Beebe Healthcare is looking for its next president and CEO. The health system's board of directors has formed a search committee and partnered with Maryland-based executive search firm Witt/Kieffer to begin the process this summer.

"While the role of the Board will be to ultimately appoint a Chief Executive Officer, the search committee will have a significant role in the review and assessment of applicants, as well as helping shape the candidate criteria and the type of CEO we will seek," said David Herbert, chair of Beebe Healthcare board of directors. "With the help of Witt/Kieffer, the search committee will find candidates who can continue advancing Beebe Healthcare into the Next Generation of Care, focusing on innovation, maintaining our roots in the community, and strengthening the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care across Sussex County."

The search committee includes:

• David Herbert, Chairman, committee chair
• Paul T. Cowan, Jr., D.O.
• Frank Czerwinski
• R. Christian Hudson
• Janet B. McCarty
• Terry A. Megee
• Michael A. Meoli
• Paul C. Peet, M.D.

The search firm will be working through the summer and meeting with candidates take place in the early fall. The board is targeting a selection this fall.