Ria Berger is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 25 years of Operations, Human Resources and Business Development experience in multi-cultural, multi-site locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Berger served for four years as a member of the Board of Directors at CalOptima (Orange County’s single largest health insurer), with $3.6 billion in revenue. She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Governance Fellow.

Berger was previously a VP of Human Resources for several Fortune 500 companies ($2B-42B revenue). She is currently the CEO of Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County, one of the nation’s largest oral health care providers for children. Since the beginning of her tenure in 2014, the organization has increased its revenue by 250% within three years, tripled in employee headcount and launched an innovative Teledentistry program (one of the largest in the US.) Healthy Smiles was named one of Orange County’s Top Workplaces in both 2017 and 2018.

She is a co-founder of Art 4 Fun, a 22 year-old business headquartered in London and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Ria Berger’s greatest strengths are in the successful execution and transformation of world class organizational and business development programs. She has extensive experience in strategy, operations, board recruitment, leadership reorganization, culture transformation, and mergers and acquisitions. She masterfully architects innovative systems integration and delivers outstanding results to Fortune 500 companies, private corporations, and nonprofit organizations.

Berger holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California (USC), and has taught HR and business courses at the University of California, Irvine and USC.

Kim has over 30 years of experience in Finance and Accounting. Her background includes public experience with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and 15+ years of private experience in Health Care and other service industries. She led the finance and accounting departments for UST Global, an international organization, assisting the company with obtaining their initial round of financing and subsequently overseeing a period of significant growth. She also worked for a division of The Mentor Network, overseeing accounting for 24 residential facilities that provide rehabilitation services for patients with catastrophic illnesses and injuries.

Kim earned her Masters of Business Administration from U.C. Irvine, graduating cum laude. She earned a B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from California State University at Fullerton. She holds an Active California CPA license.