Sally Berger

Sally Berger died Monday July 25 2022 at the Eisenhower hospital campus in Rancho Mirage. She was 88. Born Sally Eileen Diamond in Chicago on Dec. 30, 1933, Berger was a "nationally renowned health care executive." Berger attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and then devoted her professional career to improving the American health care system. She became one of the first female partners at Arthur Young — which eventually became Ernst & Young, She also produced and anchored a national television program on the Health & Sciences Television Network and served as a regular contributor to "Modern Healthcare," "Healthcare Executive" and "Trustee" magazines. She was the former president of the Chicago Public Library Board, serving as chairman of the National Council on Health Planning and Development and serving as chairman and CEO of Sally Berger Associates LLC, where she assisted professional organizations in business development and business development training. She was involved in Chicago politics and once ran the re-election campaign for Chicago's Mayor Richard J. Daley Sr. In 2006, Berger and her husband, Miles, bought a home in Rancho Mirage California. It was around that time she was diagnosed with CLL (Chronic lymphocytic leukemia). Berger, who died with her family at her side, is survived by her husband of 67 years, Miles, as well as her daughter, Elizabeth, and son, Albert.