CHESTERTOWN — Penny Young-Carrasquillo has joined the University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation as its first major gifts officer, according to a news release sent out Monday, Oct. 28.
In her new role, Young-Carrasquillo will seek charitable donations and grants from individuals, businesses and foundations to support patient care services at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown.
UM Chester River Health Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Chestertown hospital, which is a member organization of UM Shore Regional Health and the University of Maryland Medical System.
Gifts to the foundation further the hospital’s mission by supporting needed medical equipment; facility improvements and expansions; community education; and scholarships for nursing and support staff’s continuing education and advanced certifications.
A Howard County native, Young-Carrasquillo received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a master’s degree in professional writing from Towson University.
She has worked in fundraising and communications for more than 20 years in Maryland, Virginia and Florida.
Most recently, she spent five years as chief development officer for the Council on Aging of Volusia County in Florida.
Young-Carrasquillo and her husband now live in Centreville.
“Penny will play an essential role in advancing our hospital’s mission through philanthropy,” Libby Woolever, chair of UM Chester River Health Foundation, said in the news release.
“Our hospital has achieved accreditation as a geriatric emergency department and an Age-Friendly Health System,” Woolever said, “and also is a member of the Healthy People 2030 initiative, which sets data driven, national objectives to improve community health.”
For more information about UM Chester River Health Foundation, contact Young-Carrasquillo at 410-810-5660 or visit umcrhf.org.