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Leadership & Board of Directors

Executive Team
Board of Directors

Thomas J. Smith, Jr.
Chairman of the Board

Thomas J. Smith, Jr.is Chairman of GHDI (“GHDI”) and has been a Director of Professional Services, Inc. (“PSI”), GHDI’s parent company since 2013.  He is also President of Lombard Investments, Inc., an international private equity investment management firm formed in 1986 and based in California.  Lombard manages privately held investments, including an interest in PSI, on behalf of development finance organizations, pension funds, foundations, and other institutional investors.

Mr. Smith’s investment and business management experience in Asia and North America includes operational and financial restructurings, legislative and regulatory matters, financial services, light manufacturing and large scale public/private projects.  Mr. Smith has led the formation of various Lombard investment funds, is a member of the firm’s investment committees and has served as a director on Lombard portfolio company boards in China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Prior to joining Lombard in 1997, Mr. Smith was Executive Vice President, WSGP Group, an investment partnership formed by former U.S. Treasury Secretary, William E. Simon to pursue LBOs, distressed bank and Savings & Loan acquisitions, and real estate development.  Mr. Smith graduated cum laude from Harvard College (A.B. 1975).


Dr. Alexander “Beau” Wielaard
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Alexander “Beau” Wielaard is GRMC’s Chief Executive Officer and an emergency medicine physician. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia in 2007. Dr. Wielaard completed his internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Crowley Shock Trauma Center, and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Wielaard has practiced emergency medicine at inner-city trauma centers, suburban community hospitals, and rural critical access facilities in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Anchorage, Portland, Albuquerque, and Kailua-Kona. He gained valuable experience treating a diversity of orthopedic injuries and altitude-related illnesses while working seasonally in the Vail, Colorado ski area.

He developed a keen ability to adjust to any situation that presents in the emergency room through extensive work and volunteer experience in places like Alaska, the Philippines, and Africa. Dr.Wielaard is a member of the non-profit organization Cross Cultural Care, where he collaborated with the Liberian Ministry of Health to develop emergency services in the resource-limited area of Roberstport, Liberia.

Dr. Wielaard has been with GRMC since 2016. He serves as Chair of the Emergency Department and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees. He is also an active member of the island-wide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Commission. Dr. Wielaard has been a core developer of GRMC’s institutional response to the COVID-19 pandemic while also providing bedside clinical care to patients who test positive in the GRMC Emergency Department.

In 2020, Dr. Wielaard was promoted to Chief Medical Officer until August 2023, when he was appointed to concurrently serve as interim Chief Executive Officer. The following month, he was officially appointed as Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Wielaard is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an enthusiastic advocate for modern evidence-based and patient-centered emergency care.

His hobbies include sailing, diving, soccer, football, snowboarding, kiteboarding, and mountain biking.

Teodorico D. Constantino
Chief Financial  & Digital Officer

Teodorico D. Constantino (Ted) is the Treasurer & CFO and a member of the Board of Directors of GRMC. Among his areas of expertise are: Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis and Data Analytics, Controllership, Treasury, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Billing, Credit & Collections.

Mr. Constantino holds an MBA degree from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and college degrees both in Economics and Accounting from De La Salle University. He has earned both CPA and CMA certifications, a Strategic Finance certification from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), which was founded by a consortium of prominent business leaders and academic institutions (Ateneo, De La Salle) and the Harvard Business School.  Mr. Constantino is currently a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) in the U.S. and is a certified Lean Sigma Black Belt. He is also an appointed Director and Treasurer of the Guam Healthcare Development Incorporated (GHDI).

Mr. Constantino comes to GRMC from United Laboratories Inc. (UNILAB), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Southeast Asia.  While with the UNILAB group, he served as the Vice-President and Group Chief Financial Officer for Mount Grace Hospitals, a UNILAB affiliated healthcare services subsidiary and is credited with the strategic acquisition of 8 hospitals during his term. He also served as the Hospital Administrator & Treasurer in some of the UNILAB investee-hospitals and as the Finance Director of Westmont Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to UNILAB, Mr. Constantino has worked as the CFO of SAP Philippines and in various finance leadership roles with other multinational companies.

