Elara Caring Leadership

Laura Hamrick

Chief People Officer

Laura Hamrick brings more than 25 years of experience in human capital leadership to her role as Chief People Officer at Elara Caring. She leads the company’s people strategy, including talent acquisition, organizational and leadership development, HR operations, employee experience and culture. She also oversees Elara’s corporate communications function. Her focus is on creating differentiated team member experience through scalable HR programs and systems that support clinical, operational, and administrative performance and create best in industry jobs across Elara’s multi-state footprint. 

Before joining Elara in 2022, Laura served as Chief Human Resources Officer at a start-up behavioral healthcare company that expanded to a national scale. Prior to that, she spent over seven years in progressive HR leadership roles at Yum! Brands, including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Yum Corporate, and led talent management for Yum’s China division while based in Shanghai. 

Laura earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisville. 

John McMahon

Chief Financial Officer

John McMahon brings more than 25 years of experience in finance and accounting, including over a decade in senior leadership roles at publicly traded and private equity–backed healthcare companies. As Chief Financial Officer of Elara Caring, he oversees the company’s finance, accounting, tax, treasury, revenue cycle, and procurement functions.

Prior to joining Elara in 2021, John served as Chief Accounting Officer at both Modivcare and BioScrip. He also held senior leadership roles at Option Care Health as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, and at Heska as Chief Financial Officer.

John earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Kutztown University and an MBA in Finance from California State University, East Bay. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California. 

Moez Slimi

Chief Technology Officer

Moez Slimi serves as Elara Caring’s Chief Technology Officer, where he oversees the company’s technology strategy, systems architecture, and platform modernization efforts to support scalable, value-based care delivery. He brings more than two decades of experience leading engineering teams and building digital platforms that improve outcomes, streamline operations, and enable better decision-making through real-time data and automation.  

Before joining Elara, Moez served as Vice President of Software and Product Engineering at Alignment Healthcare, where he played a key role in developing the company’s proprietary technology infrastructure to support Medicare Advantage operations. His work contributed to the company’s CMS Stars performance, improved member experience, and efficient enterprise-wide coordination. Earlier in his career, Moez held senior engineering roles at loanDepot, Alogent Corporation, and Desert Oasis Healthcare, where he led application modernization, claims automation, and clinical integration initiatives.  

He began his career in Europe, where he held software development roles in consulting, media, and publishing sectors. Moez holds a master’s degree in computer science from the National Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in business management from the Higher Institute of Management in Tunis. 

Joe Cramer

President
Hospice & ElaraConnect

Joe Cramer brings more than 15 years of healthcare experience in finance, operations, and strategy to his role at Elara Caring. He serves as President of Hospice and Palliative Care, and leads ElaraConnect—the company’s platform for strengthening internal service line collaboration and improving patient transitions across Skilled Home Health, Personal Care Services, and end-of-life care. He also oversees Elara’s Business Intelligence and Payor Contracting functions, advancing enterprise-wide reporting and data transparency to support performance improvement in addition to industry leading work with payors to advance value based care through the Elara Caring platform.

In his role, Joe is responsible for day-to-day operations, sales alignment, and strategic growth across the Hospice and Palliative Care service lines. Prior to joining Elara Caring, he held leadership roles in Primary Care, Acute Care, and Medicare Advantage at four successful start-ups that have since been acquired. 

Joe earned his master’s degree from the Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore and his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. 

Tom Firmani

President
Personal Care Services

Tom Firmani serves as President of Personal Care Services at Elara Caring, bringing over three decades of executive operations leadership to the organization. In this role, he oversees a workforce of approximately 20,000 caregivers delivering non-clinical, in-home support across multiple states. His leadership is focused on enhancing workforce reliability, optimizing service delivery, and expanding access to high-quality, community-based care for high-need populations. 

Prior to joining Elara Caring in 2022, Tom was Senior Vice President of Operations at TridentCare Health Systems. There, he directed four distinct business units across 22 states, delivering mobile healthcare services to skilled nursing facilities, home care providers, commercial partners, and assisted living communities. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly 30 years at Comcast Cable Communications in progressively senior leadership roles, with a concentration on high-volume service operations and organizational scalability. 

Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in Management and Operations, from Stockton University.
 

Kimberly Nystrom, RN, BSN, JD

President
Skilled Home Health

Kimberly Nystrom, President of Skilled Home Health at Elara Caring, has more than 30 years of experience in legal, contracting, post-acute and home-based care. She leads a multi-state service line with approximately 3,000 clinicians providing skilled nursing, behavioral health, and therapy services to more than 23,000 patients daily across 18 states.

Since Elara’s inception, Kim has been pivotal in integrating acquired home health and behavioral health organizations into a unified care model. She has initiated multiple geographic and start-up operations expanding the skilled division’s footprint year over year. Under Kim’s leadership, the division operates several innovative outcomes-based models for value-based payors and large health systems.

Kim is committed to building top tier leadership teams who prioritize a patient-first, excellence in care culture – driving best-in-class customer experience and clinician engagement. 

Kim is a registered nurse and licensed attorney. She holds a nursing degree from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and a Juris Doctor from The University of Georgia School of Law.