Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 11, 2023, Priscilla Kasenchak, Chief Accounting Officer of agilon health, inc. (“agilon health”), notified agilon health of her decision to resign to pursue another professional opportunity. Ms. Kasenchak’s resignation is not due to any disagreement with agilon health, and we are grateful for Ms. Kasenchak’s dedicated service. Ms. Kasenchak will be succeeded by Timothy Gertsch, agilon heath’s Vice President, Controller, who assumed the role of Chief Accounting Officer on August 16, 2023. Ms. Kasenchak will remain employed by agilon health in a transitional role until September 15, 2023.
Mr. Gertsch, age 37, has served as Vice President, Controller at agilon health since April 2022. Prior to his current role, Mr. Gertsch served in a number of senior accounting positions at agilon health, including serving as Accounting Director upon joining agilon health in 2020 and as acting Chief Accounting Officer from May 2022 to September 2022. Prior to joining agilon health, Mr. Gertsch served as a Senior Manager at The Siegfried Group from 2018 to 2020, where he supported agilon health’s accounting functions. Prior to his role at The Siegfried Group, Mr. Gertsch served as a Manager at Protiviti from 2016 to 2018. Mr. Gertsch received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Accounting from the University of Utah and is a Certified Public Accountant.
In connection with Mr. Gertsch’s appointment as Chief Accounting Officer, he will receive an annual base salary of $325,000 and an annual target bonus of 50% of his base salary. Additionally, Mr. Gertsch will receive (i) options to purchase shares of agilon health’s common stock valued at $100,000 under the Black-Scholes model and (ii) restricted stock units valued at $100,000 on the grant date, in each case, that will vest subject to Mr. Gertsch’s continued employment with agilon health on the applicable vesting dates. Mr. Gertsch will also be eligible for an annual equity grant pursuant to agilon health’s equity compensation plan, subject to approval by the board of directors of agilon health.
Mr. Gertsch has no family relationships, as defined in Item 401 of Regulation S-K, with any director or executive officer of agilon health, and there was no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Gertsch and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. In addition, there have been no transactions directly or indirectly involving Mr. Gertsch that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.