Gina Calder was appointed president of Hartford HealthCare’s central region in September 2024.
A former hospital president in Missouri, her appointment made her HHC’s first Black woman regional president. She succeeded former central region President Gary Havican.
HHC’s central region includes MidState Medical Center in Meriden and The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain
MidState Medical Center this year joined another HHC facility, St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, in earning four advanced certifications from The Joint Commission, placing them among only six hospitals nationwide to achieve that distinction.
Calder previously served as president of Barnes-Jewish St. Peter’s Hospital and Progress West Hospital, both in Missouri and members of the BJC Health System that serves Missouri, Illinois and Kansas.
She is a graduate of Yale University, where she earned three degrees — a bachelor’s in psychology, a master’s in public health in health policy and administration, and an MBA.
She then completed both her administrative residency and a fellowship with Yale New Haven Health and worked there for 14 years. That included 12 years at Bridgeport Hospital, where she held various leadership roles, including vice president of ambulatory services and administrator of the hospital’s Milford campus.