Pamela Newman
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
President & CEO
West Palm Beach, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Pamela J. Newman is the Founder, President & CEO of PJN Strategies LLC, a boutique strategic consulting firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a satellite office in NYC.
Dr. Newman is a Board Member of The University of Mount Saint Vincent; Advisory Board member of Brock Capital LLC; Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of Mereo Advisors; and member of the Board of Governors for New York Risk Exchange (“NYREX”). She also serves on the Board of Directors for The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (“RID”) and is a Past President of the Financial Women’s Association.
In October 2017, Dr. Newman was appointed as a CASA Emeritus for Treasure Coast by the Acting Secretary of the Army.
Pamela has authored Organizational Communication (McGraw Hill) and Behind Closed Doors: A Guide to Effective Meetings (Prentice Hall). Also, in 2021, she authored Leadership is Doing (Outskirts Press).
Dr. Newman has received many awards, including the Charles Evans Award (2019) from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation and was the First Recipient of the Business Insurance Women to Watch Inspiration Award (2018). John Cabot University (Rome) awarded Pamela the John Cabot University Presidential Medal for Leadership in Business in 2017, and in 2016, she was honored by The University of Mount Saint Vincent. She was also selected as the Insurance Advocate’s Insurance Professional of the Year (2015) and was honored by the UJA-Federation and the Arthritis Foundation. In 2012, she received The Humanitarian Award from the New York Center for Living, and the Greater New York Council of the Boy Scouts of America named her “Distinguished Woman of the Year” in 2009.
Pamela J. Newman earned her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Michigan. During her years in academia, she received a three-year teaching fellowship and was awarded the Horace A. Rackham Doctoral Research Grant.
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Background
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2017 — Present
President & CEO
PJN Strategies LLC
PJN Strategies is a boutique strategic consulting firm, founded by Dr Pamela J Newman. Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, the firm has a satellite office in New York City.
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2000 — 2017
Executive Vice President, Risk Services
Aon PLC
Aon plc is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, employing 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries.
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1979 — 2000
Managing Director
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
Marsh & McLennan is one of the leading professional services firm globally in the areas of risk, strategy and people.
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1973 — 1979
Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (latterly KPMG)
Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co Partnership was a professional services network business that operated globally and evolved to become KPMG, one of the big four accounting businesses today.
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Formative Years
Education
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University of Michigan
Ph.D., Communication & Media Studies
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University of Michigan
BA English, MA
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