Tidewater Chapter Facts
Location:
The chapter covers the Tidewater area of Virginia, centered on the
Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area, as well as parts of northeastern North
Carolina. This area has a population of 1.6 million, most
located in the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake,
Portsmouth,
Suffolk, Newport News and Hampton.
Established: August 17, 1967
Membership (As of 3/31/08): 240 (including students and retired members)
Industries Represented: Tidewater chapter members represent a wide array of industries.
These include: federal, state and local governments; higher education; K-12
education; banking; retail; healthcare; private consultants and others.
Tidewater Chapter Within The IIA
District: The Tidewater Chapter is part of District 1, Mid-Atlantic Region. This
district also includes the Central Virginia (Richmond) Chapter and the
Southwest Virginia (Roanoke) Chapter.
Region:
Mid-Atlantic. This region covers the states of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and the District of Columbia. There
are a
total of 12 chapters in the region: Tidewater, Central Virginia,
Southwest
Virginia, Northern Virginia, Raleigh-Durham, Triad (Greensboro),
Charlotte, Coastal Carolina
(Charleston), Palmetto (Columbia), Western Carolinas (Greenville),
Baltimore and Washington, DC.
North America: The Mid-Atlantic is one of nine regions in North
America. The others are: West, South, Southeastern,
Mid-Western, Central, Northeast, Canada and the Caribbean.
Largest and Smallest Chapters
Ever wonder where the largest and smallest IIA
chapters are? As of 3/31/08, here are the ten largest and smallest IIA chapters
out of a total of 153 in North America.
|
1. |
New York |
2,782 |
|
2. |
Houston |
2,390 |
|
3. |
Toronto |
2,292 |
|
4. |
Chicago |
2,180 |
|
5. |
Dallas |
2,154 |
|
6. |
Atlanta |
1,677 |
|
7. |
Philadelphia |
1,465 |
|
8. |
Washington, DC |
1,460 |
|
9. |
Twin Cities |
1,404 |
|
10. |
Northern Jersey |
1,378 |
|
153. |
U.S.
Pacific |
4 |
|
152. |
Aruba |
11 |
|
151. |
Guyana |
11 |
|
150. |
Mobile |
31 |
|
149. |
Lake
Superior |
31 |
|
148. |
Quad
Cities |
41 |
|
147. |
Curacao |
45 |
|
146. |
North Central Florida |
52 |
|
145. |
Mississippi Gulf Coast |
56 |
|
144. |
Monroe |
57 |