Okorie Ramsey is the Vice President, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a $115 billion dollar healthcare enterprise.
In this role, he has responsibility and oversight for the SOX Program, including strategy, testing, and evaluating internal controls and assessing business risk to assist in building an effective internal control over financial reporting for the organization.
Prior to his current role, Okorie held the position of Vice President, Finance Compliance Officer, where he was responsible for establishing a finance compliance program to support compliance with regulatory and enforcement agencies as well as leading compliance investigations and co-developing remediation activities to address issues identified. In addition to these finance executive roles, Okorie has served in management and leadership roles in public accounting and business and industry.
Okorie is the 110th Chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Past Chairman of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association), which represents the largest and most influential body of accounting and finance professionals in the world. Okorie serves on the San Francisco State University Foundation Board of Directors.
Previously, Okorie has served on various boards as Chairman and board committees including Audit and Finance, Compensation, Nominations and Governance and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the fields of accounting and finance including the California Society of CPAs Education Foundation, the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA, Inc.), the Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP), and LIFE Courses. Okorie has also been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting by Accounting Today.
