Pamela R. Knecht BA

Pamela R. Knecht, President and CEO of ACCORD LIMITED, has provided consulting services to a wide range of industries and organizations over her 32-year career. During the last 19 years, she has focused on assisting not-for-profit hospitals, health systems, and membership associations, as well as for-profit physician clinics and closely-held businesses with strategic planning; governance assessment, restructuring and development; organizational diagnosis and change management; team effectiveness; physician alignment; and merger/affiliation facilitation.

Pam works closely with her clients to custom-design and facilitate processes and events that enable sponsors, owners, board members, physician leaders and senior-level executives to clarify their mission, vision and goals. Much of her work also includes corporate, governance, and management restructuring to support the identified vision. In addition, she helps develop organizations, teams, and executives’ ability to implement their strategic plans and to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness. All of Pam’s engagements are based on proven organizational change methodologies.

Pam is a frequent speaker and facilitator at retreats as well as at local, regional, and national health care conferences. She is a faculty member for the American Hospital Association’s Center for Healthcare Governance, The Governance Institute, iProtean, the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development, and numerous state hospital associations. In 2007, she was selected by The Governance Institute as a Governance Advisor for their hospital and health system members.

Pam has authored numerous articles for AHA’s Trustee Magazine, The Governance Institute’s Board Room Press, and ACHE’s Healthcare Executive. Her articles and white papers address various aspects of strategic planning and board effectiveness including structure, composition and functioning. Prior to joining ACCORD LIMITED, Pam was a consultant for an executive education and organization development firm that served the Fortune 200. Pam and her colleagues custom-designed programs that helped CEOs and their direct reports to understand the strategic challenges that would be facing their industry and organization over the next five to ten years. During the previous ten years, Pam consulted within the computer and telecommunications industries where her clients included not-for-profit, for profit, privately-held and publicly traded organizations. Ms. Knecht is a graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.