Beyond the Board: Antony E. Ghee

When Antony E. Ghee joined VNA Health Group’s Board of Trustees in 2022, he brought experience in finance, law, and military service, along with a lifelong commitment to public service. His path to the organization began through a professional connection, but his commitment to the mission reflects values that have guided his life and career.

“I think everyone in our country, whether it’s the military, feeding the homeless, or Habitat for Humanity, should do something. It changes the fabric of the nation,” Antony said.

Professionally, Antony serves as Head of Equity Investments at Bank of America, where he leads investment activities within the firm’s Global Wealth & Investment Management platform. His career spans senior roles in finance and risk oversight, as well as legal practice in New York and Hong Kong. Alongside his civilian career, he has maintained a longstanding commitment to military service.

An Army Reservist, Antony currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and serves as a Judge Advocate, providing legal leadership and counsel within the U.S. Army Reserve. Over the course of his service, he has held several command and legal roles, including Brigade Judge Advocate and Headquarters Company Commander. He continues to serve in leadership positions while balancing a demanding civilian career.

That sense of service has guided him from finance and the military to healthcare. Antony’s first job in the Army was as an operating room specialist, assisting physicians during surgery. While in college, he also worked evenings as a surgical technician at the Medical College of Virginia, supporting trauma teams and complex procedures. “That was my first true introduction to healthcare,” he said. Those early experiences gave Antony a clear view of healthcare beyond hospitals, and of the gaps that in-home care can help fill.

“I was familiar with visiting nurses generally, but my appreciation and understanding of VNA Health Group has grown tremendously,” he said. “What surprised me was the organization itself. You have a lot of healthcare entities driven by healthy profits. The VNA is not operated that way.”

While financial sustainability matters, Antony was struck by how much VNA Health Group relies on public funding and private community support, and by the passion behind the work.

“They’re not doing it to get rich,” he said. “They’re doing it to provide a service. The level of passion and commitment I’ve seen from leadership has floored me.”

As a member of the Board of Trustees, Antony serves on the Audit Committee, a role that aligns naturally with his background in law, finance, and risk oversight. “From an oversight perspective, the audit committee is incredibly important,” he said. “It helps maintain checks and balances on what’s happening and make sure we’re not veering off-course.”

He also believes many people underestimate the scope of VNA Health Group’s work.

“It’s beyond just hospice. It’s beyond just nurses,” Antony said. “There are children and family health services. There are physicians in certain communities. The breadth of services, and the fact that they vary by community, is something people don’t always realize until they really understand the organization.”

For Antony, that breadth, and the people who deliver it, define VNA Health Group.

“One word that describes the VNA,” he explained, “is selfless. Christopher Rinn, Steven Landers, the executives, the board—everyone I’ve had the privilege of working with. That one word really describes them. I want people to understand how selfless these people are.”

Those values mirror Antony’s own story. Born at Trenton Hospital and raised by his mother with the support of his grandmother, he was the first in his family to attend college. Today, he and his wife are raising two children in New Jersey—one a junior at Harvard University with aspirations to attend medical school, and the other a senior at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut—passing along the same emphasis on education, responsibility, and service.

For Antony, board service is simply another expression of that commitment: using experience, perspective, and time to support work that matters.

“This organization,” he said, “and what it does for communities across New Jersey, really matters.” It’s a chance to serve the community in the way he believes everyone should—a principle that has guided him throughout his life and career.