Edison Pineda Manaloto
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Edison Pineda Manaloto is GRMC’s Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer, a board-certified internist, and a proud product of Guam’s public-school system and the University of Guam.

Dr. Manaloto completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute in 2015, where he consistently made the Dean’s list. He subsequently completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Hawaii in 2020 with a distinction in ultrasonography and returned to Guam as a licensed physician in Guam and Hawaii.

Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Manaloto had an eclectic finance career as an auditor with Deloitte, Assistant Director of Finance with the Hyatt Hotels, and served as a budget analyst for both the late Senator Vicente (ben) Pangelinan and Speaker Benjamin Cruz. He was previously a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Dr. Manaloto is a member of the American College of Physicians and Society of Hospital Medicine. He holds a Certificate for Healthcare Quality and Safety from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and is life-long learner with research interest in healthcare economics and disparities in the Western Pacific. Prior to his appointment as the Chief Medical Officer in September 2023, Dr Manaloto was elected as the Chief of the Medical Staff by his peers.

In his spare time, Dr. Manaloto, likes to spend quality time with his wife and two sons on Guam’s beaches.

Charlotte D. Huntsman
Chief Human Resources Officer

Charlotte Huntsman, SHRM-CP, PHR, MA is Senior Vice-President in charge of Human Resources and Organizational Development. Charlotte has over 18 years’ experience as an international human resources leader, including here at GRMC where she was instrumental in developing the Human Resources Department from 2013 to 2016.

Her work spans from the Middle East (Oman, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi) to Southeast Asia (Indonesia and South Korea) to the United States (New York) and back to her hometown of Guam. Charlotte has a diverse background in the industries of military contracting, hospital, and non-profit organizations. She has worked for DynCorp International, the USO, Human Rights Watch, and international security company, G4S Marianas.

Charlotte is the Director of Pacific State Council, which oversees the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), Guam and CNMI Chapters. She also served as President of SHRM Guam Chapter from 2019-2020. Charlotte received her Bachelor in Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine and her Masters in Management from the University of Phoenix. She holds a SHRM-CP and PHR human resources certifications.

When not indulging her passion for human resources, Charlotte enjoys spending her free time with husband Dean and their adorable dog Hunter, enjoying life on Guam.

Jennifer R. Cruz
Chief Nursing Officer

Jennifer R. Cruz, MSN, RN-BC is Senior Vice President and GRMC’s Chief Nursing Officer. She is responsible for GRMC’s nursing staff and with her team, works to redefine and implement best nursing practices, create retention programs, conduct performance assessments, and represent the nursing staff.

Ms. Cruz joined GRMC in 2014 as a Senior Nurse Manager, Adult Nursing Services when the hospital was still being constructed. She began her career in nursing at the island’s public hospital, GMH, where she worked as a staff nurse in the medical surgical unit. Ms. Cruz was promoted to Unit Supervisor When she left to join GRMC, Ms. Cruz was the Associate Administrator, Hospital Nursing Services at GMH.

In 2018, Ms. Cruz was made Interim SVP/Chief Nursing Officer and in 2019, she was confirmed in this position permanently.

Ms. Cruz has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Guam. In 2012, she earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix.

Eric Plinske
Chief Business Development Officer

Eric Plinske joined GRMC in June 2015 as the Director of Corporate Affairs. He is currently responsible for overseeing Business Development, Payer Relations, Marketing and Communications, Customer Relations, and International Patient Services.

From 2009 to 2015, Mr. Plinske served as the StayWell Health Insurance Country Manager for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in addition to serving as the Director of Compliance and Business Development for the StayWell corporate office in Guam.

From 1993 to 2008, Mr. Plinske served in various leadership capacities at Northern Marianas College in Saipan, including Small Business Development Center Director, Business Department Chair, and Acting Dean of Community Programs and Services. While at Northern Marianas College, Mr. Plinske was also an entrepreneur and founded Gold’s Gym Saipan in 1995, serving as President & CEO until he and his partner sold the business in 2009.

