Chris Gade retired last week.
“It’s been a great run. It has been a great opportunity to serve Mayo Clinic in so many different ways over so many years,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to the next opportunity down the road and to see what Mayo Clinic will become moving forward. I’m certain it will be successful.”
Friday was the 57-year-old Gade’s last day as chief public affairs officer. After starting his career at Mayo as a media relations and marketing communications specialist in 1989, Gade went on to serve in a variety of roles.
He led the Mayo Clinic Regional Communications office, as part of the organization establishing Mayo Clinic Health System. Gade steered Mayo Clinic’s Division of External Relations and was the managing director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center.
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April 10
Mayo Clinic is not just faced with an enormous health crisis. Now, there is an economic crisis, too very likely the biggest such challenge Mayo has faced since the Great Depression.
Income has plummeted as Mayo has turned its attention from regular business to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the clinic is rolling out a plan of spending reductions, including payroll cuts, that will directly affect about one-third of Mayo s70,000 employees across all of its sites, including Mayo Clinic Health System sites and the campuses in Rochester, Florida and Arizona.
The plan is designed to bring down a $3 billion loss that financial projections show would occur by year-end without any adjustments, and to do it without lowering the quality of care, research and education Mayo provides. No layoffs are planned.