Overview
- Nickoles will begin on March 1, 2026, while current CEO Neil Meltzer remains through June 2026 before retiring after 13 years.
- She becomes the first woman to lead LifeBridge Health since the system’s founding in 1998.
- Nickoles currently serves as president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and has spent about three decades at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
- During the COVID-19 response, she helped stand up and operate the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital and later served on its oversight committee.
- Meltzer cited her focus on community health, digital solutions and workforce support as strengths for the system’s next chapter.