Meet Our Executive Team
Steven J. Kravet, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.
President
A professor of medicine, Steven J. Kravet, M.D., M.B.A., heads Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP), one of the largest academically affiliated network of community practices that serves more than 280,000 patients annually at more than 50 locations throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia.
A third-generation pharmacist and community health care advocate who prizes the relationships that develop between patients and care-givers, Dr. Kravet has spent more than three decades at Johns Hopkins, providing escalating leadership in a wide variety of programs. Before being named president of JHCP in 2009, he had been medical director of inpatient medical services, internal medicine and ambulatory services, as well as chief medical officer for quality and patient safety at Johns Hopkins Bayview, and deputy director for clinical activity in the Department of Medicine. Having earned an M.B.A. in Johns Hopkins’ Carey Business School, he applied his understanding of the business issues affecting outpatient care to help triple the size of JHCP, all while maintaining high measured levels of quality and satisfaction from patients and team members. Dr. Kravet has published academically on the benefits of primary care, clinical excellence, quality and safety and medical education. The American College of Physicians has used Dr. Kravet’s research on primary care processes to formulate plans for redesigning health care practices.
After receiving his pharmacist degree from the Rutgers University College of Pharmacy, Dr. Kravet helped run his family’s pharmacy in Spotswood, N.J. He then attended the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, N.J. He arrived at Johns Hopkins Bayview as a resident in 1992 and has spent his entire career at Hopkins. Among his honors are the Resident Teaching Award, the Department of Medicine Chairman’s Award, and the Samuel Asper Award from the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Kravet is the inaugural holder of the Douglas L. Lee and Barbara Levinson-Lee endowed professorship in Clinical Practice, an honor for which he is extremely proud.
Raymond Zollinger, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Demonstrating a passion for patient-centered excellence, Raymond Zollinger, M.D., M.B.A., was named vice president of medical affairs for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2013. Reporting to the president, he is the senior medical leader responsible for clinical and quality oversight of the providers. He oversees the employment and compensation for the 400+ multispecialty providers, and also oversees Risk, Safety, and Service for the organization.
Dr. Zollinger joined Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2002 as an associate medical director for the White Marsh location, where he was promoted to office medical director in 2003. In 2011, he was promoted to regional medical director for the Baltimore North region of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. Throughout his career his efforts have led to improvements in quality, provider engagement, operations and financial performance. He is a part-time instructor for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2012, he became a co-leader of the community intervention of the Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership, a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Dr. Zollinger continues to deliver primary care to a panel of adult patients at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians' Remington location.
After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Harvard College, Dr. Zollinger worked for Goldman Sachs as an analyst and then associate in fixed income. Transitioning to a medical career, he earned a Master’s degree in healthcare management from the Wharton School and a Doctorate in Medicine degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to complete his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Michael Cole
Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer
As chief operating officer and vice president of practice operations, Michael Cole oversees Johns Hopkins Community Physicians’ primary and specialty practices, hospital-based medicine programs, Johns Hopkins Medicine shared suites, practice implementations and more.
Mr. Cole was appointed to this position in 2023, after working with Johns Hopkins Medicine for two decades in roles at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and finally joining Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2016. Throughout his tenure at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Mr. Cole has led multiple strategic initiatives and practice builds. He is an expert at strategic thinking and planning, proven by multiple workflow and operations-related innovations he has implemented to increase access, revenue and patient satisfaction. He has also served as a mentor in the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Mentorship Program.
Mr. Cole earned his master’s degree from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and began his career in health care as a certified radiologic technologist.
Jim Clauter
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
As chief financial officer for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Jim Clauter provides leadership in financial analysis and decision support, operational budgeting and management of assets and operating cash flows; revenue and expense management and financial development of business opportunities.
Mr. Clauter was appointed to his current role in July 2017. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Mr. Clauter served as Director of Financial Reporting for The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. In these roles he helped to transition and centralize the financial reporting structures of Johns Hopkins Health System Affiliates. He also participated in the East Baltimore campus redevelopment program and the Johns Hopkins Medicine-wide implementation of the SAP and Epic systems as well as supporting the growth of the Health System through efforts relating to the acquisitions of our National Capital Region hospitals.
Mr. Clauter is a graduate of Towson University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He began his career at Ernst & Young in Baltimore where he served on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center audit engagement for seven years. He lives in Bel Air with his wife, Gwen. He has two daughters, Alison and Nicole.
Jennifer Bailey, R.N., M.S.
Vice President of Quality and Transformation
As vice president of quality and transformation, Jennifer Bailey, R.N., M.S., is responsible for ensuring that Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) is prepared for health care reform, including the pay-for-performance programs for improving quality and containing costs. These include meaningful use of electronic health records, value-based purchasing for Medicaid, accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical home programs.
Ms. Bailey also assists and supports JHCP’s executive team and Johns Hopkins Medicine leadership to prepare for clinical integration and the transition to accountable care and other innovative payment models, such as shared savings programs. As the liaison for ambulatory quality in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, she leads projects to further integrate all components of Johns Hopkins Medicine, with the goals of improving health and quality and reducing costs. At JHCP, she has developed a mature clinical analytics program to support successful performance improvement initiatives.
