Dawn Zieger is Vice President of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Geisinger. Dawn is a dynamic speaker, change agent, and advocate for mental health services. In her current role, she is responsible for the operations of a full continuum of behavioral health services, including inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, addiction medicine and substance use treatment services serving Central Pennsylvania. Dawn has led the transformation efforts to bring needed Behavioral Healthcare to rural Pennsylvania through virtual care while creating surge capacity for mental health services. Ms. Zieger has a passion for integration and transformation, leading multi-organizational initiatives to bring needed behavioral healthcare to patients across the continuum.
Ms. Zieger has a diverse background in healthcare, payer, and technology-based environments. Prior to coming to Geisinger, she led transformation programs at JPS Health Network as Executive Director of Community and Director of Ambulatory Behavioral Health. Ms. Zieger is a proud Army veteran with experience working with PATRIOT missile systems. She’s also an assistant professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, supporting cross disciplinary educational programming.
She earned a master’s degree in public health from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and has a bachelor of science degree from Dallas Baptist University. Dawn is dedicated to developing people and programs, leading teams through change, and serving the needs of the community.