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Kelly Richmond Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University's School of Accountancy & MIS. She is a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting, and white-collar crime research, with a focus on executive misconduct, whistleblowing, and ethical decision-making.
- PhD in Accounting, Virginia Tech
- MAcc in Accountancy, Virginia Tech
- BS in Accountancy, North Carolina A&T State University
Her research explores financial fraud risk, corporate culture, and compliance systems designed to mitigate internal control failures. She directed and produced the documentary All the Queen's Horses, which examines the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history, and delivered the TED Talk How Whistleblowers Shape History, viewed over 1.6 million times.
- Award-winning educator and researcher
- Author of 'Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry' (2023)
- Featured in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The Washington Post
She has served on the boards of the Greater Chicago Food Depository (audit committee chair), Mercy Hospital & Medical Center (former director), and the Illinois CPA Society (former director).
