Elizabeth M. Fago

The Donor

Healthcare entrepreneur, Home Quality Management (founder; sold 2007)

Nursing Homes & Post-Acute CareNorth Palm Beach, Florida· Member, confirmed on the Nov. 9, 2026 agenda

Last verified November 6, 2026

Overview

Founded and ran Home Quality Management, a nursing home operator, and sold it in 2007. She told the committee in May 2026 that she once ran more than 100 facilities with 13,000 employees. Her son Paul Walczak, a former nursing home executive, pleaded guilty to diverting more than $7 million from employee paychecks. She gave $1 million to MAGA Inc. in April 2025 and attended a $1 million-per-person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago. Trump pardoned Walczak weeks later. A House Judiciary Democrats staff report puts the pardon 12 days after his sentencing. A payroll company she co-owned with Walczak owed the IRS $8.3 million, growing past $10 million by 2019. In April 2026 a West Palm Beach cancer-testing startup named her chairwoman of its advisory board, citing her committee seat.

Since March 2026

What has changed

April 6, 2026Advanced Oncosure Testing Inc. (West Palm Beach) named Fago the first non-executive chairwoman of a new advisory board, citing her committee seat, in a company press release. source
May 13, 2026Public Citizen review of the committee: Fago worked in the nursing home business, raised millions for Trump; her son Paul Walczak, a former nursing home executive, was pardoned in 2025 after pleading guilty to tax crimes. source
July 14, 2026Senators Wyden and Merkley wrote Kennedy and Oz citing Fago's nursing home industry ties, her fundraising for Trump and the April 2025 Mar-a-Lago fundraiser, and asked about FACA compliance. source
August 1, 2026Public Citizen reported the Wyden-Merkley letter argues the committee fails FACA's balance requirement and calls for removal of members tied to Trump; it names Fago's nursing home work and Trump fundraising. source
August 25, 2026House Judiciary Democrats' August 2026 staff report 'Pardons, Inc.' says Walczak was sentenced in May 2025 and pardoned 12 days later, after his mother attended a $1 million-per-person Trump fundraiser. source

Career arc

Professional timeline

Sold 2007

Founder and chief executive

Home Quality Management (nursing homes)

April 2026

Non-executive chairwoman, advisory board

Advanced Oncosure Testing

Managing Member

FW Healthcare Investments LLC

Advisory Council

Harvard Medical School Systems Biology

2020

Trump nominee

National Cancer Advisory Board

Appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush

Board Member

Health Care District of Palm Beach County

Red flags

Conflicts and concerns

Pay-to-play pattern: million-dollar Mar-a-Lago fundraiser followed by son's pardon followed by federal advisory committee appointment.

Former nursing home operator on a committee advising Medicaid and Medicare, the programs that paid her facilities.

FW Healthcare Investments sued for $6.3M in 2019 Florida appellate case.

Trump pardoned multiple nursing home executives convicted of multimillion-dollar fraud.

Named by Senators Wyden and Merkley (July 2026) and in the House Judiciary Democrats report on pardons (August 2026).

No evident policy expertise.

Physician-owned hospitals

Nursing home and post-acute care operator with direct financial dependency on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. No stated interest in physician ownership or expanding competitive alternatives to consolidated systems.

Sources