Pam King Sams, BA, CFRE, MIPP
Pam King Sams, BA, CFRE, MIPP, is the President and CEO of Pam King Sams and Associates, a consulting firm focused on strategic international partnerships. She serves as Senior Advisor to US and UK Healthcare organizations, Universities and Research Institutes seeking relationships with International entities who are searching for partners in patient care, philanthropic partnerships, AI-driven technology and IP development, engineering and medical research collaborations, human capacity building activities and economic diversification opportunities. She has raised more than $1.5 B USD during her 30 year career.
After seven years at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Pam served in her 12-year role as Executive Vice President for Children's National Medical Center on the Sheikh Zayed Campus in Washington, DC., leading a development team of 110 professionals. Pam devoted seven of those years to building international partnerships to improve the health of children worldwide, receiving philanthropy from 28 countries, with a special focus in the UAE after CNMC received $150 million (US) grant from the Government of Abu Dhabi to form Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation.
Pam has served as a Senior Advisor to University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine), University of Cambridge (UK), University of California-San Francisco (UCSF Health), Shriners Children’s, The Salk Research Institute (CA), Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Mount Sinai Health System (New York), The Ohio State University, Hospital for Special Surgery (NY), Paradigm Health, University of California-San Diego, Nemours Children’s Health, among others.
Pam has collaborated across a number of countries, working with colleagues from the Middle East-Gulf Region, North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Asia, as well as North, Central and South America. She collaborates with European, Central American, and Gulf region governmental agencies and public/private healthcare entities, universities, and foundations to coordinate 50+ innovative projects for humanitarian care, medicine, basic/translational research, mathematics, engineering, education, and climate change.
Pam brings 30 years of development experience to her consulting practice, including serving as a trainer at the US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, educating diplomats and other government officials on Arabian Peninsula and North African culture and their healthcare landscapes. Pam holds a Master’s degree in International Public Policy, graduating from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.