Baptist Well being President and CEO Michael A. Mayo will retire in December 2026, in response to a Sept. 30 information launch.
Mayo and the Baptist Well being board of administrators anticipate to call his inside successor by the tip of this yr.
“Whereas I’m not formally retiring from Baptist Well being till December 2026, my plan is to step down as CEO on January 16, 2026, and transition right into a extra narrowly centered executive-in-residence function,” Mayo mentioned within the launch.
“This timing aligns properly with our strategic planning cycle and can enable me to proceed to advocate for our neighborhood, Baptist Well being and our business as I fulfill my present phrases on the boards of the Florida Hospital Affiliation and American Hospital Affiliation.”
Mayo, 70, was chosen as president and CEO of Jacksonville-based Baptist Well being in 2021. Earlier than that he labored for greater than a decade as president of the Baptist Medical Middle Jacksonville.
Baptist Well being has expanded providers and amenities beneath Mayo.
Baptist Well being President and CEO Michael A. Mayo on the Sept. 17 groundbreaking for the development of the hospital’s McGehee Household Tower, which is a part of the growth of two emergency rooms at Baptist Medical Middle and Wolfson Kids’s Hospital on the Downtown Southbank.
It secured state funding to double the capability of its pediatric and adolescent behavioral well being unit. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) additionally grew to permit employees to higher look after newborns who’ve low delivery weight, are untimely, or are critically ailing.
On Sept. 17, Mayo oversaw the groundbreaking for the development of the hospital’s McGehee Household Tower, which is a part of the growth of two emergency rooms – one for adults and one other for youngsters. The $187.38 million undertaking is at Baptist Medical Middle and Wolfson Kids’s Hospital on the Downtown Southbank.
“This tower actually does take the final of the out there footprint of the campus and now we’re going vertical,” he mentioned on the ceremony.
Mayo additionally serves as CEO of Coastal Group Well being — a regional alliance between Baptist Well being and Southeast Georgia Well being System — established to enhance high quality, effectivity and worth for sufferers throughout North Florida and South Georgia.
A part of the 2026 transition will see the incoming CEO of Baptist Well being assuming this Coastal Group Well being function as properly.
Mayo serves on the Board of the American Hospital Affiliation and chairs its Regional Coverage Board 4, which represents the Southeastern U.S. He additionally sits on the Florida Hospital Affiliation Board of Trustees, representing Area 2, and leads its High quality & Affected person Security Committee.
“The Board is enormously grateful for Michael’s management. He has really set the tone for your complete group — strengthening relationships, representing core values and demonstrating a deep understanding of the group’s future wants,” Deborah Go Durham, chair of the Baptist Well being Board of Administrators, mentioned within the launch.
“I really feel lucky to have labored intently with Michael to make sure Baptist Well being has a strong succession plan and powerful inside bench of expertise to make sure continued momentum towards all the nice issues forward.”