Doing Well

For someone who runs an organization that cares for people and their families at the end of a life, Gerard Radford certainly spends a lot of time looking deep into the future.

On the recent announcement he plans to retire from Sarasota-based Tidewell Hospice, for example, he gave the nonprofit's board 14 months' notice. Named CEO of the 700-employee organization in 2010, Radford will remain at the helm of Tidewell and its affiliated entities until Dec. 31, 2018.

Even more future-thinking, Radford, with Tidewell since 1998, when it was Hospice of Southwest Florida, has long considered it paramount to prepare the organization for its long-term future. Says Radford: “My mission is to make sure Tidewell Hospice will exist 10 years, 20 years, 30 years from now.”