Business Systems. Mr. Vona graduated from Siena College with honors, receiving a BA in Accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of CPA s and the ACFE. He was the 1994 President of the N.Y. Capital Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants, and the founding President of the ACFE Albany Chapter. Schedule: 7:15-8:00am - Registration/Breakfast 8:00am - 4:00pm - Presentation (lunch served at noon) DeSales University Center 2755 Station Ave. Center Valley, PA REGISTRATION Joint ACFE & IIA Full day Seminar at DeSales University CPE: 8 CPEs Pricing: $225 member $250 non-member $30 student/law enforce/retiree To register, please treasurer@acfelehighvalley.org by April 28, 2014 Payments will be taken at the door or can be made out to ACFE Chapter - Lehigh Valley and mailed to: Dominic Abruzzese 627 Chestnut Street Emmaus, PA **Registrants are responsible for payment if cancellation is not made by one week prior to the event.**

5 MAY EVENT IRON PIGS SOCIAL AND ANNUAL ELECTIONS! Page 5 Evening Social May 22, :15 Tickets available at willcall 5:30-6:30 Social hour /Buffet 6:30-7:00 - Elections 7:05 - Game Time! Event Overview Come join us for our annual social at the Iron Pigs Game! Our chapter is having a good year and we would like to pass along our good fortune to all our members and guests. This year we are offering a flat rate of $15 for members and guests, so take advantage of this great opportunity to come out to the ball park see a game and network and reconnect with others. We will also hold elections for our Officers, Board of Governors, and Committee Chairs, as well as a vote on our chapter bylaws. Please note our social will be in the PenTeleData Party Porch along the 1st baseline. Fee includes a game ticket and the following: Two hour all-you-can-eat buffet Unlimited soft drinks through the middle of the 8th inning Advance entry via our private Club Level entrance (5:30pm) Access to the Club Level Bar and Lounge Personal Host/Hostess Service Private restroom for Club Level guests Guaranteed game-day giveaways (when applicable) In-game group recognition on the IronPigs state-ofthe-art videoboard COCA-COLA PARK 1050 Iron Pigs Way Allentown, PA Price: $15- Members and guests Event Contact: Bill Lees Bill.Lees@yahoo.com REGISTRATION and PAYMENT Please your re-registration by April 18, 2014 including name, company affiliation, and membership affiliation to: Bill.Lees@yahoo.com Make your check payable to: Lehigh Valley IIA Payment at the time of registration is PREFERRED or by mail within 10 calendar days of registration. Mail your check to: Tracy Wilson PPL Corporation Two North Ninth Street (GENTW21) Allentown, PA 18101

Page 6 CHAPTER NEWS Pay pal is back for IIA events! Visit the event site for more details! https://chapters.theiia.org/lehighvalley/events/pages/default.

6 Page 6 CHAPTER NEWS Pay pal is back for IIA events! Visit the event site for more details! Checkout our Chapter s website at: Here is some of the information you can find on our website: A listing of our past presidents Our committee members, officers, and BOG members Our chapter by laws and chapter goals for 2013/14 Links to IIA Products and Services Links to IIA social media For information regarding the newsletter, please contact Jodi Hartzell, ext. 2281, jhartzel@habinc.com OFFICERS PRESIDENT BILL LEES William.Lees@olympus.com VICE PRESIDENT JOHN FALK johnfalk@lehighcounty.org VICE PRESIDENT BONNIE CASELLA Bonnie.casella@parentebeard.com TREASURER TRACY WILSON tlwilson@pplweb.com SECRETARY TONY SABINO asabino@northamptoncounty.org BOARD OF GOVERNORS DARIN LUEDERS JODI HARTZELL MARIANNE MARKS MARK YODER STEPHEN BONNET JIM MAHONEY DEZSO NYITRAY DOREEN WYNN HARMONY SMITH JASON SLABIKOSKY JOCELYN THEOBOLD If anyone is interested in volunteering with a committee please contact Bill Lees or any of the committee chairs.

7 Page 7 CHAPTER TOOLS/RESOURCES Updating Your Member Information The member profile form is directly connected to the IIA membership database. This means when you update your information on-line it is instantly updated in the IIA database. This is the best and quickest way for you to update your information. This will also help the Chapter in maintaining accurate information on all of our members. So please update your personal information using the on-line link provided. You can check your information on-line, right now! All you need is your ID and password. The link is: Please note: and address changes will not be updated for Chapter purposes unless you have updated with the IIA. The Chapter is unable to update this information for you. The IIA offers numerous benefits for members: Social Media: A benefit with No Boundaries Are you LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a business networking tools that helps you strengthen and extend your existing network of trusted contacts. LinkedIn groups allow you to communicate easily with all members of your group; it allows you to grow your network. The IIA shares recent news and products of interest to internal auditors and provides a discussion forum where participants can share professional insight, ask and answer questions, and interact with other internal audit professionals. LinkedIn groups allow you to initiate and participate in discussions and share news articles and blogs. The Lehigh Valley IIA actively posts all IIA news to this website. To join the IIA Lehigh Valley group, please log on to: Members-only rates on conferences, seminars, and executive development through Vision University can save you hundreds of dollars. Exclusive monthly Members-only Webinars are part of your core membership benefits and provide you with CPE units without ever leaving your desk or paying additional fees. Members-only rates for other specialty webinars and self-study courses provide easy access to advance your knowledge from the convenience of your own desktop. NOW BROADCASTING!!!! IIA launches new video-sharing site. Audit Channel.tv addresses the specific needs of internal auditors and the business community! Check out the website for more details!

LEHIGH VALLEY IIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER May 2018

LEHIGH VALLEY IIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER May 2018 President s Message Hello Members, Welcome to May and International Internal Audit Awareness month. Contained in this month s newsletter are some ideas on promoting the profession with your organization.