Professional organizations are a great way to increase your network, meet new people, stay up to date in your field or industry, and often memberships provide access to job postings.
| Banking Organizations | |
| American Bankers Association | www.aba.com/ |
| American Banker Online | www.americanbanker.com/ |
| ALM Professional | www.almprofessional.com/ |
| America’s Community Bankers | www.acbankers.org/ |
| American Association of Bank Directors | www.aabd.org/ |
| Bank Administration Institute | www.bai.org/ |
| Bankers’ Compliance Group | www.bankerscompliancegroup.com/ |
| Community Bankers Association of Illinois | www.cbai.com/ |
| Consumer Bankers Association | www.cbanet.org/ |
| Independent Community Bankers of America | www.icba.org/ |
| Illinois Bankers Association | www.ilbanker.com/ |
| Institute of International Bankers | www.iib.org/ |
| Business Ethics Organizations | |
| International Business Ethics Institute | www.business-ethics.org/ |
| Society for Business Ethics | www.societyforbusinessethics.org/ |
| Better Business Bureau | www.bbb.org/ |
| Business for Social Responsibility | www.bsr.org/ |
| Ethics Resource Center | www.ethics.org/ |
| Consulting Organizations | |
| American Association of Healthcare Consultants | www.aahc.net/ |
| Association of Consultants to Nonprofits | www.acnconsult.org/ |
| Management Consulting Firms | www.amcf.org/ |
| Association of Executive Search Consultants | www.aesc.org/ |
| Association of Professional Communication Consultants | www.consultingsuccess.org/ |
| Association of Professional Consultants | www.consultapc.org/ |
| International Association of Registered Financial Consultants | www.iarfc.org/ |
| Institute of Management Consultants | www.imcusa.org/ |
| Institute of Management Consultants – Chicago | www.imc-chicagoland.org/ |
| International Association of Professional Security Consultants | www.iapsc.org/ |
| National Association of Real Estate Consultants | www.narec.com/ |
| Professional and Technical Consultants Association | www.patca.org/ |
| Economics Organizations | |
| American Economic Association | www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/ |
| National Bureau of Economic Research | www.nber.org/ |
| Western Economic Association International | www.weainternational.org/ |
| Education Organizations | |
| National Education Association | www.nea.org/ |
| Chicago Metropolitan Association of the Education of Young Children | www.chicagometroaeyc.org/ |
| Finance Organizations | |
| Accounting and Finance Benchmarking Consortium | www.afbc.org/ |
| American Finance Association | www.afajof.org/ |
| American Bankers Association | www.aba.com/ |
| American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association | www.areuea.org/ |
| American Insurance Association | www.aiadc.org/AIAdotNet/ |
| American Risk and Insurance Association | www.aria.org/ |
| Association for Finance Professionals | www.afponline.org/ |
| CFA Chicago / Investment Analysts Society of Chicago/ | www.IASChicago.org/ |
| CFA Institute | www.cfainstitute.org/ |
| Commercial Finance Association | www.cfa.com/ |
| Emerging Market Trader Association | www.emta.org/ |
| Financial Women’s Association | www.fwa.org/ |
| Financial Management Association | www.fma.org/ |
| Insurance Accounting and Systems Association | www.iasa.org/ |
| Hedge Funds Association | www.thehfa.org/ |
| Illinois Bankers Association | www.ilbanker.com/ |
| Mortgage Brokers Association | www.mbaa.org/ |
| U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council | www.cfoc.gov/ |
| Urban Financial Services Coalition | www.ufscnet.org/ |
| Financial Management Resources | |
| Association for Financial Professionals | www.afponline.org/ |
| Accounting Resources on the Internet (Rutgers site | accounting.rutgers.edu/ |
| American University – School of Public | www.american.edu/spa/ |
| Chief Financial Officer’s Council | www.cfoc.gov/ |
| Congressional Budget Office | www.cbo.gov/ |
| Council of State Governments (CSG) | www.csg.org/ |
| Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) | www.fasab.gov/ |
| Federal Credit Policy Work Group | www.cbpp.org/ |
| Financial Management Services, Department of the Treasury | www.fms.treas.gov/ |
| Financial Management System Inventory | www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a127/a127.html/ |
| Government Accountability Office (GAO) | www.gao.gov/ |
| General Services Administration (GSA) | www.gsa.gov/ |
| George Washington University – School of Business & Public Management | www.sbpm.gwu.edu/ |
| Governmentwide Accounting Project Group | www.fms.treas.gov/gwa/ |
| Government Printing Office (GPO) | www.gpo.gov/ |
| Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) | www.gasb.org/ |
| IGnet | www.ignet.gov/ |
| Intergovernmental Audit Forum | www.auditforum.org/ |
| International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) | www.ifac.org/ |
| Managing for Results | govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/initiati/mfr/ |
| Management Concepts, Inc. | www.managementconcepts.com/ |
| Mercatus Center | www.mercatus.org/ |
