Baptist Health announced June 1 that it named interim CEO Michael Mayo as the next president and CEO of the Jacksonville-based hospital system, effective immediately.
Mayo was selected for the interim role after former CEO Brett McClung’s departure in April. Mayo most recently served as president of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, the system’s Southbank hospital.
The Baptist Health board unanimously chose to forgo a CEO search, the news release said.
“Michael is a high energy leader with experience in both not-for-profit and for-profit health systems. He believes in a culture of trust and collaboration,” Baptist Health board Chair Richard Sisisky said in the release.
I m on a roll writing about sports history today, and I saw this on my Twitter feed from Michigan journalist Ken Coleman. On April 12th, 1981, Joe Louis died, at 66. And on this date in 1989, Sugar Ray Robinson died. He was 67. Both grew up in Detroit, with Louis remembered by younger fans, as the name on the Joe Louis Arena, which was home the Detroit Red Wings for nearly forty years. But the story behind both men is compelling.
You have to remember, up until maybe the turn of this century, boxing was a big deal. If you were heavyweight champion of the world, you were right up there as about the greatest athlete on the planet. Joe Louis Barrow, Jr. was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1937 to 1949.