Rick Pollack, the decade-long leader of the American Hospital Association, will retire by the end of 2026, the hospital lobby announced Wednesday.

The AHA is beginning a nationwide search for Pollack’s replacement. The group has hired executive search firm WittKieffer to assist in the hunt.

Rick Pollack, CEO of the American Hospital Association, will retire by the end of 2026. Permission granted by American Hospital Association

Pollack will remain “fully engaged” until the search process is complete, the AHA said in a statement.

Prior to becoming CEO of the AHA in 2015, Pollack served for more than 20 years as executive vice president for advocacy and public policy for the association. Pollack joined the AHA in the 1980s, first as vice president and deputy director of its Washington

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