| National Performance Review | www.ipo.noaa.gov/ |
| Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | whitehouse.gov/omb/ |
| Office of Personnel Management (OPM) | www.opm.gov/ |
| Performance Institute | http://%20www.performanceweb.org/ |
| Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI) | www.rppi.org/ |
| Respondanet | www.respondanet.com/ |
| Government – State Organizations | |
| CAFR-2000 Software | www.sprbrk.com/partners/ |
| Council of State Governments | www.csg.org/csg |
| Financial Accounting Foundation | www.fasb.org/ |
| International City/County Management Association | www.icma.org/ |
| National Governors’ Association | www.nga.org/ |
| National League of Cities | www.nlc.org/home |
| National Conference of State Legislatures | www.ncsl.org/ |
| U.S. Conference of Mayors | www.usmayors.org/ |
| Government – Federal Resources | |
| The Library of Congress | www.loc.gov/ |
| White House | www.whitehouse.gov/ |
| US House of Representatives | www.house.gov/ |
| US Senate | www.senate.gov/ |
| US Department of Agriculture | www.usda.gov/ |
| US Department of Commerce | www.doc.gov/ |
| US Department of Defense | www.defenselink.mil/ |
| US Department of Education | www.ed.gov/ |
| US Department of Energy | www.energy.gov/ |
| US Department of Health and Human Services | www.hhs.gov/ |
| US Department of Homeland Security | www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/ |
| US Department of Housing and Urban Development | www.hud.gov/ |
| US Department of the Interior | www.doi.gov/ |
| US Department of Labor | www.dol.gov/ |
| US Department of State | www.state.gov/ |
| US Department of Transportation | www.dot.gov/ |
| US Department of the Treasury | www.ustreas.gov/ |
| US Department of Veterans Affairs | www.va.gov/ |
| Healthcare Organizations | |
| American Healthcare Association | www.ahca.org/ |
| Chicago Health Executives Forum | www.chefchicago.org/ |
| Illinois Health Information Management Association | www.ilhima.org/ |
| Healthcare Financial Management Association | www.hfma.org/ |
| Healthcare Financial Management Association – Chicago | firstillinoishfma.org / |
| Healthcare Financial Management Association – S. Illinois | www.sihfma.org/ |
| Human Resources Organizations | |
| American Society for Training and Development | www.astd.org/ |
| Human Resource Management Association Chicago | www.astd.org/ |
| International Public Management Association for HR | www.ipma-hr.org/ |
| International Association of Business Communicators | www.iabc.com/ |
| International Association for HR Information Management | www.ihrim.org/ |
| Northern Illinois Society of HR Management | www.nishrm.org/ |
| Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) | www.shrm.org/ |
| Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM-Chicago) | www.shrp.org/ |
| Industrial Relations Organizations | |
| International Industrial Relations Association | www.ilo.org/public/english/iira/ |
| Labor and Employment Relations Association | www.lera.uiuc.edu/ |
| Information Technology & Information Systems Management Organizations | |
| Association for Information Systems | www.aisnet.org/ |
| Association of Information Technology Professionals | www.aitp.org/ |
| Association for Information and Image Management | www.aiim.org/ |
| Information Systems Audit and Control Association | www.isaca.org/ |
| Information Systems Audit and Control Association Chicago | www.isaca-chicago.org/ |
| Illinois Information Technology Association | www.illinoistech.org/ |
| Information Technology Association of America | www.itaa.org/ |
| Insurance Organizations | |
| American Insurance Association | www.aiadc.org/ |
| American Risk and Insurance Association | www.aria.org/ |
| Association of Professional Insurance Women | www.apiw.org/ |
| Chicago Appraisers Association | www.chicagoappraisers.com/ |
| National Association of Insurance Commissioners | www.naic.org/ |
| International Business Organizations | |
| FCIB | www.fcibglobal.com/ |
| International Franchise Association | www.franchise.org/ |
| The International Trade Association of Chicago | www.itagc.org/ |
| International Trade Club of Chicago | www.itcc.org/ |
| Global Chicago | www.globalchicago.org/ |
| Business Law Organizations | |
| American Bar Association | www.abanet.org/buslaw/home.shtml |
| Academy of Legal Business Studies | www.alsb.org/ |
| Business Government | www.business.gov/ |
| International Legal Associations | www.hg.org/international-assoc.html |
| Management Organizations | |
| American Management Association | www.amanet.org/ |
| Strategic Management Association | www.sma-chicago.org/ |
| Turnaround Management Association | www.turnaround.org/ |
| Marketing Organizations | |
| American Marketing Association | www.ama.org/ |
| American Marketing Association – Chicago | www.chicagoama.org/ |
| American Association of Advertising Agencies | www.aaaa.org/ |
| American Advertising Federation | www.aaf.org/ |
| Business Marketing Association | www.marketing.org/ |
| Business Marketing Association – Chicago | www.bmachicago.org/ |
| Chicago Interactive Marketing Association | www.chicagoima.org/ |
