Leadership
Jackson Reid
Executive Director
Jackson Reid is a native South Carolinian and Charleston based healthcare professional with a background spanning direct patient care, healthcare venture capital, and strategy consulting. He earned his MBA with an emphasis in Business Analytics and his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the College of Charleston. He serves as Chief of Staff at Saltgrass Capital, a healthcare-focused venture platform investing at the Seed and Series A stages, where he leads investment pipeline management, founder screening, and diligence, and supports fundraising for the firm's first fund, Spartina Fund I. He also serves as Chief of Staff at Saltgrass Advisory, where he leads client engagements and project execution across healthcare strategy, market research, and commercialization work for health systems, providers, and healthcare operators. Jackson combines a clinical foundation with sharp analytical instincts and a genuine drive to see the healthcare industry improve from the inside out. Through LHA, he hopes to build a strong community for the Lowcountry's healthcare professionals to connect, collaborate, and grow together.
Why LHA: “Few things matter more to me than community, it's the people who make a place, and the Lowcountry is my home. I believe the Lowcountry has everything it needs to lead in healthcare - the clinicians, the operators, and the investors. I want LHA to be the place that brings them together, so connection turns into better care for our neighbors in the Lowcountry and the broader state."
Christian Waddell
Clinical Strategy Director
Christian Waddell is a South Carolina native with over five years of experience in surgical services and organ transplantation. His background includes working as a First Assistant, Certified Transplant Preservationist accredited through the American Board of Transplant, and Machine Organ Perfusion Operator, supporting transplant programs at hospitals and transplant centers throughout the United States. Most recently, he has led operations for organ transplant surgery teams in Charleston, South Carolina, while traveling nationwide to support transplant centers with organ recovery, preservation, and transplant services. Through his work across multiple healthcare systems, he has gained a broad perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing transplant programs and patient care. Christian is passionate about healthcare because of the direct impact it has on patients and families during some of the most critical moments of their lives, and through LHA he hopes to connect healthcare professionals rooted across the Lowcountry through networking, collaboration, and professional growth.
Why LHA: "I want to help bring healthcare professionals together, build meaningful connections, and create opportunities for people to learn from one another and grow within the industry. More importantly, continue to help shape the future of healthcare and improve patient care."
Hunter Wolma
Programming Strategy Director
Hunter Wolma is a Charleston based healthcare business professional with a background spanning enterprise sales and venture capital. He earned his MBA from the College of Charleston and his Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management from Appalachian State University. He helps lead commercial growth at Heidi Health, where he built the company's first U.S. enterprise pipeline from the ground up and now works directly with C-suite leaders across the largest inpatient and outpatient systems in the country. He is also Co-Founder and General Partner of Cold Harbor Venture Capital, a Charleston based fund backing early stage healthcare technology companies from pre-seed through Series A. Hunter combines genuine relationship building with strong analytical and presentation skills, paired with an entrepreneurial mindset and the drive of someone young, ambitious, and hungry. Healthcare sales and technology is his passion. Through LHA, he hopes to connect professionals across the Lowcountry and help build a stronger local community around healthcare innovation and patient care.
Why LHA: "I grew up on the border of North and South Carolina, I love Charleston, and I love this state. We have all the talent and means in the world to make healthcare a better place here in the Lowcountry. If I can contribute to bringing people together, sharing learnings, and creating opportunities for the community, I will do so. I care about this industry, and I want to help shape where it goes to enhance patient care."
Founders
Gordon Maner
Ryan Loehr
Terry Wang
The Lowcountry Healthcare Alliance was founded by Gordon Maner, Ryan Loehr, and Terry Wang, three healthcare investors who saw how disconnected the Lowcountry's clinical and business communities were from one another. It started with a single breakfast and grew into a regular gathering of clinicians, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors across the region. Their early work laid the foundation for everything LHA continues to build on today.