Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope

Kelly Richmond Pope, PhD, CPA
Oak Park, IL

Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. She is a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting, and white-collar crime research. An award-winning educator, researcher, author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Dr. Pope teaches managerial and forensic accounting both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

She is the author of Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion Dollar Fraud Industry (Harvard Business Review Press, 2023), which looks at the perpetrators, victims and whistleblowers behind financial crimes and how organizations can prevent and detect fraud. Additionally, Dr. Pope is a national instructor for Becker Professional Education, the largest provider of training for candidates who are preparing to sit for the U.S. CPA Exam.

She has appeared on a variety of news outlets such as C-SPAN, CNBC, the BBC and WGN-TV offering commentary on best practices for fraud risk management and ethics. Her research has been cited in several publications including Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, CFO Drive, Forbes and The Washington Post. Dr. Pope was recognized as one of the top 25 most powerful women in accounting by the AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor in 2020 and 2023.