| Chicago Association of Direct Marketing | www.cadm.org/ |
| The Direct Marketing Association | www.the-dma.org/ |
| Market Research Association | www.mra-net.org/ |
| Public Relations Society of America | www.prsa.org/ |
| Word of Mouth Marketing Association | www.womma.org/ |
| Non-Profit Organizations | |
| Idealist.org | www.idealist.org/ |
| Greater Chicago Nonprofit Gateway | http://gateway.northpark.edu/ |
| Operations Management Organizations | |
| The Association for Operations Management | www.apics.org/ |
| The Institute of Operations Management (UK) | www.iomnet.org.uk/ |
| Operations Management Center | www.mhhe.com/omc/index.html |
| Operations Management | www.operationsmanagement.com/ |
| Production and Operations Management Society | www.poms.org/ |
| Organizational Development Organizations | |
| The Organizational Development Institute | www.adinstitute.org/ |
| Organization Development Network | www.odnetwork.org/ |
| Professional and Organization Development Network in Higher Ed | www.podnetwork.org/ |
| Project Management Organizations | |
| International Project Management Association | www.ipma.ch/ |
| The Project Management Institute | www.pmi.org/ |
| The Project Management Institute – Chicago | www.pmi-chicagoland.org/ |
| The Project Management Institute – Central Illinois | www.pmi-cic.org/ |
| Real Estate Organizations | |
| Association of Commercial Real Estate | www.acre.org/ |
| Commercial Real Estate Secondary Market and Securitization Association (CSSA) | www.cssacmbs.org/ |
| Building Owners and Managers Association | www.boma.org/ |
| Certified Commercial Investment Manager Institute | www.ccim.com/ |
| Chicago Association of Realtors | www.car-realtor.com/ |
| Chicago Title | www.chicagotitle.com/ |
| Commercial Broker’s Association | www.commercialmls.com/ |
| International Council of Shopping Centers | www.Icsc.org/ |
| Institute of Real Estate Management | www.Irem.org/ |
| National Association of Industrial & Office Properties | www.naiop.org/ |
| National Association of Real Estate Editors | www.naree.org/ |
| National Association of Industrial and Office Properties | www.Naiop.org/ |
| National Association of Real Estate Companies | www.narec.org/Public/Home.aspx |
| National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers | www.nareim.org/ |
| National Association of Realtors | www.realtor.org/ |
| National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women | www.crewnetwork.org/ |
| Real Estate Research Institute | www.reri.org/ |
| Real Estate Brokerage Managers Council | www.crb.com/ |
| Realtor.com | www.realtor.com/ |
| REIS Commercial Space Market Info | www.reis.com/ |
| Society of Industrial and Office Realtors | www.SIOR.com/ |
| Sales Organizations | |
| National Association for Sales Professionals | www.nasp.com/ |
| Sales and Marketing Executives International | www.smei.org/ |
| United Professional Sales Association | www.upsa-intl.org/ |
| Social Services Organizations | |
| American Public Human Services Association | www.aphsa.org/ |
| Other Organization | |
| Chicago Association of Realtors | www.car-realtor.com/ |
| International Trade Association of Greater Chicago | www.itagc.org/ |
| The Young Executives Club | www.youngexecutivesclub.org/ |
| Young Professionals of Chicago | www.ypchicago.org/ |
| Minority Organizations | |
| Chicago Black MBA Association | www.ccnbmbaa.org/ |
| HispanicBusiness.com | www.hispanicbusiness.com/ |
| Latino Business Association | www.lbausa.com/ |
| Minority Business Development Agency | www.mbda.gov/ |
| National Society of Hispanic MBAs | www.nshmba.org/ |
| National Society of Hispanic MBAs – Chicago | www.chicago.nshmba.org/ |
| National Black MBA Association | www.nbmbaa.org/ |
| National Association for Asian American Professionals | www.naaap.org/ |
| Urban Financial Services Coalition | www.ufscnet.org/ |
| Women’s Organizations | |
| Advancing Women | www.advancingwomen.com/ |
| American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) | www.bwni.com/ |
| American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants(AWSCPA) | www.awscpa.org/ |
| Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT) | www.wiit.org/ |
| Asian Women in Business | www.awib.org/ |
| Business Women’s Network | www.businesswomensnetwork.org/ |
| Commercial Real Estate Women | www.crewnetwork.org/ |
| Financial Women’s Association | www.fwa.org/ |
| Financial Women International | www.fwi.org/ |
| National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) | www.nafe.com/ |
| National Association of Insurance Women | www.naiw.org/ |
| National Association of Women Business Owners | www.nawbo.org/ |
| Women in Advertising and Marketing | www.womcom.org/ |
| Women in Housing and Finance (WHF) | www.whfdc.org/ |
| Service Organizations | |
| Junior Achievement – Chicago | www.ja.org |
| Big Brother Big Sister | www.bbbschgo.org/ |
| Idealist.org | www.idealist.org |
| Volunteer Chicago (database for opportunities) | www.chicagovolunteer.net/ |
| Chicago Cares | www.chicagocares.org/ |
| Valparaiso University | www.valpo.edu |
