Kendra Aucker became senior vice president of WellSpan Health’s North Region and president of WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital in July 2024. She was appointed president and CEO of Evangelical Community Hospital in July 2015 after previously serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Prior to that, Kendra had been an integral part of Evangelical Community Hospital’s senior leadership team since 1990. Serving in marketing, physician practice management, operations, and executive leadership roles, she helped shape the strategic growth that set Evangelical apart from other community hospitals.
Kendra is a licensed agent through the Insurance Department of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with qualifications in accident and health and life and fixed annuities. She is a healthcare fellow of the Healthcare Advisory Board and a member of both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Medical Group Management Association. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from Frederick Taylor University.
Kendra serves on a number of boards of directors, including the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), CHART (a reciprocal risk retention group), Transitions of PA, and the First Community Foundation Partnership. She is a trustee for Susquehanna University, a commissioner with the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission, and a member of the Lewisburg Sunrise Rotary Club.
