Venice hospital names interim CEO

VENICE — Venice Regional Bayfront Health named Jeff Reece interim CEO amid a wider change in leadership at the hospital.

Reece replaces Peter Wozniak, who resigned at the end of July. Wozniak, CEO since 2010, left soon after news reports in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune detailed investigations regarding the 312-bed hospital's response to a widespread sewage leak.

In addition to Reece, hospital officials named clinical administration veteran and former Venice Regional executive Peggy Greene interim chief nursing officer, according to a statement. Greene, interim chief nursing officer at Venice Regional in fall 2014, has overseen nursing staffs at hospitals and hospice facilities in Florida and Maryland, the release adds. She's also taught nursing at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and Florida Gulf Coast University.