E. B. Rob Goren

President and CEO

Rob Goren is president and CEO at Delta Dental of Missouri, which also does business in South Carolina as Delta Dental of South Carolina. At the helm in this role since 2015, Mr. Goren is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s operations, culture and successes. He helps shape overall strategy and direction for short- and long-term business initiatives and drives growth and revenue to fulfill the organization’s ongoing social mission to improve oral health. Mr. Goren serves on Delta Dental of Missouri’s Board of Directors and is the direct liaison between fellow Board members and his corporate management team. 

Mr. Goren joined Delta Dental of Missouri in 2009, and served as chief actuary and senior vice president of business development before assuming his current role. He has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to his tenure at Delta Dental, Mr. Goren served as a director and consulting actuary at Buck Consultants in its Atlanta Health and Productivity Practice, and as vice president of actuarial and underwriting at CompBenefits Corporation, where he led the company’s dental and vision actuarial and underwriting departments. 

Mr. Goren is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He previously served as chair and vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA), the not-for-profit national association of the 39 independent Delta Dental member companies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Actuarial Science degree from Georgia State University.