Erika Williams, MBA

Chief Talent Officer -  Dental Care Alliance

Erika Williams serves as Chief Talent Officer for Dental Care Alliance, one of the country’s largest dental support organizations with more than 400 affiliated dental practices in 23 states. In that position, she leads the recruiting team and oversees the organization’s strategic efforts to attract well-qualified individuals as they join dentistry’s finest healthcare professionals at DCA. She also leads the well-established training and development team, as DCA strives to highlight focused continuing education programs and fully unleash the potential of its allies.

Erika is an inspiring, driven executive with 20 years of leadership experience in human resources. Most recently she served as the Vice President of Talent at Advantage Capital, where she oversaw the firm’s talent acquisition, development, and retention strategies.

She also spent 18 years in healthcare system recruiting at BJC HealthCare, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare organizations in the country. While there, she was part of an elite leadership team that hired more than 11,000 individuals, annually, and spearheaded multiple enterprise system improvements. Prior to that, she worked in hospitality recruiting as a Regional Talent Acquisition Manager for national restaurant chains Olive Garden and Applebee’s.

With a passion for servant leadership and improving the lives of others, Erika actively supports her hometown community through service on several nonprofit boards, including the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Greater St. Louis. As a motivator and great cultivator of relationships, Erika also advocates for the second chance community and leads the workforce readiness program at her church.

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