Ms. Glaser serves as president of Novant Health Pender Medical Center, a 25-bed, federally designated critical access hospital serving rural communities along North Carolina’s coast. She has held the role for 15 years, building a career and personal life rooted in the very community she leads. Under her leadership, the hospital earned the 2023 Chartis Center for Rural Health “Performance Leadership Award” for excellence in outcomes and achieved ISO 9001 quality management system certification through DNV. Ms. Glaser is currently guiding a $50 million transformation of Pender Medical Center into a community hospital, overseeing extensive renovations that culminated in a grand reopening in 2025, along with the 2024 addition of a new outpatient infusion center expanding access to IV treatments for chronic conditions. In 2025, she led the development of Novant Health’s first rural family medicine residency in partnership with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. and other regional partners, securing more than $2 million in grants to launch the program and expand Atkinson, N.C.-based Black River Health Services, thus creating the region’s first rural family medicine interprofessional training site in Burgaw, N.C. Ms. Glaser also oversees a comprehensive suite of mobile integrated health services, including emergency medical services, AirLink, VitaLink and community paramedics, delivering critical care and transport to thousands of patients annually. She previously served as senior vice president and COO at Laurinburg, N.C.-based Scotland Health and has held past leadership roles with the Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Burgaw.
