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Helpful Links — Associations & Networking Groups

Type	Name
Corporate Advisory	Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) International Business Broker’s Association (IBBA) M&A Source Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries (MBBI) Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
Entrepreneurship	Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) Illinois Entrepreneurship Network (IEN) Illinois Technology Development Alliance (ITDA)
Executive	Executives Club of Chicago The Chicago Club The Economic Club of Chicago
Finance	Financial Executives International (FEI) Finance Leaders Association (FLA) Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) The Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG)
Healthcare	Chicago Health Executives Forum (CHEF) ChemPharma (CP) Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Human Resources	Human Resource Management Association Chicago (HRMAC) Illinois Recruiter’s Association Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Society of Human Resource Professionals (SHRP)
International	Chicago International Trade Commissioners’ Association International Trade Association of Greater Chicago The Chicago Council on Global Affairs U.S. Department of Commerce / Commercial Service U.S. Export Assistance Center / U.S. Small Business Administration World Business Chicago
Management	Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) Strategic Management Association (SMA)
Marketing	American Marketing Association (AMA) Business Marketing Association (BMA) Chicago Association of Direct Marketing (CADM) Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA) Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG)
Nonproft	Association Forum of Chicagoland
Political	City Club of Chicago
Technology	Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Chicago Computer Society (CSS) Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA) Tech Cocktail Technology Executives Club Technology Leaders Association (TLA)
Venture Capital	Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA) MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Tie Midwest (TIE)
Women	American Business Women's Association (ABWA) The Chicago Network (TCN) The Chicago Women Network National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) One Hundred Women in Hedge Funds Professional Women's Club of Chicago (PWCC) Project Second Act Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) Women Health Executives Network (WHEN)