Efferves Miss MAY/JUNE 2021 | 26 | FRONTDOORS MEDIA COVER STORY {by karen werner}

er coquettish voice and million- dollar smile are magnetic, making everyone feel like friends. Billie Jo Herberger has had these gifts since childhood, growing up one of five well-heeled daughters of a Pasadena dentist. It was a sunny, happy upbringing, spent between a Balboa Island beach house and a house on Maui. Billie Jo could surf before she could drive. “I was an early little beach girl,” she said. “Southern California was a dream for me.” Dubbed “Miss Effervescent” in high school, Billie Jo was always a bon vivant. “I was the most popular girl and wanted everybody over,” she said. “When I was able to drive, I would stop and pick up snacks so that I could entertain my friends. I became that girl really early on.” H Looking back with philanthropist Billie Jo Herberger as she rides the waves of a remarkable life ent Billie Jo and Judd Herberger enjoy a cheerful life in a Scottsdale penthouse filled with art and mementos, including this painting of the pair surfing. FRONTDOORS MEDIA | 27 | MAY/JUNE 2021