Kelly Richmond Pope, PhD, CPA is an expert in the field of white-collar
crime. Dr. Pope is an Associate Professor in the School of Accountancy and
Management Information Systems at DePaul University, as well as, the founder of
Helios Digital Learning, Inc., an education media company that offers a suite of
educational, consulting and training products and services designed to help
organizations understand, identify and prevent fraud.
Dr. Pope's passion for white-collar crime extends far beyond the classroom
and office. She is a co-author of the upcoming book, The A.B.C.'s of
Behavioral Forensics: Using Psychology to Prevent, Detect and Deter Fraud.
She is a contributing writer for Forbes and The Daily Beast
Newsweek. She also is the creator and executive producer of the award
winning educational white-collar crime documentary, "Crossing the Line: Ordinary
People Committing Extraordinary Crime," which was a 2012 recipient of the
American Accounting Association Ethics Committee's Teaching Award and a
recipient of the 2012 Mark Chain/FSA Teaching Innovation Award sponsored by the
AICPA.
She is a proud board member of the Young Women's Leadership Charter School,
the only all-girls charter school within Chicago Public Schools, and the
Chicago-based Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, one of the nation's leading
breast cancer research and education charities. Additionally, she was recently
elected to the AICPA Governing Council for a 3-year term.