Kerri Rupper Schiller

Schiller joined CHOC at a time when the organization was facing a serious financial crisis due to complexities brought on by managed care, skyrocketing costs and dwindling patient counts. By tightening financial controls, renegotiating better contracts with insurance payors and medical groups, and implementing strategic initiatives, she helped to turn a record loss into an operating gain of $4.9 million by the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, and with CHOC obtaining an “A+” rating from both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Rating Agency in 2004. Revenues increased 215% during the first 10 years of Schiller’s financial leadership, with market share increasing from 56% to 68% in the five-year period ended 2008.

Schiller is a past member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (NACH); a past Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI); and a current Board member of Orange County Foundation for Medical Care. She is also a member of the Hospital Association of Southern California CalOPTIMA Managed Care Subcommittee, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and past Secretary/Treasurer of the California Children’s Hospital Association.

Recent honors for Schiller include being named 2010 Outstanding CFO of a Non-Profit Organization by the Orange County Business Journal and CalCPA.