Kara Ricci
Chief Legal and Business Officer
Kara serves as Chief Legal and Business Officer at Altais, a role she assumed in 2024 after joining the company as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel in June 2021. In this expanded position, she leads the legal and compliance functions for the Altais family, including Altais Health and Altais Clinical Services, while also overseeing mergers and acquisitions, key account and investor management, facilities management, and procurement stewardship. With extensive in-house experience, Kara supports a broad range of corporate initiatives. She contributes to Altais’ strategic planning and operational processes, leveraging her legal expertise and business acumen to drive company objectives. Previously, Kara served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary at NORCAL Mutual Insurance Companies in San Francisco, where she planned and directed all aspects of the NORCAL Group’s legal affairs at the staff and board levels. Prior to NORCAL, she held several senior legal roles, including Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Federal Insurance Programs at The Climate Corporation, where she worked with emerging technology groups in a start-up environment. Kara is a former Board member for Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP), a broad-based organization focused on access to health care and patient safety through California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). Kara is a graduate of the University of California Davis School of Law and is a member of the State Bar of California.