Dr. Sabrina Kay is CEO of Fremont Private Investments and a strategic partner of VSS Capital, a NY-based middle-market private equity firm investing flexible growth capital in education, healthcare, and technology companies. A multi-sector serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, she serves as a director of East West Bank (NASDAQ: EWBC), Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY), MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD), Petersen Automotive Museum, LA Sports and Entertainment Commission, Portal Schools, and is a chairman emeritus of After School All-Stars Los Angeles.

She started as an immigrant and single mom from South Korea and established the first computer-aided fashion design college, Art Institute of Hollywood, out of a garage space in Korea town in Los Angeles, in her 20s. She sold the company to a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: EDMC) and retired in her 30s as a philanthropist.

As a self-proclaimed recovering nonprofit junkie, Dr. Kay founded the Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation and has served on more than thirty corporate, civic, and charitable boards, to give back to the country that provided her with opportunities beyond her imagination.

She continued her entrepreneurial endeavors and founded four other ventures: Premier Business Bank (sold to NASDAQ: FFWM), Fashion Umbrella LLC, LADesigns.org, and Fremont University and Dale Carnegie of Southern LA, which she started as a laboratory for her doctoral dissertation. She served as the Chancellor and CEO of Fremont University for 14 years to revolutionize talent management and diversity matters through innovative and collaborative learning models.

Dr. Kay received her joint doctorate degree in work-based learning leadership at the Wharton School and Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds double master’s degrees: an MBA from USC and a Master of Science in talent management from GSE at the University of Pennsylvania, all with the highest honors. She is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), and Tiger21, among many other organizations.

Dr. Kay has received over 25 notable awards for her achievements, including Woman of the Year by the California Senate and the United Nations Global Goals Award in Education. She is a sought-after board member and keynote speaker on innovation, growth, and leadership and has served on several corporate boards as an independent director to share her expertise in growth strategies, talent management, and governance.