{"id":567294,"date":"2026-03-27T06:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T06:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:58:12","slug":"ascension-wisconsin-ceo-to-step-down-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567294\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascension Wisconsin CEO to step down in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_626565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-626565\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-626565 size-square-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Daniel-Jackson-Ascension-Wisconsin-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-626565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/company\/ascension-wisconsin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ascension Wisconsin<\/a> chief executive officer <a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/people\/daniel-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Jackson<\/a>\u00a0will step down from his role on April 17, according to an Ascension spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are grateful for Daniel\u2019s commitment and dedication to Ascension Wisconsin,&#8221; Ascension said in a Thursday statement. &#8220;During his tenure, Daniel has been instrumental in enhancing the health of communities in Wisconsin and advancing our ministry&#8217;s mission. We wish him continued blessings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not elaborate on the reason for Jackson&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Cihak, currently chief operating officer for Ascension Wisconsin, will serve as interim CEO, according to the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a leadership shakeup, Jackson<a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/ascension-wisconsins-top-exec-to-leave-organization-amidst-leadership-restructuring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> joined Ascension in 2023<\/a> as interim president and CEO of Ascension Columbia St. Mary\u2019s Hospital \u2013 Milwaukee Campus, but was <a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/new-leader-named-for-ascension-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">named CEO of Ascension Wisconsin later that year<\/a> as the health system was experiencing turmoil, including staffing shortages and concerns about patient care.<\/p>\n<p>Ascension Wisconsin is a non-profit Catholic health care organization with more than 165 locations, including 10 hospitals and 8 urgent care locations, primarily in Milwaukee, Racine and the Fox Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was included in BizTimes Media&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/biztimes.com\/wisconsin275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wisconsin 275<\/a> list of the most influential business leaders in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ascension Wisconsin chief executive officer Daniel Jackson\u00a0will step down from his role on April 17, according to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,12063,137,500,279099],"class_list":["post-567294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daily","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-source-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}