Alpana Wegner — Chief Financial Officer at Benefitfocus

Alpana is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Benefitfocus. She joined the team in April 2017 bringing a renewed focus on accelerating growth for our health plan business. Leveraging her experience, she quickly saw an opportunity to provide financial leadership to the organization by moving into the VP, Corporate Controller role at the end of 2017. Appointed CFO in 2020, extending her role beyond typical bean counting, she uses her operational background to partner with our business leaders to influence smarter decision making and execution of key strategic initiatives. With more than 20 years of experience, she is a catalyst for driving operational and strategic improvements, constantly working on tangible ways to create better value for our stakeholders: customers, shareholders and associates alike.

Alpana oversees our holistic financial organization, leading strategic direction for our FP&A, corporate finance, controller, investor relations, operational excellence, legal and information technology arms. She mentors and cultivates this team of super talented people by bringing curiosity to drive constructive change. She’s armed with data to give actionable insights and she effectively communicates our strategy and progress against it to all stakeholders.?

Alpana received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Arizona State University and holds the CPA designation.