Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare Appoint Kelly Ankenbrand as CEO of Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast
March 14 2023 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare have named Kelly Ankenbrand,
M.B.A., as chief executive officer for Geisinger Behavioral Health
Center Northeast, a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital
being built through a joint venture partnership between Geisinger
and Acadia in Moosic.
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Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare have
named Kelly Ankenbrand as chief executive officer for Geisinger
Behavioral Health Center Northeast. (Photo: Business Wire)
Ms. Ankenbrand succeeds Jenna Pacini. Ms. Pacini was named CEO
in August 2022 with Ms. Ankenbrand as CEO-in-Training and Pacini’s
successor. Ms. Ankenbrand completed her training ahead of schedule
and with exceptional results. Ms. Pacini will now become the CEO of
another Acadia hospital.
In her new role, effective March 6, Ms. Ankenbrand will oversee
the development of the facility including staff recruitment and
training, clinical programming design and oversight of all key
functions leading to the opening of the new hospital.
“I am honored to be named as the new CEO of Geisinger Behavioral
Hospital Northeast,” said Ms. Ankenbrand. “The partnership of
Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare promises to bring the highest
quality of behavioral healthcare to our community. I look forward
to being part of this journey as we build a culture of compassion
and service with high standards for clinical excellence to meet the
needs of the community we serve.”
The joint venture partnership is helping to address the
increased need for mental health care in Pennsylvania. According to
data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in 5
U.S. adults experience mental illness each year. Three out of 5
Pennsylvania communities do not have enough mental health
providers, and more than 1.8 million adults in Pennsylvania have a
mental health condition.
Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast is the first of two
hospitals that the joint venture plans to build to bring
high-quality inpatient behavioral health services to central and
northeastern Pennsylvania. The second new freestanding inpatient
behavioral health hospital – Geisinger Behavioral Health Center
Central – will be constructed in Danville. Both hospitals will
serve adult and pediatric patients.
“We are very excited to have a leader of Kelly’s caliber guiding
the new hospital in Moosic,” said Dawn Zieger, vice president of
psychiatry and behavioral health for Geisinger. “We want to thank
Jenna for her strong leadership of the hospital through this
important phase of development and for training Kelly for her new
role. We are pleased that in partnership with Geisinger, our shared
vision of a state-of-the-art behavioral health hospital is on track
to become reality in August this year.”
Prior to joining Geisinger Behavioral Health Hospital Northeast,
Ms. Ankenbrand served as the Vice President of Behavioral Health
Services for the Commonwealth Health Network in Northeastern
Pennsylvania. She has played a critical role in the delivery of
community and hospital-based psychiatric services throughout the
surrounding community for the last 25 years.
Ms. Ankenbrand earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and
English from Wilkes University and her Master of Business
Administration from the University of Scranton. Her involvement in
the community goes beyond the delivery of care to include the
development and implementation of training programs to support
first responders and serving as co-president of the NAMI Northeast
Region of Pennsylvania.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the
more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years
ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 10 hospital
campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a
research institute and the Geisinger College of Health Sciences,
which includes schools of medicine, nursing and graduate education.
With more than 25,000 employees and 1,700+ employed physicians,
Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions
of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us
on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Acadia Healthcare
Acadia is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services
across the United States. As of December 31, 2022, Acadia operated
a network of 250 behavioral healthcare facilities with
approximately 11,000 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. With
approximately 23,000 employees serving more than 75,000 patients
daily, Acadia is the largest stand-alone behavioral healthcare
company in the U.S. Acadia provides behavioral healthcare services
to its patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient
psychiatric hospitals, specialty treatment facilities, residential
treatment centers and outpatient clinics.
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