Sandy Pagnotti Mayhew joined Ronald McDonald House Maryland as President & CEO in 2010 with a background in marketing, non-profits, small business management, sponsorship development, volunteer recruitment, and community activation and engagement.
Pagnotti Mayhew lead a $36million dollar effort to build a new Ronald McDonald House in Maryland. The new house allows RMH to be well prepared for the dramatic rise in demand as our world class Baltimore hospitals carry out planned expansions of pediatric programs and services. Over 2,400 families of critically ill and injured children from across the state, country and world are welcomed each year and over 50,000 families have been helped since RMHC Maryland opened in 1982.
Pagnotti Mayhew’s career started as an intern in then Mayor William Donald Schaefer’s “Baltimore is Best” Program. Since then, she has served in positions at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and Feats, Inc – an experiential marketing firm. Prior to RMH, she has worked with clients including the United States Olympic Committee, Baltimore Ravens, Northrop Grumman, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Johns Hopkins Institutions, U.S. Foodservice, Wall Street Journal Online, Binney & Smith/Crayola, Black & Decker and KPSS Global.
She has been honored three times as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women, including induction into the Circle of Excellence by the Daily Record. She has been named one of Baltimore’s Power 10, an Influential Maryland multiple times, a Most Admired CEO and a Smart CEO Brava Award Winner.
She holds a B.A. from James Madison University. In her free time, she enjoys exercising and spending time with her 10 grandchildren.
About Ronald McDonald House Maryland
The mission of Ronald McDonald House Maryland is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. We believe that when you change a child’s life, you change a family’s, which can change a community, and ultimately the world.
Located on Aisquith Street, Ronald McDonald House Maryland has been home to more than 50,000 families since opening our doors in 1982. We are an extension of care for six world-renowned Baltimore hospitals: University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Rubin Institute at Sinai Hospital, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.
Each year, 2,400 families arrive at our doorstep in search of hope and healing. They come from all 50 states and over 25 international countries. As many as 55 families share our home each night at no cost. We are an independent nonprofit organization responsible for 100 % of our annual operating budget