Our Leadership Team

Lisa Aurilio, MSN, MBA
Chief Operating Officer

Tarun Bhalla, MD, MBA, FAAP
Chair, Anesthesia & Pain Medicine; Chief Clinical Officer; 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 Children’s Health Collaborative

Tony Gutowski
Chief Government Relations and Business Development Officer

Rhonda Larimore
Chief Human Resources Officer

Shefali Mahesh, MD
Dr. Noah Miller Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine; Pediatrician in Chief; Immediate Past President, Medical Staff; Pediatric Nephrologist

Kimberly Moses
Chief Legal Officer

Harun Rashid
Vice President, Information Services; Chief Information Officer

Todd Ritzman, MD, FAAOS, FAOA
Surgeon in Chief; Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Bernett Williams, MPA
Chief Engagement 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

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

Tsulee Chen, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery; Bruce F. Rothmann, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery; Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Bruce H. Cohen, MD, FAAN
Director, 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; President, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology 2024-2025

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

Richard Mahon, DO
Chair, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Michael Rubin, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatric Radiology;
Pediatric Radiologist

Julie Samora, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Orthopedics; Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

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

Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD
Chair, Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology; The Lois C. Orr Endowed Chair in Pediatric Psychiatry

Erin Wright, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology; Director, Shannon E. Wilkes Targeted Therapy Program; Jeffrey A. Barbour Chair for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Research and Healing; Co-Director, Neurofibromatosis Clinic; Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist

Banke BLawrence, DNP
Vice President, Nursing Informatics

Janae Bragg, MBA
Vice President, Talent Management

Joseph Carr, MBA, RN
Vice President, Supply Chain

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, Financial Planning and Performance

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

Brian Lapolla, AIA, MBA, LEED AP
Vice President, Operations

Michael Mainwaring
Vice President, Business Development

Brian Martin, DMD, MHCDS
Vice President, Population Health; Dentist

Paul Olivier, FACHE
Vice President, Akron Children's Mahoning Valley

Deepesh Randeri
Vice President, Information Security

Matt Rusch, MBA
Vice President, Finance & 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, Operations and Professional Services

Tina Speicher
Vice President, Total Rewards

Kara Williams
Vice President, Associate General Counsel