Executive Management

Cathy Hamel has over 20 years executive experience in healthcare management from small physician practice management to Fortune 500 business development and operations responsibilities, including acquisition and development activities. She held executive positions at NeighborCare At Home, Severn Healthcare, Inc., Columbia Healthcare Corporation and TeamCare. At Columbia HealthCare Corporation she participated on a team that submitted an application and subsequent survey for the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award for Healthcare. She was directly responsible for the Information Management survey responses. Cathy has been with Gilchrist since August of 2008 and started as the organization’s Chief Operating Officer. She was promoted to Executive Director in November 2009 and President in 2015. In addition, she was appointed to the position of Vice President of Continuing Care Services for GBMC Healthcare, in July 2011. Cathy serves as the President of the Hospice Alliance in Maryland where she was instrumental in building a state-wide program for children’s hospice services, Alliance Kids. She also serves on the Board of Global Partners in Care where palliative and hospice care is promoted internationally.

Dr. Gloth started at Gilchrist in September 2022. As CMO, Dr. Gloth provides medical leadership for our geriatric, palliative, hospice and medical director services in homes, residential care facilities, inpatient centers, offices and hospitals throughout the Baltimore region.

A graduate of West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Gloth completed a residency in internal medicine and physiatry at Johns Hopkins University and Sinai Hospital. In addition, he completed a fellowship in geriatric rehabilitation at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a research fellowship at the National Institute of Aging, Gerontology Research Center.

Dr. Gloth brings more than 25 years of leadership experience as a physician executive. He most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of ProMedica Senior Care (formerly HCR ManorCare/Heartland) where he provided national medical leadership and medical practice management for the companies skilled nursing, hospice, palliative care, home care and assisted living operations for over 16 years.  Prior to his tenure at HCR ManorCare, he was the Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Union Memorial Hospital, a Regional Medical Director for National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medical and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins.

Leana has been a health care executive for more than 20 years within the state of Maryland.  Her extensive background includes program development, cross functional team leadership and delivering positive outcomes with strong and sustainable gains.  Leana began her career in healthcare as a nurse in the Navy and found her passion working with the geriatric patient population, predominately in post-acute settings to include home health and skilled nursing facilities.    

Since joining Gilchrist in 2014, Leana has served as a Nursing Home Administrator and the Director of Geriatric Services.  As the Chief Integration Officer, Leana facilitates work between health care systems and Gilchrist to bridge care continuums and transitions for patients who are in need of end of life services.  Her efforts associated with this work have contributed to the successful joint venture between Luminis Health and Gilchrist collectively providing a health care continuum for end of life services in both Anne Arundel and Prince Georges county.  

Leana holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in nursing administration and managed care.  She lives with her family in Frederick, Maryland.

Elizabeth Lee, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer at Gilchrist. In this role, she leads Gilchrist’s financial reporting, budgeting, investment management, purchasing, accounts payable and payroll. She oversees the finance team as well as the IT department to ensure systems support the organization’s business and clinical needs. Elizabeth has more than 30 years of leadership experience in financial healthcare management, with over 20 years as CFO. She joins Gilchrist from Park West Health Systems, Inc., a nonprofit health center in Baltimore, where she served as Chief Financial Officer since 2011. Prior to that, she was the Chief Financial Officer of Forest Haven Nursing Home in Catonsville.

Elizabeth has extensive experience covering all aspects of financial health system management, including financial statements, payroll, accounts payables, purchasing, billing/collections, Medicare and Medicaid regulatory requirements, reimbursement, and compliance.

Elizabeth is a CPA and graduated from Loyola University, Baltimore, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

After 10 years as an ICU nurse Nicole made the transition to hospice and began her career at Hospice of Palm Beach County, where Jinny Gilchrist Vance, was a hospice volunteer. A Baltimore native, Nicole moved back to the area in 2012, joining Gilchrist as a hospice clinical team manager from 2012 to 2014. Since rejoining us in 2015, she has served as a liaison manager, associate clinical director of access, director of access, and interim chief access officer.

Nicole grew up in Baltimore, received her BSN from University of Maryland School of Nursing and in June 2023 completed her MBA with a focus in health care administration from Walden University. She resides in Towson with her husband, Eric, and her eight-year-old son, Jack, and Lola their English bulldog.