Kelly Richmond Pope, PhD, CPA

Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Accounting at DePaul University, and a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting and white-collar crime research. An award-winning educator and documentary filmmaker, researcher, author, and international speaker, she teaches managerial and forensic accounting at the undergraduate and graduate level. In 2023 and 2020, the AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor named Pope among the top 25 most powerful women in accounting. Her book, Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion Dollar Fraud Industry, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2023) is a riveting look at the perpetrators, victims and whistleblowers behind financial crimes and how organizations can prevent and detect fraud.