Regional health care system, after long search, names new leader

BayCare Health System’s search for a new CEO, which kicked off in February, has concluded with the hiring of Stephanie Conners. She will succeed Tommy Inzina, who plans to retire by the end of the year.

Conners, 50, will also serve as president of Clearwater-based BayCare, west-central Florida’s largest not-for-profit health care provider and one of the region’s largest employers. She began her career as a nurse and is currently executive vice president and COO at Jefferson Health, a large, not-for-profit health care system based in Philadelphia.