Professional Organizations and Resources

In addition to being involved on campus, we encourage students to become active in a professional organization related to their career fields. It is a great way to network with working professionals and complement the learning taking place in the classroom.

Accounting
Washington Society of CPAs https://www.wscpa.org/wscpa/index.cfm
Oregon Society of CPAs http://www.orcpa.org/
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants http://www.aicpa.org/
Institute of Management Accountants http://www.imanet.org/
American Society of Women Accountants http://www.aswa.org/
International Federation of Accountants http://www.ifac.com/
American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers http://www.aipb.org/
National Society of Accountants http://www.nsacct.org/
     
Business/Management
American Management Association http://www.amanet.org/
Association of Management Consulting Firms http://www.amcf.org/
Public Relations Society of America http://www.prsa.org/
National Federation of Independent Businesses http://www.nfib.com/
U.S. Chamber of Commerce http://www.uschamber.com/
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco
Future Business Leaders of America PHI BETA LAMBDA http://www.fbla-pbl.org/
The Association for Operations Management http://www.apics.org/ 
Freelance-Seattle http://www.freelance-seattle.net/
     
Electronics
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology http://www.abet.org/
American Society for Engineering Education http://www.asee.org/
Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org/
American Association of Engineering Societies http://www.aaes.org/
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers http://www.ieee.org/
Satellite Industry Association http://www.sia.org/
Electronics Technicians Association http://www.eta-i.org/
Semiconductor Industry Association http://www.semi.org/

Finance
Financial Management Association International http://www.fma.org/
American Bankers Association http://www.aba.com/
Financial Planning Association http://www.fpanet.org/
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors http://www.napfa.org/
Chartered Financial Analyst Institute http://www.cfainstitute.org/
Society of Financial Service Professionals http://www.financialpro.org/

Game & Simulation Programming
International Game Developers Association http://www.igda.org/
Game Development http://www.gamedev.net/
Gamasutra http://www.gamasutra.com/
Game Developer Magazine http://www.gdmag.com/homepage.htm
The Education Arcade http://www.educationarcade.org/
Software & Information Industry Association http://www.siia.net/
Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org/
IEEE Computer Society http://www.computer.org/
ION Game Conference http://www.iongameconference.com/

Healthcare Technology
American Association of Healthcare Consultants http://www.aahc.net/
American Association of Medical Assistants http://www.aama-ntl.org/
National Institute for Health Care Management http://www.nihcm.org/
Professional Association of Health Care Office Management http://www.pahcom.com/
American Health Information Management Association http://www.ahima.org/
American Association of Healthcare Consultants http://www.aahc.net/
American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org/
Health Information Careers http://www.healthinformationcareers.com/
Biomedical Engineering Society http://www.bmes.org/
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education http://www.cahiim.org/
Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org/
National Association of Medical Staff Services http://www.namss.org/
National Institute for Health Care Management http://www.nihcm.org/
Software & Information Industry Association http://www.siia.net/
Washington State Biomedical Association http://www.bmet.org/
 
Hotel and Restaurant Management
American Hotel & Lodging Association http://www.ahla.com/
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation http://www.nraef.org/
International Hotel and Restaurant Association http://www.ih-ra.com/
Professional Convention Management Association http://www.pcma.org/

Human Resources
Society for Human Resource Management http://www.shrm.org/
American Society for Training and Development http://www.astd.org/
International Association for HR Information Management http://www.ihrim.org/
World At Work (Compensation & Benefits) http://www.worldatwork.org/ 

Information Systems
Association of Information Technology Professionals http://www.aitp.org/
Software & Information Industry Association http://www.siia.net/
Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org/
IEEE Computer Society http://www.computer.org/
Association for Information and Image Management http://www.aiim.org/
Washington Technology Industry Association http://www.washingtontechnology.org/index.asp
Business Software Alliance http://www.bsa.org/country.aspx?sc_lang=en

Marketing
American Marketing Association http://www.marketingpower.com/Pages/default.aspx
Marketing Research Association http://www.mra-net.org/
American Advertising Agencies http://www.americanadagencies.com/
     
Networking
Network and Systems Professionals Association http://www.naspa.com/
Network Computing http://www.networkcomputing.com/
Association of Information Technology Professionals http://www.aitp.org/
Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org/
Telecommunications Industry Association http://www.tiaonline.org/
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association http://www.ctia.org/
Electronics Technicians Association http://www.eta-i.org/
American Society for Engineering Education http://www.asee.org/
 
Project Management
Project Management Institute http://www.pmi.org/Pages/default.aspx

Security & Criminal Justice
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology http://www.abet.org/
Office of Justice Programs http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/
International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training http://www.iadlest.org/
American Society of Industrial Security http://www.asisonline.org/
International High Technology Crime Investigation Association http://www.htcia.org/
United States Secret Service http://www.treas.gov/usss/
Satellite Industry Association http://www.sia.org/
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network http://www.uncjin.org/
National Criminal Justice Association http://www.ncja.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
 
Technical Communications
Society for Technical Communication http://www.stc.org/

Web Graphic Design
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) http://www.aiga.org/
Association of African American Web Developer's http://www.aaawd.org/members/
Graphic Artists Guild http://www.gag.org/ Interaction Design Association http://www.ixda.org/
International Webmasters Association http://www.iwanet.org/
Webmaster World http://www.webmasterworld.com/
World Organization of Webmasters http://www.webprofessionals.org/
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/
Art Director's Club http://www.adcglobal.org/
American Design Awards http://www.americandesignawards.com/
Design Management Institute http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/index.htm
Creative Business http://www.creativebusiness.com/
The Color Association of the United States http://www.colorassociation.com/
Society for News Design http://www.snd.org/

All Degree Programs
Local Chambers of Commerce
Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
Salary Information http://www.salary.com/
Association of University Women http://www.aauw.org/