Shannon Wollman Joins Gilchrist as Senior Director of Development

Hunt Valley, Md. – Gilchrist, a leading nonprofit provider of hospice and elder medical care, has named Shannon Wollman its Senior Director of Development. She will lead the fundraising efforts for the programmatic and capital needs for all of Gilchrist.

Wollman brings over 19 years of development experience for community hospitals and academic medical centers within the Greater Baltimore area. Her extensive background includes major gifts, annual and planned giving programs, special events, donor concierge services, staff development and management.

Wollman began her career as a major gifts officer at Sinai Hospital and Levindale Hebrew and Geriatric Hospital, part of the LifeBridge Health system, and successfully oversaw a $20 million capital campaign for the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital.

In 2011, Wollman joined Johns Hopkins and in 2013 became director of development for the Heart and Vascular Institute, where she oversaw all fundraising efforts for the program. Over the course of her six-year tenure there, more than $40 million was successfully raised for the research and programmatic priorities of the divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

Before joining Gilchrist in December 2018, Wollman held the position of Vice President of Development at Howard County General Hospital: a Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

A graduate of Towson University, Wollman grew up in Baltimore and spent 10 years in New York City pursuing a theatrical career before returning to Maryland.