Baylor Scott and White Health CEO/President Jim Hinton is not your everyday leader. Having taken over his new role in January as head of the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas, he’s been very busy looking to the future growth of the organization. Evidently, he decided that an adjustment was needed moving forward. And that adjustment was in his role. While he’ll remain CEO, Jim has tapped Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Executive VP/COO Pete McCanna to be president of Baylor Scott and White.
According to Jim, “This new office will further expand the capabilities of our already talented leadership team, helping us more rapidly evolve. We are committed to extending Baylor Scott and White’s long history of success by transforming into a nationally recognized, high-value integrated delivery network; and to transform, we must drive costs down, while making the right investments in key areas.
“Pete is a highly respected senior executive with a track record of helping to grow organizations, create and implement successful, long-range strategic plans and lead financial turnarounds. He is one of the best and brightest in health care.”
These two are no strangers. They have a track record when Jim was CEO at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in New Mexico and Pete was CFO.
Pete and his family are in the process of moving from Chicago to Dallas, so he can assume his new role in September. BTW, Pete already knows how to speak Texan. He earned his master’s degree from the University of Texas and is married to a native Texan.
Greg says
I have had the opportunity to work with both of these gentlemen at Presbyterian. Baylor Scott And White Health have got themselves a gem of a leadership team indeed!