Yvette Radford, Yvette Radford is Vice President for External and Community Affairs at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, where she oversees the Community Relations Program, Regional Government Relations, and manages a $1.78 billion Community Benefit/Community Health portfolio.

Ms. Radford leads Kaiser Permanente’s community-based initiatives aimed at addressing health inequities in underserved communities. Her efforts focus on tackling pressing issues such as COVID-19 response and recovery, affordable housing and homelessness, access to health and behavioral health care, building a diverse healthcare workforce, and expanding economic opportunities for all. She represents Kaiser Permanente on several boards and commissions. Yvette was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the California Volunteers Commission in 2014, she was re-appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Foundation, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat Learn Play Foundation, California Women Lead and is an advisory committee member for Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Gun Violence Research and Education.