Transition Year at Akron Children’s Hospital

AKRON – New leadership calls 2022 a transition year at Akron Children’s Hospital. The last time Akron Children’s Hospital brought in someone from the outside to lead the organization was 1979. So, it’s natural to call President and CEO Chris Gessner’s 2022 a true transition year. Gessner took over for Grace Wakulchik, who retired in October 2021 and had been with the hospital for nearly 30 years. Before Wakulchik was president and CEO, long-time executive Bill Considine held the