Christopher T. Gheysens was appointed our Lead Director in 2025.
He brings finance, accounting, auditing, strategic planning, retail operations, board governance, local and national market, and executive leadership expertise to our Board of Directors from his experience with Wawa, Inc., a privately held, $20 billion organization consisting of more than 1,200 company owned and operated convenience stores. Mr. Gheysens has extensive knowledge of retail operations as well as experience with strategic planning, including leading the expansion of the convenience store and gas station’s footprint along the East Coast and Mid-West.
Mr. Gheysens is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wawa, Inc. At Wawa, Inc., he previously held the positions of Vice-Chair and Chief Executive Officer from 2023-2024, President and Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2023, and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer from 2007 to 2012.
He is Chairman of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Board of Trustees and former member of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Board of Overseers.
Formerly, he served as a Trustee on Villanova University’s Board of Trustees, chairperson of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Villanova School of Business, member of the Economic and Community Advisory Committee for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and director of the National Association of Convenience Stores.
Mr. Gheysens graduated from the Villanova University School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. He obtained his Master of Business Administration from Saint Joseph’s University and was a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey.
Mr. Gheysens became a director of WSFS Financial Corporation in 2017 and will be up for reelection at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.