Pamela Hess, CFA

Executive Director, DCIIA Retirement Research Center

Pamela Hess, CFA, is the Executive Director at the DCIIA Retirement Research Center (RRC). In this role she leads the RRC as it focuses on industry-informed and actionable research around the defined contribution ecosystem. Previously, she was with Aon Hewitt for over thirteen years, and served as their Director of Retirement Research. In that role, Pam created and directed the retirement research efforts and was widely quoted across the industry. Earlier in her career Pam worked on the investment side within the financial services industry. She earned her master's in business administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with concentrations in accounting, finance, and managerial & organizational behavior. Pam is also a CFA Charterholder since 2002. She received her bachelor's degree in finance from The University of Illinois, at Chicago.