Mr. Plinske is a US Army veteran and has served as a CNMI Civil Service Commissioner, President of the CNMI Chapter for the Society for Human Resource Management, and board member for the Saipan Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Plinske holds an MBA in Business Management from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Loma Linda University. He is originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and is married to Antonia Blanco Plinske (a native of Saipan). Mr. Plinske and Antonia have two sons, Jonah and Leland.

Bernie D. Lobaton
Chief Support Services Officer

Bernie D. Lobaton has been with GRMC since 2014 when he joined the hospital as manager of our Materials Management division, overseeing Purchasing, Inventory, Receiving, Distribution, and Warehouse. Under Mr. Lobaton’s guidance, the department excelled and due to his outstanding performance, Mr. Lobaton was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2018. He flourished in his new role and in February 2022, Mr. Lobaton was promoted to Vice President of Support Services and is now supervising Facilities and Central Utilities Plant (CUP), Biomedical Engineering, Safety & Security, Housekeeping & Linen, Food Services, the Communications Center, Transportation, and Mail Services.

Prior to joining GRMC, Mr. Lobaton’s career was in business and finance, working with some of the most prestigious financial firms, like J.P. Morgan Chase and Citibank. He also worked in the area of non-profit organizations (NPO), like the American Heart Association, an experience that will serve him well as GRMC transitions from a business to an NPO.

Mr. Lobaton was recognized by GRMC with the 2015 Executive Award and again in 2018 with the CEO Award for his “tireless dedication to worthy causes and your willingness to share your knowledge.”

Mr. Lobaton, who is originally from the Philippines, earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Holy Angel University and holds a Certificate in Professional Development Program from Cornell University. He is also an active member of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM) and the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE).

When he finds time to relax, Mr. Lobaton enjoys traveling, running, swimming, going to the gym six days a week, CrossFit, biking, cooking, and spending time with his wife Pelita and their two children.

Thomas J. Smith, Jr.
Chairman 

Thomas J. Smith, Jr. is Chairman of GHDI (“GHDI”) and has been a Director of Professional Services, Inc. (“PSI”), GHDI’s parent company since 2013.  He is also President of Lombard Investments, Inc., an international private equity investment management firm formed in 1986 and based in California.  Lombard manages privately held investments, including an interest in PSI, on behalf of development finance organizations, pension funds, foundations, and other institutional investors.

Mr. Smith’s investment and business management experience in Asia and North America includes operational and financial restructurings, legislative and regulatory matters, financial services, light manufacturing and large scale public/private projects.  Mr. Smith has led the formation of various Lombard investment funds, is a member of the firm’s investment committees and has served as a director on Lombard portfolio company boards in China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Prior to joining Lombard in 1997, Mr. Smith was Executive Vice President, WSGP Group, an investment partnership formed by former U.S. Treasury Secretary, William E. Simon to pursue LBOs, distressed bank and Savings & Loan acquisitions, and real estate development.  Mr. Smith graduated cum laude from Harvard College (A.B. 1975).

Mr. Gerard Martin C. Garcia

Mr. Gerard Martin C. Garcia is a member of The Medical City’s Board of Directors and a Board Director of Guam Regional Medical Center as well. He is the CFO of Fountel Corporation; CEO of Box Terrapin Holdings Inc.; Co-Founder of Skye Renewables Holdings Pte Ltd; Vice President and Member of the Board of HomeCredit Mutual Building and Loan Association; Treasurer and Member of the Board of Cordillera Hydro Electric Company. Gerry holds a Masters degree in Business Economics, Strategy from The University of Asia and the Pacific and Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering from the Ateneo de Manila University. In addition, Gerry is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. 

Mr. Sean Gardiner

Mr. Sean Gardiner is a member of The Medical City’s Board of Directors. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Clermont Capital based in Singapore. He also worked in Morgan Stanley Equity Research as Head of Equity Research for South East Asia and ASEAN Equity Strategist across two locations – Singapore and Jakarta. He likewise sat on the Morgan Stanley Singapore ExCo and represented the equity research industry on the Singapore Capital Markets Committee. Mr. Gardiner is also a Director of Guam Healthcare Development, Inc.

