Management Team

Wanda Pelkey, CPA, brings over 30 years of experience in long-term care finance and operations, with a proven track record of navigating complex Medicaid and Medicare-driven reimbursement environments.

As CEO, Wanda is focused on First Atlantic’s commitment to serving people.  On quality care and services to our residents, rewarding careers for our employees and being an essential healthcare partner in the communities we serve. Having served as Chief Financial Officer of First Atlantic Healthcare for over two decades prior to becoming CEO, she offers deep institutional knowledge and a disciplined approach to financial and operational performance.

She is a high honors graduate from the University of Southern Maine. Prior to joining First Atlantic, Wanda worked at BerryDunn in its healthcare advisory and audit practice, guiding providers on reimbursement and regulatory matters.

She currently serves on the Maine Health Care Association Board of Directors, including two terms as Board Chair, and participates in national leadership initiatives through the American Health Care Association’s Regional Multi-Facility, Independent Owner and Not-for-Profit Council.

Wanda resides in New Gloucester, Maine, and maintains an active lifestyle, enjoying outdoor recreation and time with her family.

Kim Bernard is the Chief Financial Officer at First Atlantic Healthcare, where she provides strategic leadership and oversees all financial and accounting functions to drive the company’s financial growth.

Kim graduated with Bachelors in Accounting from Bryant University in 2007. An internship at BerryDunn, CPAs in Portland, ME started her career as an auditor there, with a focus on healthcare organizations, cost reporting and employee benefit audits. Looking to join the private sector, in 2012 Kim joined First Atlantic Healthcare as the Budget and Reimbursement Manager. In this role Kim was responsible for all budgeting and cost reporting aspects of the owned and managed nursing home and assisted living facilities. In 2019, Kim was promoted to Director of Accounting where she supervised a team of ten in the daily operations of accounts payable, cash management, financial statement prep, budgeting and cost reporting. Excelling at that role, in 2024 Kim was promoted to CFO. Additionally, Kim serves on the First Atlantic Corporate Compliance Committee, is trustee of the company’s 401k plan and is currently on the board of trustees of the Maine Health Care Workers Comp Trust.

Kim resides in Falmouth, ME with her husband and two daughters. When not at work, you’ll find her cheering on her girl’s activities, cruising Little Sebago Lake or bombing down ski slopes!

Mr. Bowden joined the company in 1990. Bowden leads a very talented executive team that carries out company objectives related to management, consulting, development, advocacy and regulatory compliance.

A graduate of Ellsworth High School, he continued his education at the University of Maine at Orono, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA. Once employed by the world-wide public accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney, many of his audit clients were from the health care field including St. Mary’s General Hospital, Penobscot Bay Medical Center and Northern Maine Medical Center to name a few.

Bowden has held many healthcare executive positions including Cost and Reimbursement Manager at St. Mary’s General Hospital and was the first Chief Financial Officer at Jackson Brook Institute, a newly opened Psychiatric/Drug Rehabilitation Hospital located in South Portland, Maine. In 1990, he joined First Atlantic Corporation as Chief Financial Officer where his duties included financial oversight of the nursing, pharmacy and home health divisions. Promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 1995, Mr. Bowden has been involved with health care services for more than 40 years.