Today the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) announced it had reached a critical milestone when it registered its 2,000th member further cementing it as the nation's largest industry-wide association of compliance and ethics professionals. SCCE hit this significant high point when Anna Armendariz, Compliance and Corporate Secretary Specialist, Legal and Governance Services with Integrys Business Support located in Chicago, Illinois joined the association.

Despite the economic downturn, SCCE membership has doubled since 2007 and increased 19% in 2010. The SCCE is a world-wide membership association with members in more than 30 countries.

"It is very exciting to have reached the 2,000th member mark in six short years. Together with its sister organization, the HCCA, our nonprofit membership organization now represents over 8,500 compliance and ethics professionals. With over 3,000 of our members now certified, our profession has a strong voice in the evolution of compliance and ethics programs," said SCCE Chief Executive Officer Roy Snell.

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