UNC Health has named Margaret Ann Bollmeier as the new president of the UNC Health Foundation and Chief Philanthropy Officer for UNC Health and the UNC School of Medicine.
Chapel Hill, N.C. – June 19, 2025 – UNC Health has named Margaret Ann Bollmeier as the new president of the UNC Health Foundation and Chief Philanthropy Officer 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 North Carolina’s leading academic health system.
She assumes this critically important role in September, following Leslie Nelson-Bernier’s transition from Chief Philanthropy Officer to her work with N.C. Children’s, which will be the state’s only freestanding children’s hospital. Nelson-Bernier 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.
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 Foundation, a role she has held since 2015. The MCV Foundation is an affiliated foundation of Virginia Commonwealth University.
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 a National Cancer Institute 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.”
“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,” added Dr. Wesley Burks, CEO of UNC Health and Dean of the UNC School of Medicine. “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 the University of Virginia 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, Va. 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.
Bollmeier and her husband, Kyle, have two daughters, Elsa and Greta, ages 24 and 26.
About UNC Health
UNC Health is a state entity and an affiliated enterprise of the University of North Carolina system, comprised of 17 hospitals, including UNC Health Rex in Raleigh and Holly Springs, 20 hospital campuses and more than 900 clinics along with the clinical patient care programs of the UNC School of Medicine (SOM). It exists to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others we serve and to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina SOM. UNC Health provided more than $522 million in charity care during the last five years. Our hospitals have received numerous awards and recognition for quality care, patient safety and the overall patient experience. For more information, please visit unchealth.org.
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