# Chuck Kruger

> Chuck Kruger is the President and CEO of Foresight Mental Health, a Berkeley-based outpatient behavioral health provider he took over in April 2025 with a mandate to make the company self-sustaining and profitable. A Stanford-trained operator with more than 25 years building private-equity-backed healthcare services companies, he previously ran Akeso Occupational Health, launched and scaled Dignity Health GoHealth Urgent Care into San Francisco's largest urgent care network, and integrated more than 125 outpatient clinics over a decade at Physical Rehabilitation Network. His brand of leadership is unglamorous on purpose: run the basics well, deliver care from the first visit to the last, and make the math work.

- **Role:** President and Chief Executive Officer at Foresight Mental Health
- **Organizations:** Foresight Mental Health, Akeso Occupational Health, Dignity Health GoHealth Urgent Care, Trial Runners, Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN), Perigon Medical, Pearl Capital, Atlas Associates, Morgan Stanley
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Human Biology, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Grew Dignity Health GoHealth Urgent Care into San Francisco's largest urgent care provider after launching it in 2016, Integrated more than 125 outpatient physical therapy clinics across 11 states during a decade at Physical Rehabilitation Network, Led Akeso Occupational Health through eight clinic acquisitions, scaling it to serve 73,000+ patients and 67,000+ claims annually

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked in private equity and corporate finance at Morgan Stanley, Atlas Associates, and Pearl Capital
- **Earlier** — Co-founded Perigon Medical, a medical products distribution company
- **~10 years** — VP of Business Development and Operations at Physical Rehabilitation Network, integrating 125+ outpatient physical therapy clinics across 11 states
- **Earlier** — Interim President and CFO at Trial Runners, managing ophthalmology clinical trials
- **2016** — Launched Dignity Health GoHealth Urgent Care and grew it into the largest urgent care provider in San Francisco
- **2021** — Became CEO of Akeso Occupational Health in Irvine, California
- **2022** — Led Akeso through eight clinic acquisitions, serving 73,000+ patients annually
- **2025-04** — Succeeded Greg Serrao as President and CEO of Foresight Mental Health

## Achievements

- Grew Dignity Health GoHealth Urgent Care into San Francisco's largest urgent care provider after launching it in 2016
- Integrated more than 125 outpatient physical therapy clinics across 11 states during a decade at Physical Rehabilitation Network
- Led Akeso Occupational Health through eight clinic acquisitions, scaling it to serve 73,000+ patients and 67,000+ claims annually
- Co-founded Perigon Medical, a medical products distribution company
- Named President and CEO of Foresight Mental Health in 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Became President and CEO of Foresight Mental Health, succeeding Greg Serrao, who moved to executive board chairman.
- **2025-09** — Behavioral Health Business profiled Kruger's leadership approach, centered on profitability and operational discipline.

## Links

- Website: https://foresightmentalhealth.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-kruger-74495b26

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Last updated: 2026-06-14