Clery Center is very pleased to announce two new members to our board of directors, Pearl Kim and Beth Riley.

Pearl Kim
Pearl Kim was formerly appointed to the Pennsylvania’s Office of Attorney General as a Senior Deputy Attorney General.  She served in the Executive Office as part of the senior management team and led the College Campus Safety Initiative across Pennsylvania.  Formerly an Assistant District Attorney in the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office, Pearl was Chief of the Human Trafficking Unit in the Special Victims and Domestic Violence Division.  As a special victims unit prosecutor, she handled Protection From Abuse matters, child physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, human trafficking, and Internet Crimes Against Children cases.

Pearl served on the Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking and reported back to the PA Senate any recommendations for changes in state law, policies, and procedures and ultimately secured the first trafficking of persons conviction under Pennsylvania’s trafficking statute.

Governor Corbett and Governor Wolf appointed Pearl to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Asian American Affairs, and she currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania.  The Legal Intelligencer has recognized her as one of the 2011 Lawyers on the Fast Track, as one of the 2011 Diverse Attorneys of the Year, and as one of the 2012 Women of the Year. The American Bar Association awarded Pearl the Norm Maleng Minister of Justice Award for her efforts as a special victims prosecutor, and she was the recipient of the Government Attorney of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 2015.  Pearl obtained her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law where she was the recipient of the Villanova Achievement Scholarship and received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College.

Beth Riley, M.D.
Dr. Beth Riley is a gynecologist in Portland, Oregon who has devoted her professional life to improving the health of women and families. She grew up in Pennsylvania, and was a close friend and tennis teammate of Jeanne Clery. After earning a B.A. from Harvard and M.D. from Stanford, Dr. Riley completed her OB/GYN residency at University of California San Diego. She has served as medical director of her group practice, served on multiple hospital committees, and volunteered at Outside In Clinic, caring for homeless and uninsured individuals. She has worked on several projects with Harvard Business School Association of Oregon, providing pro bono consulting services to local nonprofits. Beth is married, with two children in college.