Sally Gammon, FACHE, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network's President and CEO since 1997, has announced plans to retire in 2013.

The Good Shepherd Board of Trustees has begun a search for Good Shepherd's next president and CEO. Gammon intends to remain involved with Good Shepherd and the local community after her retirement.

Gammon joined Good Shepherd in May 1997 and led the organization's transformation from a local rehabilitation provider and home for the disabled to a nationally-recognized post-acute care health system. Under her leadership, Good Shepherd quadrupled in size and budget and expanded its scope of services, growing from a $45-million to a $201-million organization.

When Gammon began her tenure at Good Shepherd, the organization consisted of a rehabilitation hospital and long-term care facility in Allentown and a Work Services division. Good Shepherd expanded to include a licensed long-term acute care hospital for critically-ill patients.

Good Shepherd operates inpatient rehabilitation facilities at Easton Hospital, Pocono Medical Center and Wayne Memorial Hospital. Good Shepherd has a long-term care facility for the severely disabled in Bethlehem. Good Shepherd's outpatient centers expanded from four to 21 locations in seven counties.

In July 2009, Good Shepherd opened the 16-bed Good Shepherd Hospital Pediatric Unit in Bethlehem, the only inpatient rehabilitation unit in the area for children.

Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, became operational in July 2008, with 412 inpatient beds, 34 outpatient sites and more than 2,000 employees. Gammon is chair of the Good Shepherd Penn Partners Board of Trustees.

In 1997, Good Shepherd served nearly 10,000. In fiscal year 2012, Good Shepherd served more than 61,000 people. Good Shepherd maintained its "A" bond rating.

In partnership with the Good Shepherd Board of Trustees, a $40-million capital campaign launched in June 2000 achieved its goal 18 months ahead of schedule and raised $51 million.

The campaign supported the multi-year transformation of Good Shepherd's south Allentown campus that was dedicated in 2006 and encompasses a high-technology apartment building, a parking deck, healing gardens and the Good Shepherd Health & Technology Center.

The 64,000-square-foot Good Shepherd Health & Technology Center houses The Harry C. Trexler Center for Rehabilitation Technology, outpatient orthopedic therapy and neuro-rehabilitation, a large warm-water pool for aqua therapy, the outpatient pediatrics program, a radiology suite, Optimal Fitness and The Spine & Joint Center.