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UNC Health has named Margaret Ann Bollmeier as its new Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO). Bollmeier will serve as president of the UNC Health Foundation and Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO) for UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine.

In this role, she will set the overarching strategy and vision for advancing philanthropy while providing strategic leadership to develop and advance a comprehensive philanthropy program across the system.

She assumes this critically important role following Leslie Nelson-Bernier’s transition from CPO to her work with NC Children’s freestanding children’s hospital. Leslie led UNC Health’s philanthropic efforts for many years, and achieved tremendous success, including surpassing a $1 billion fundraising goal as part of the University’s $4.25 billion campaign in 2021.

UNC Health owes a great debt of gratitude for the accomplishments of Leslie and her team.

Bollmeier brings 30 years of philanthropic leadership with demonstrated growth in each organization she has led. She comes to UNC Health after leading the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Foundation, a role she has held since 2015. The MCV Foundation is an affiliated foundation of Virginia Commonwealth University or VCU.

Bollmeier’s leadership includes 11 years in healthcare/health sciences, and 18 years in higher education, serving both public and private universities. During her nearly 10 years of leadership at the MCV Foundation, fundraising on the health sciences campus has increased by more than 300%.

The MCV Foundation has over $1 billion in assets under management and supports fundraising and marketing communications for six health sciences schools, a hospital, clinic network and an NCI comprehensive cancer center.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Margaret Ann to the UNC Health family,” said Dr. Cristy Page, president of UNC Health Enterprises and Chief Academic Officer for UNC Health. “We look forward to the many contributions we know she will make in this role,” Page concluded.

Dr. Wesley Burks, CEO of UNC Health and Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, echoed Page’s remarks. “We are so fortunate to have an amazing network of people throughout the country who care deeply about our mission and whose generosity helps our physicians and researchers advance their work. I’m so happy that Margaret Ann will lead the outstanding team at the UNC Health Foundation as they work to expand that impact to better serve our patients and the people of North Carolina.”

In addition to the MCV Foundation, Bollmeier served as associate dean at Cornell, executive director of the School of Education Foundation at UVa and assistant dean for advancement in the College of Education at the University of Washington.

Before moving to higher education fundraising and leadership, Bollmeier was president and CEO of Humanities Washington, a public foundation and the Washington state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, for 10 years. She also served as director of development of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities in Charlottesville, Virginia. Although she began her career as an attorney, Bollmeier transitioned to a career in philanthropy at Providence Medical Center Foundation in Seattle where she served as the director of gift planning and major gifts.

Bollmeier received her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in Plan II (Honors Liberal Arts) and her J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law.

Margaret Ann and her husband, Kyle, have two daughters, Elsa and Greta, ages 24 and 26.