Leadership Team

Anthony J. Zizzamia, Jr., president and executive director, joined Liberty in September, 2000. Tony has been involved in home care operations for over 30 years, commencing with home care skilled nursing visits. As an executive, he has managed a public health department clinical services; hospital-based home care agencies; free-standing, not-for-profit home care and hospice organizations; and for-profit, free-standing companies. Tony also has held board leadership positions in home care associations in North Carolina, Illinois and Georgia.

Tony is a Registered Nurse, holds the Certification for Home & Hospice Care Executives (CHCE), and earned a Master’s degree in Public Health.

Marianne Goldbach, PT, director of Rehabilitation Services, joined Liberty in 1999 as a physical therapist. She was named to her current position in April, 2004.

Prior to joining Liberty, Marianne served in various hospital and nursing center clinical rehabilitation positions, and served as a rehab team leader treating spinal cord injury and amputee patients.

Marianne earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Daemen College, Buffalo, NY, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Fayetteville.

Karen Hogan, RN, senior director of Regulatory Compliance, joined the company in 1996.  She manages quality initiatives for Liberty’s home health, hospice and nursing services programs.

Karen has been involved in home care operations, staff development and quality improvement for over 25 years.  Her experience includes home health staff nursing and clinical administration positions with both a health department-based and a private, for- profit, free-standing agency.

Karen has served on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association for Home and Hospice Care and has been very active on many association committees.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master’s degree in Nursing from East Carolina University.

Holly MacDonald, RN, vice president of Hospice Services, is a 20-year Liberty veteran. She has worked in the hospice and home health care field for 27 years throughout North Carolina.  During her tenure at Liberty, Holly has served as a Field Nurse, Patient Care Coordinator, Operations Manager, and Senior Director for Hospice Clinical Services.

Holly earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Western Carolina University.Personal Statement

Glenn Wells has served as Senior Director, Sales & Marketing for the past seven years. He has been involved in healthcare management, sales and marketing for the last eighteen years.

Glenn started his career in healthcare as a sales representative with a national home medical equipment company. His other healthcare accomplishments include starting and managing a certified agency that provided pharmacy and home medical equipment services. He also served as Vice President of Homecare Coordination with a large regional home health provider in North Carolina.

Glenn is currently serving as President of Cape Fear Group Homes, Inc., a non-profit organization serving autistic and mentally handicapped adults.  He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a degree in Environmental Studies.