Biography

Alfonse Upshaw has served as a member of our Board since December 2020. Mr. Upshaw is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Northern California Market for Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals (Kaiser Permanente). Mr. Upshaw also served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer for Kaiser Permanente until January 2022. Previously, Mr. Upshaw was an audit partner with Deloitte where he served Fortune 500 public as well as high growth private clients in a variety of industries. Mr. Upshaw has served on not-for-profit boards and several advisory committees including the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, Inc., Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Foundation, the UC Berkeley Center for Financial Reporting and Management, and the American Heart Association Research Roundtable. Mr. Upshaw holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a lifetime member of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.