Baylor Scott & White welcomes new president, Pete McCanna
Jim Hinton, chief executive officer
of Baylor Scott & White Health,
recruited Pete McCanna to join the
Pete McCanna, president of
Baylor Scott & White Health
sy s te m’s exe c u t i ve te a m i n
September 2017. Pete currently
carries the title of president and
interim chief financial officer. The
following profile offers a closer look
at one of Baylor Scott & White’s new
leaders.
Pete always had one question on
his mind: What am I going to do in my
career to help others?
“My parents and the nuns who
educated me constantly encouraged
me to seek and find my ‘calling.’ How
will I live my life to help others?” Pete
recalled.
His answer came in the form of a
diagram that a professor sketched
for him toward the end of his graduate
studies at The University of Texas.
The professor was Wilbur J. Cohen,
who served under President Lyndon
B. Johnson as the first Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare. The
diagram was of the U.S. health care
system.
“See how messed up this is?” the
professor asked Pete. “The health
care industry needs leaders to help
improve this.”
Since then, Pete has been working
to do exactly that. Despite the
“messed-up” model Professor
Cohen showed him, Pete has
established a solid track record of Baylor Scott & White has all the right
success. During his most recent redesigning health care in the U.S.
steering health care systems to
tenure
at
Chicago-based
pieces in place to be a leader in
Third, and perhaps one of the
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, stronge st motivator s, is the
operating revenue from $700 million “You remember the people who you
he helped the system grow its
to more than $5 billion.
Earlier in his career, Pete served as
chief financial officer of Presbyterian
Healthcare Services in New Mexico,
where he and Jim Hinton worked
together for four years.
Pete credits three things for
bringing him to Baylor Scott & White
Health. First is Baylor Scott & White’s
great reputation. Second is that
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opportunity to work with Jim again.
really enjoyed working with and the
people you really respected, and Jim
is one of those people for me,” Pete
said. “I think he’s a great leader and
he makes it fun at work,” he added,
citing an ugly sweater contest that
took place over the holidays. Pete
plans on winning this contest next
year.
On a serious note, Pete is excited