Health care nonprofit CEO retires

FORT MYERS — Bob Simpson, who has run LeeSar/Cooperative Services of Florida for 15 years, has announced his retirement.

A nonprofit health care supply chain, LeeSar was created in 1998 to deliver goods and services to Lee Health and Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System. But when Simpson came on board in 2002, the organization was struggling, says Lee Health CEO Jim Nathan, a LeeSar/CSF Board member.

“At the time Bob was hired in 2002, he told me that he wanted me to be able to sleep at night knowing that not only was the business in good hands but that it would be amazingly successful,” says Nathan in a statement. “Bob's visionary leadership transformed the company into an award winning and nationally recognized resource that allows member health systems to become more efficient, while also improving patient care. We are all very proud of LeeSar/CSF and appreciative of Bob's caring and focused leadership.”