Leadership

SolAmor’s goal is to offer support and improve the quality of life for all patients who are diagnosed with a terminal illness. We are passionate about treating each patient as though he or she were our own family member and firmly believe that no one should die alone.

Listed below are some of our senior team members.

Glen R. Cavallo is president of SolAmor Hospice. Since entering the healthcare arena in 1988, Glen has served in many capacities in home health and hospice including overseeing privately-owned, regional organizations as well as subsidiaries of national publicly-traded corporations.

Prior to taking the reins of SolAmor in September 2006, Glen was hired to lead Medshares out of bankruptcy which he and his leadership team accomplished in July 2003. Prior to that, he helped develop Beverly Enterprises’ hospice company and also oversaw their infusion therapy, home health and private duty companies.

Glen received his B.A. in sociology from Duquesne University in 1980 and is married with three grown children.

David Cwiertnia, vice president of finance for SolAmor, joined the Sun Healthcare Group family in November 1998 to help consolidate Sun’s Part B durable medical equipment programs. He served Sun in various roles before becoming SolAmor’s CFO in March 2007.

David brings a diverse financial background to SolAmor with experience in nursing home accounting/cost reimbursement, home medical equipment, mail order respiratory and diabetic supplies, contract therapy and durable medical equipment for nursing homes. He received a B.A. in criminal justice from University of Arkansas in 1992 and a B.S. in accounting from Arkansas University in 1995.

As vice president of human resources, Cathy Anwyl’s HR experience includes four years in retail before transitioning to an acute care/hospital setting. In that capacity, she had increasing recruitment and retention responsibility for a 270+ bed center that included multiple off-site clinics. She joined the Sun Healthcare Group team in 1995 and has supported all the lines of business during her tenure. In her current role, she is responsible for providing HR support and leadership for SolAmor Hospice, SunDance Rehabilitation and CareerStaff.

Cathy received her B.S. in retail management and economics from Russell Sage College in 1980; she currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Jeffrey Holm, regional director of operations for SolAmor’s western region, has approximately 10 years experience in a variety of operational, management and administrative roles within hospice. He joined the SolAmor Hospice team in July 2006. Since then, he has worked with the Colorado Springs, Denver and Oklahoma City offices and, in 2009, accepted the position of regional director. His territory currently includes Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Jeff received a B.A. from the University of Colorado, his home state. When not traveling to support each of the sites in the western region of SolAmor, Jeff is at home with his family in the small mountain community of Beulah, CO.

Karen Wright, regional director of operations for New England, has 19 years of healthcare experience and has been with SolAmor since 2007. Prior to that, she was with SunBridge for six years as an administrator. At SolAmor, she is focused on partnering with patients, family members and communities to help meet patient goals. She helps provide individualized patient care, listening to patients and their loved ones to determine what is most important to them. Karen received a bachelor’s degree in gerontology from Quinnipiac University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a licensed nursing home administrator.

Andrew Calkins, regional director of operations for Mass., has more than 15 years of healthcare experience in both financial and operational capacities. He joined SolAmor in October 2009 as a result of the Allegiance Hospice acquisition. Prior to joining Allegiance as executive director in 2007, Andrew served as CEO and CFO of Kindred Hospital Park View (formerly Park View Specialty Hospital). Before moving into the hospital business, he served primarily in long-term care, working with Five Star Quality Care, The Frontier Group and The Mediplex Group in a number of financial and operational management positions (regionally and nationally). Throughout his career, he has also served The American Heart Association and the American Lung Association by sitting on and/or leading several fund-raising committees. Andrew received his B.S. from Fitchburg State College in 1993.

Fred Schmidt, senior MIS manager, has more than 15 years of experience in information technology and project management. Since joining Sun Healthcare Group in 1998, he has been the project manager of many large IT projects for their nursing home, home health, pharmacy, staffing, therapy, laboratory and radiology lines of business. Fred is currently responsible for providing IT leadership and project oversight for SolAmor Hospice and SunBridge Healthcare. He is a PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Microsoft-Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).