Michelle L. Glennon, Esq. is an accomplished philanthropy executive and nonprofit leader with over 25 years of extensive experience advancing health care and higher education institutions through mission-driven philanthropy. She was recently appointed to serve as Vice President for Gift Planning for MedStar Health and Vice President for Philanthropy for MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and MedStar Union Memorial Hospital.
Ms. Glennon previously held senior roles at Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), including Interim Vice President and Associate Vice President for Development. She served on the executive leadership development teams for both the University and Medicine. Her responsibilities spanned clinical, research, and alumni philanthropy programs. Ms. Glennon led grateful patient philanthropy, healthcare provider partnership, board engagement and gift planning.
Under her direction teams at JHM raised more than $1.6 billion. She integrated JHM’s partner hospitals into the development enterprise, championed culture building and team member professional development, and was on the core team that secured a historic $1 billion gift for financial aid from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Committed to teaching and mentoring, Ms. Glennon served as Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Philanthropy Institute. The institute educates healthcare philanthropy leaders globally. She played a critical role on the Committee on Ethical Issues in Grateful Patient Fundraising, publishing works such as Ethical Issues and Recommendations in Grateful Patient Fundraising and Philanthropy in Academic Medicine (2018).
A recognized expert in gift planning, Ms. Glennon partners with donors and advisors to design charitable commitments that align with donors’ financial and philanthropic goals and create meaningful impact. As Senior Director of Gift Planning at Johns Hopkins, she led a $900 million gift planning campaign goal. She launched the Johns Hopkins Legacy Society and Donor Advised Fund and secured multiple eight-figure gifts.
Ms. Glennon is an active member of several professional organizations including the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) and the Chesapeake Gift Planning Council. She was recently named the inaugural Dean of AHP’s Grateful Patient Philanthropy track for the Madison Summer Institute and was appointed as an adjunct faculty member in planned giving at Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, The Fundraising School.
Ms. Glennon holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law and a B.A. in English from Loyola University Maryland. She is passionate about strengthening communities, empowering teams to achieve meaningful impact, and aiding donors with their philanthropic goals.