Maura McGuire, M.D.
Senior Director of Education and Training
Assistant Dean for Part-Time Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maura J. McGuire, M.D., senior director of education and training at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP). Here, she leads interdisciplinary development of approximately 1,200 JHCP employees, and works with 400 learners from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health who train in JHCP’s practices each year. She continues to practice general internal medicine at JHCP's Remington location.
Dr. McGuire also serves as assistant dean for part-time faculty, representing a group of more than 1,500 clinicians and scientists who contribute more than $5 million per year of voluntary teaching and service to Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine.
An innovator and program builder, Dr. McGuire has worked for years to enhance the safety and effectiveness of primary care by focusing on infrastructure and education. She has a keen appreciation for challenges faced by patients, clinicians and learners in our primary healthcare system.
Prior to current roles, she has served as internal medicine chief, clinical education director, and director of quality and compliance at JHCP. She developed and implemented JHCP’s system-wide point-of-care laboratory program, its competency-based support staff training and pharmacist-run care management programs, and quality compliance reporting for its electronic medical record. In addition, she has provided strong leadership in primary care education at the School of Medicine, and later integrated interprofessional efforts with the School of Nursing and the Bloomberg School of Public Health where she holds adjunct appointments.
Dr. McGuire matriculated in the School of Medicine in 1979 after receiving her degree in chemical and biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where she also studied fine arts. She completed her medical training as a member of the Osler housestaff and subsequently as a fellow in hematology. Since joining the faculty in 1989 in the division of general internal medicine, she has taught primary care and hospital medicine to 20 generations of Osler housestaff and has mentored dozens of residents and fellows.
Among her honors are the American College of Physicians' Theodore Woodruff Award in Clinical Teaching, the School of Medicine’s Professor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in Clinical Sciences, the Alpha-Omega Alpha Part-Time Faculty Teaching Award, and several Department of Medicine resident teaching awards.
Leslie Rohde, M.B.A.
Senior Director of Human Resources
As senior director of human resources at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Leslie Rohde, M.B.A., works to integrate multiple medical practices into the Johns Hopkins Health System and works directly with practicing physicians, physician leaders and administrators.
Ms. Rohde has more than 25 years of human resources management and leadership experience in health care and private industry.
Ms. Rohde received her bachelor’s degree in human resource management from Towson University and her master’s degree in business administration from the Loyola College Executive M.B.A. program.
Melody Nangle, C.R.N.P.
Medical Director, Diversity & Inclusion
As medical director for diversity and inclusion, Melody Nangle, C.R.N.P., champions, promotes, and guides the implementation of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians’ inclusion strategy and diversity initiatives across our organizational footprint. She works with leadership to develop, implement and review policy, training, and communications, relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In addition to this role, N.P. Nangle practices family medicine at our Direct Primary Care office. She has worked with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians since 2019, and has over 20 years of health care experience that ranges from in-patient, to community, to educational settings.
N.P. Nangle received both her bachelor of science in nursing and masters in nursing education from University of Phoenix, and earned her post-graduate certificate, family nurse practitioner, from Coppin State University.
Christine Rawlinson, M.S.N., R.N., N.P.D.-B.C., A.M.B.-B.C.
Director, Education & Nursing
As director for education and nursing, Chris Rawlinson, M.S.N., oversees the scope and practice of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians’ team of registered nurses and medical assistants.
Ms. Rawlinson joined Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in 2020. She has worked in the health care field for more than 20 years, including as a staff nurse in emergency services and as a clinical educator. Ms. Rawlinson is a 2023 recipient of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Leadership Excellence Award.
Ms. Rawlinson earned both her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing Education from Stevenson University.
Kathryn A. Waldeisen, M.H.A.
Executive Director, Strategy & Value-Based Care
As executive director for strategy and value-based care, Kathryn Waldeisen, M.H.A., reports to the President and is responsible for special projects, strategic planning and implementation of the President’s agenda. Ms. Waldeisen also works closely with the President to develop, plan and implement the Johns Hopkins Medicine Primary Care Strategy in collaboration with the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians. Since 2017, she has taken a leadership role to engage Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) in performance excellence through the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Ms. Waldeisen began her career at Hopkins in July 2013 as a post-graduate administrative resident for Johns Hopkins Medicine International and joined JHCP in September 2016. She received her Bachelor in Science in Biology from The Pennsylvania State University and Master in Healthcare Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Molly W. Jackson, M.H.A.
Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications
Molly Jackson, M.H.A., is the assistant director, marketing and communications, for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP). In this role, Ms. Jackson reports to the president and directly oversees all JHCP marketing and internal, institutional and executive communications efforts. She interfaces with Johns Hopkins Medicine marketing & communications leadership to ensure integration and alignment of strategic goals. In addition, Ms. Jackson leads our engagement efforts—both employee- and community-related.
Ms. Jackson joined Johns Hopkins Community Physicians in November of 2012 as a communications specialist focused on internal communications. She received her B.A. in International Affairs with a concentration on International Economics from The George Washington University and earned her M.H.A. from the University of Maryland in 2020.