Joan Pastor, Ph.D., president of JPA International, Inc. is a licensed organizational and clinical psychologist who provides keynote, training and consultation services to numerous national and international organizations and associations. Ms. Pastor is a certified speaking professional (CSP), a certified mediator, and has an extensive coaching practice. She is well-known for her keynotes and work in assisting organizations in developing their vision, plus the strategy and processes to achieve it.

She has been working with finance, risk, security (including intelligence) & audit professionals since 1986 and has made pioneering contributions to these professions in risk assessments; all areas related to the “People or Soft Skills”; integrating finance, incorporating risk and fraud into corporate objectives and strategy; business process documentation; and in working with executive management , boards, and audit committees.

She has uncovered numerous embezzlement and other fraudulent schemes over the years in her own work and with audit, risk and finance colleagues. She has been named Outstanding Young Woman of the Year, awarded the U.S. Army Customer Service Award, and was awarded the National Leadership Award from the U.S. Business Advisory Council in both 2003 and 2006.