THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS DETROIT CHAPTER
SEPTEMBER HYBRID MEETING
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST
Location: The Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia
2 CPE Credits in Auditing
Registration will close on September 4th at noon so we can provide our final count to venue.
Industry Updates for Internal Auditing
The session will focus on Industry Updates for Internal Auditing. We will have speakers joining us from the Healthcare, Finance, Automotive/Industrial Manufacturing, and Education Industries. Our speakers will cover the top risks they are currently seeing in their industry. We will also have the speakers participate in a shareform on what risks they are seeing in their own organization, how are they the same/ different, or how are they covering these issues in their audit plan. The evening will end with a Q&A session from our attendees.
SPEAKERS:
Katie Campbell is a senior associate within PwC's Health Industries Advisory practice based in Detroit. She has more than 9 years of experience and specializes government programs, with a particular focus in Medicare Parts C&D utilization management, appeals, and grievances. Prior to joining PwC she spent over 5 years at a national health plan in a Medicare compliance role. She has experience in evaluating operational and compliance risks for multiple health plans, proposing a variety of solutions including implementation of operational efficiencies and updated workflows, automation, enhanced training materials or policies, and internal quality controls.
Meghan McCarroll is the Senior Manager of IT Global SOX Compliance and Internal Audit at Dynatrace. She has been with Dynatrace for the last four years and during that time has overseen IT Internal Audit operations over multiple system implementations, segregation of duties assessment/implementation, controls testing and a change in the company’s selling model. Prior to coming to Dynatrace she worked in the Risk Consulting practice at KPMG where she performed SOX gap assessments over clients preparing for their initial public offering (IPO), internal audit co source support and external audits. She has her CISA certification from ISACA.
Pete Hartung is an Audit Manager with General Motors Audit Services. He works in the Automotive Audit group where he manages process audits and consultative reviews in North America. Pete has experience working for several large OEMs in the automotive industry. He has served on the Board of Governors for the Detroit Chapter of the IIA since 2016, is a past president of the Board, and is Chair of the Scholarship Committee. Pete is a CIA and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina and a BA from Brown University.
Ziad Lajnef is the Global Automotive Audit Director at GM. He has been with GM for 16 years where he had regional responsibilities for Latin America, Middle East and Africa based in Sao Paulo Brazil and GM Europe based in Russelsheim, Germany. Prior to GM, he worked for Deloitte and E&Y. Ziad was also a professional chef for 12 years. He holds a Bachelor with a double major Accounting and Finance and an MBA from the University of Michigan-Flint. Ziad is a CPA and is fluent in seven languages.
Mike Peters is the Director of Internal Audit at Oakland University, a Division I public university located in Southeast Michigan. Prior to that he was the Director of Global Process and Risk at Ford Motor Company, where he worked for 30 years. During his time at Ford, Mike spent ten years in internal audit where he led the global rollout of risk based auditing, stood up an audit team in Mexico, globalised the central process team, and managed the professional practices team which included management of the GRC application, audit process, and quality assurance. Mike also served as the Manager of IT Internal Controls and had multiple positions in Finance and Accounting.
LOCATION:
REGISTRATION FEES:
In-Person
In-Person
The Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia
$40 for IIA members
39200 Five Mile Rd
$50 for non-members
Livonia, MI 48154
$25 for retirees
$10 for students
OR
OR
Virtual
Virtual
Zoom link will be emailed
$20 for IIA & IMA members
out to individuals who
$30 for non-members
register to join us virtually.
$20 for retirees
$0 for students
To join us in-person, please RSVP by 12pm (noon) on Thursday, September 4th.
If you would like to participate virtually, please register by 3pm on Tuesday, September 9th.
AGENDA:
4-4:30: Arrivals, networking, welcome by IIA president
4:30-5:20: Presentations on top risks by industry 5-10 minutes each speaker
5:20-6:00: Dinner and networking
6-7: Shareform/ Questions
SAVE THE DATES FOR OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:
Invites for these events will be sent closer to the date of the event with a link to register to join us. For now, we invite you to go ahead and mark your calendars.
Tuesday, October 21st - Hybrid Meeting at MSU Management Education Center in Troy
Tuesday, November 11th - Hybrid Meeting at The Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia
Wednesday, December 10th - Annual Co-hosted Hybrid Meeting with ISACA at MSU Management Education Center in Troy
Tuesday, January 13th - Virtual Meeting
Tuesday, February 10th - Hybrid Meeting at MSU Management Education Center in Troy
March - 2026 IIA & ISACA Spring Conference: In-Person Days will be Tuesday, March 3 - Thursday, March 5, 2026; Saint John’s Resort - Plymouth, Michigan & Virtual Courses (later in March)
Tuesday, April 14th - Annual Student Night Hybrid Meeting at The Italian American Banquet Center of Livonia
Tuesday, May 12th - Hybrid Meeting at MSU Management Education Center in Troy
IIA ROCK STAR OF THE MONTH:
Do not forget to submit nominees for The IIA Rock Star of the Month. A winner will be announced during our monthly chapter meetings.
The IIA Rock Star award recognizes a member who is early within their Auditing career or new to an internal audit role and who demonstrates any the following:
Is an Innovative, Inspiring and Awesome Auditor;
Chapter Champion of their company;
Rallies the people to attend IIA meetings and events;
Understands the IIA Standards and able to apply appropriately;
Utilizes and references IIA standards in their daily work environment;
Your nomination, including a detailed explanation as to why you believe your nominee is the IIA Rock Star of the Month, should be submitted by accessing the nomination form on the Detroit Chapter website at https://www.detroitiia.org/rockstar/. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Awards Committee Chairperson, Karen Muglia at karenamuglia@hotmail.com. The Rock Star awardee will be announced during our monthly Chapter meetings. This is a great way to recognize and show appreciation to your coworkers and it doesn't cost you anything except 5 minutes of your time.
QUESTIONS:
If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email or contact Amber Dunn-Egerer, Chapter Administrator at chapter2@iiachaptercommunications.org or 248.760.8333.