Atty. Leroy James Langeveld

Atty. Leroy James Langeveld is a member of The Medical City’s Board of Directors. He is also the Senior Legal Counsel of Clermont Capital based in Singapore. He worked as an Associate of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy LLP in Singapore and Simpson Grierson in New Zealand. He was admitted to the New York Bar and to the High Court of New Zealand. He is also a Director of PSI Healthcare Development Services Corp.

Mr. Salvador G. Tirona

Mr. Salvador G. Tirona is an Independent Director since 2018, Professional Services, Inc.; President and CEO, Lopez Holdings Corp.; Director, ABS-CBN Corp. and Adtel, Inc.; Treasurer, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc.; Treasurer and Trustee, Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc.; former Director and Treasurer, Bayantrade, Inc.; former Director, First Philippine Infrastructure Devt Corp., Manila North Tollways Corp.; Member, Management Association of the Philippines; Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors; Independent Director of PSI Healthcare Development Services Corp. and Guam Healthcare Development, Inc.

Mr. Michael S. Pineda

Mr. Michael S. Pineda is a director of Guam Healthcare Development Inc. (GHDI) and is the Senior Vice President and Group Chief Finance Officer of The Medical City in the Philippines, which comprises the largest healthcare network of hospitals & clinics in the country operating under a single brand.  He is also a director of PSI Healthcare Development Services, Corp., The Medical City Clark, Inc., The Medical City Iloilo Hospital, Inc., The Medical City Pangasinan, Inc., and Proser Health Services Inc.,

Mr. Pineda earned a degree in Management Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Masters in Business Administration from The University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business. He has extensive experience in business & financial planning activities across various industries, including automotive, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, IT, and healthcare.Before joining The Medical City, Mr. Pineda was the Chief Finance Officer of Microsoft Philippines.  Before that, he was Chief Finance Officer of AstraZeneca Philippines, where he oversaw the finance, strategic partnering & business development, supply chain, procurement, & key accounts management functions of the company, and performed as interim company president during leadership transition periods.  He also had previous leadership roles with Takeda Pharmaceuticals as Chief Financial Officer for Philippine Operations, leading the financial planning, accounting & treasury functions, and with The Coca-Cola Company Philippines Business Unit as Strategic Planning Director and Financial Planning Director, leading the forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis & performance reporting activities. Before these, he also held finance positions of increasing leadership roles in the Philippine operations of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Ford Motor Company, and SGV & Company, a member firm of Ernst & Young.

Dr. Christopher “Christian” Delos Reyes

Dr. Christopher Napoleon Delos Reyes is a director at Guam Healthcare Development Inc. (GHDI) and is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of The Medical City in the Philippines, which comprises the largest healthcare network of hospitals & clinics in the country operating under a single brand.  He is also a director of Proser Health Services, Inc., and The Medical City Clark. He has a medical degree from St. Luke’s College of Medicine and had specialty training in Ophthalmology at The Medical City. He had worked in the healthcare industry for 12 years, focusing on creating and managing business strategies, advancing corporate reputation, and helping to navigate trends toward achieving sustainable growth.

Today, Dr. Christian is a member of The Medical City’s executive committee that changed and revolutionized relations of the hospital with its different customers through developing and implementing a vision and strategy for patient-centricity. He is a motivating force in driving customer focus with service development, offering innovative healthcare solutions to serve all markets better. Innovation is a key component of The Medical City’s strategic framework that integrates other hospital foundations towards its vision and mission.

Dr. Christopher Napoleon Delos Reyes is a director at Guam Healthcare Development Inc. (GHDI) and is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of The Medical City in the Philippines, which comprises the largest healthcare network of hospitals & clinics in the country operating under a single brand.  He is also a director of Proser Health Services, Inc., and The Medical City Clark. He has a medical degree from St. Luke’s College of Medicine and had specialty training in Ophthalmology at The Medical City. He had worked in the healthcare industry for 12 years, focusing on creating and managing business strategies, advancing corporate reputation, and helping to navigate trends toward achieving sustainable growth.

