Ms. McCollum serves as president of University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, a member organization of the Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System and one of Anne Arundel County’s largest employers, serving more than 600,000 residents. Since becoming president in 2021, she has addressed workforce shortages, rising rates of chronic disease and gaps in access to care, assuming leadership during the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. She built sustainable talent pipelines through partnerships with Anne Arundel Community College, the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation and Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 27 individuals graduating from the first cohort of clinical career pathway programs as certified nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses. The medical center hosted 22 interns through the workforce development corporation’s FutureSuccess program and was honored with the organization’s “Valued Service Award” in 2025. Ms. McCollum has advanced clinical innovation by increasing critical care capacity with a new unit, introducing robotic-assisted surgical technology and helping open the hospital’s outpatient care center, and she launched the “SPARQ Tank” program to foster a culture of discovery. Under her leadership, the medical center was ranked the No. 5 hospital in Maryland by U.S. News & World Report for two consecutive years and was named a top hospital for 2026 in Forbes‘ inaugural list. She began her career at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore in strategic planning, and previously served as COO and senior vice president for clinical integration at the medical center.
