Akron Children's Management and Leadership Team
CEO
Christopher Gessner, President and Chief Executive Officer
CEO Council
Lisa Aurilio, MSN, MBA Chief Operating Officer
Tarun Bhalla, MD, MBA, FAAP Chair, Anesthesia & Pain Medicine; Interim Director, Akron Children’s Health Collaborative; Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Michael Bigham, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM Chief Quality Officer; Pediatric Intensivist
Shelly Brown, MAOL, CFRE Chief Development Officer and Executive Director of the Foundation
Gordon Edwards, Chief Financial Officer
Michael Forbes, MD, FAAP, FCCM Chief Academic Officer; William H. and Rebecca D. Considine Endowed Chair for Pediatric Research; Head, Rebecca D Considine Research Institute
Kristene Grayem, MSN, APRN-CNP Chief Population Health Officer; Executive Director, Akron Childrens Health Collaborative
Rhonda Larimore, Chief Human Resources Officer
Shefali Mahesh, MD Dr. Noah Miller Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine; Immediate Past President, Medical Staff; Pediatric Nephrologist
Robert McGregor, MD Chief Medical Officer
Kimberly Moses, Chief Legal Officer
Harun Rashid, Vice President, Information Services; Chief Information Officer
Todd Ritzman, MD, FAAOS, FAOA Chair, Department of Orthopedics; Director, Spine Center; Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon
Bernett Williams, MPA Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer; Vice President for Community Initiatives
Christine Young, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, DNP, Grace Wakulchik Endowed Chair for Nursing; Chief of Hospital Based Services; Chief Nursing Officer
Chiefs and Chairs
Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; President-elect for the Association for Academic Pathology; Medical Director of Value Analysis in Supply Chain
Bruce H. Cohen, MD, FAAN Chair, NeuroDevelopmental Science Center; Philip H. Maynard Chair in NeuroDevelopmental Science Fund; Chairman, American Academy of Neurology Advocacy Committee; Pediatric Neurologist
Jennifer Dwyer, MD, FAAP Chief of Primary Care; Pediatrician
Jeffrey Hord, MD Director, Division of Hematology-Oncology; Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist; LOPen Charities and Mawaka Family Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Vice President, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology 2023-2024
Kerwyn Jones, MD Medical Staff President; Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon; Sports Medicine Physician; Department Quality Officer
John Lane, MD, FACC Director, Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Service; Pediatric Cardiologist; Sunrise Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Michael Rubin, MD Chair, Department of Pediatric Radiology; Pediatric Radiologist
Marya Strand, MD, MS Chair, Department of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Thomas R. & Mary Lynn Crowley Endowed Chair in Neonatology and Maternal Fetal Medicine; Director, Division of Neonatology; Neonatologist-Perinatologist; Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist
Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD Director, Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology; The Lois C. Orr Endowed Chair in Pediatric Psychiatry
Vice Presidents
Janae Bragg, MBA Vice President, Talent Management
Beth Carr, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC Vice President, Patient Services; Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Brian Dinger, MBA Vice President, Primary Care and Regional Services
Shana Earle Vice President, Professional and Support Services
Carole Ettinger Vice President, Information Services Division
Matthew Groninger, MHA Vice President, Medical and Surgical Subspecialties
Megan Hopper Vice President, Principal Giving
Roderick (Rod) Ingram, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Jawad Khan Vice President, Enterprise Analytics
Joy Kosiewicz Vice President, Associate General Counsel
Alicia LaMancusa, CPA, MBA Vice President, Finance
Brian Lapolla, AIA, MBA, LEED AP Vice President, Operations
Michael Mainwaring Vice President, Business Development
Paul Olivier, FACHE Vice President, Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley
Deepesh Randeri Vice President, Information Security
Matt Rusch, MBA Vice President, Revenue Cycle
Sarah Rush, MD Vice President, Informatics; Chief Medical Information Officer; Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist; Marci M. Matthews Endowed Chair in Telehealth
Tina Sanzone, MHA, BSN, RN Vice President, Access and Patient Navigation
Tina Speicher Vice President, Total Rewards
Kara Williams Vice President, Associate General Counsel
