Joan Pastor is President of JPA International, Inc. and has been a professional international speaker, trainer, and coach for almost 35 years. She is one of very few people worldwide who holds and is licensed with two PhDs (business psychology and clinical psychology).

Pastor has worked with numerous audit, compliance, finance, fraud, and risk associations since the 1990s, including delivering 90+ presentations to IIA conferences, congresses, and chapters. She has coached boards, audit committees, and executive teams for organizations and governments on all seven continents.

Her honors include being named by the University of Michigan as a Preferred Executive Coach for alumni, a top coach for PwC’s partner level, a “Trusted Advisor” by the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) California Business Journal, and a recipient of Temple University’s “Gallery of Success” Lifetime Achievement Award. Pastor is the author of Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills for Internal Auditors and Success as an Introvert.

Her unique assessment-based executive and leadership development coaching model has been embraced and is taught globally.