After serving as chief HR officer at Minneapolis-based Thrivent Financial, Mary Nease dove headfirst into the health care industry two years ago. At Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services, which employs more than 30,000, she leads a team of nearly 200, handling both a complex industry and, in the past year-plus, the added stressors of Covid. Case in point: In less than a month, Nease led the organization as it transitioned Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul into one of the nation’s first hospitals dedicated entirely to Covid care. In that role, she directed hiring and training staff to care for patients with a then-unfamiliar disease.