Northeast Fla., Jacksonville Business Players - Sept. 2009

» Scott Whalen stepped down as president and CEO of St. Vincent’s HealthCare in Jacksonville. Parent organization Ascension Health, a nationwide Catholic hospital system, named Howard Watts, a former senior executive of Catholic Health East, interim president and CEO while officials conduct a national search.

Hope McMath

» Hope McMath, longtime education director at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, was appointed the museum’s director.

» Tony Vecchio, previously zoo director of Oregon Zoo in Portland, was named executive director of the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.