Pamela Popp, MA JD DFASHRM CPHRM AIM
Chief Risk Officer/Executive Vice President
GB Healthcare
Pamela Popp has managed and internalized some of the largest healthcare liability claim programs nationally, including Stanford University Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare, Spectrum Healthcare Serves, and SSM Health Care. She has served in risk and claims management consulting roles on the brokerage sides as well as in-house with several large malpractice carriers. In her current role, Pamela manages the GB Healthcare Risk Consulting Practice, working with self-insured clients to identify, mitigate and prevent risks, enhance the patient experience and educate providers on the strengths of disclosure and apology programs.
Pamela’s deep knowledge in healthcare risk management comes from having walked the halls of thousands of hospitals, physician offices, correctional centers and ambulatory care centers, and educating tens of thousands of healthcare personnel on risk management topics. Pamela has been involved in risk management organizations at the local, state and national level over 30 years. She served as the president of ASHRM and a multi-year board member, as well as a president of the American Hospital Associations’ Certification Center. Pamela served as board president of the International Center for Captive Insurance Education, ICCIE, and continues as a faculty member on healthcare captive and risk financing topics. She is a frequent speaker and author on risk, claims and risk financing topics, and serves as faculty for ASHRM’s Risk Financing Certificate Program.
Pamela is licensed to practice law in both Missouri and Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree from Truman State University, dual masters from Webster University, and her Juris Doctor from St. Louis University. She is an ASHRM Distinguished Fellow, an ASHRM Distinguished Service Award recipient and was awarded the RIMS Lifetime Achievement Award/Harry and Dorothy Goodell Award.