Today, Dr. Christian is a member of The Medical City’s executive committee that changed and revolutionized relations of the hospital with its different customers through developing and implementing a vision and strategy for patient-centricity. He is a motivating force in driving customer focus with service development, offering innovative healthcare solutions to serve all markets better. Innovation is a key component of The Medical City’s strategic framework that integrates other hospital foundations towards its vision and mission.

Dr. Christopher Napoleon Delos Reyes is a director at Guam Healthcare Development Inc. (GHDI) and is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of The Medical City in the Philippines, which comprises the largest healthcare network of hospitals & clinics in the country operating under a single brand.  He is also a director of Proser Health Services, Inc., and The Medical City Clark. He has a medical degree from St. Luke’s College of Medicine and had specialty training in Ophthalmology at The Medical City. He had worked in the healthcare industry for 12 years, focusing on creating and managing business strategies, advancing corporate reputation, and helping to navigate trends toward achieving sustainable growth.

Today, Dr. Christian is a member of The Medical City’s executive committee that changed and revolutionized relations of the hospital with its different customers through developing and implementing a vision and strategy for patient-centricity. He is a motivating force in driving customer focus with service development, offering innovative healthcare solutions to serve all markets better. Innovation is a key component of The Medical City’s strategic framework that integrates other hospital foundations towards its vision and mission.

Mr. Teodorico D. Constantino
Treasurer

Teodorico D. Constantino (Ted) is the Treasurer & CFO and a member of the Board of Directors of GRMC.  Among his areas of expertise are – Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis and Data Analytics, Controllership, Treasury, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Billing, Credit & Collections.

Mr. Constantino holds an MBA degree from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and college degrees both in Economics and Accounting from De La Salle University. He has earned both CPA and CMA certifications, a Strategic Finance certification from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), which was founded by a consortium of prominent business leaders and academic institutions (Ateneo, De La Salle) and the Harvard Business School.  He is currently a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) in the U.S. and is a certified Lean Sigma Black Belt.

Mr. Constantino comes to GRMC from United Laboratories Inc. (UNILAB), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Southeast Asia.  While with the UNILAB group, he served as the Vice-President and Group Chief Financial Officer for Mount Grace Hospitals, a UNILAB affiliated healthcare services subsidiary and is credited with the strategic acquisition of 8 hospitals during his term. He also served as the Hospital Administrator & Treasurer in some of the UNILAB investee-hospitals and as the Finance Director of Westmont Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to UNILAB, Mr. Constantino has worked as the CFO of SAP Philippines and in various finance leadership roles with other multinational companies.

Dr. Alexander “Beau” Wielaard

Dr. Alexander “Beau” Wielaard is GRMC’s Chief Medical Officer and an Emergency Medicine doctor. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia in 2007. Dr. Wielaard completed his internship and residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Crowley Shock Trauma Center, and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Wielaard has practiced emergency medicine at inner-city trauma centers, suburban community hospitals, and rural critical access facilities in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Anchorage, Portland, Albuquerque, and Kailua-Kona. He gained valuable experience treating a diversity of orthopedic injuries and altitude-related illnesses while working seasonally in the Vail, Colorado ski area.

He developed a keen ability to adjust to any situation that presents in the emergency room through extensive work and volunteer experience in places like Alaska, the Philippines, Liberia, and Africa. Dr. Wielaard is a member of the non-profit organization Cross Cultural Care, where he collaborated with the Liberian Ministry of Health to develop emergency services in the resource-limited area of Roberstport, Liberia.

Dr. Wielaard has been with GRMC since 2016 as an Emergency Room Physician. He is an active member of the island-wide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Commission. Dr. Wielaard has been a core developer of GRMC’s institutional response to the COVID-19 pandemic while also providing bedside clinical care to patients who test positive in the GRMC Emergency Department. In 2020, he was promoted to Chief Medical Officer.

Dr. Wielaard is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is an enthusiastic advocate for modern evidence-based and patient-centered emergency care.

His hobbies include sailing, diving, soccer, football, snowboarding, kiteboarding, and mountain biking.

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