Nicole Radford, VP of Laboratory Services at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute and a Director-at-Large for the ACHE WFC Chapter, describes herself as an “ACHE-fanatic”!  She believes not only in the power and advantages of ACHE membership, but also that everyone plays a part in making ACHE the great professional organization that it is.  Prior to moving from Northern Illinois, Nicole was very active in volunteer service to ACHE, including being a member of the D&I committee (2016-2021), the chair of the Education Committee (2017-2021), and a Director (2019-2021) for the Central IL ACHE chapter. She also served as Regent of Central and Southern Illinois from 2020-2022, and was a judge for the 2023 Richard J. Stull Essay competition.  She was honored to be named a Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program Scholar in 2018, became an ACHE Fellow in 2019, and won an ACHE Service Award In 2022.

Professionally, Nicole has over 25 years of healthcare experience, with most of her experience being in Laboratory Medicine. She has had the opportunity to speak at several events on topics around operational efficiencies and DEI initiatives and concepts. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences from Illinois State University, and a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from University of St. Francis (Joliet,IL).  She and her husband live in Fort Myers, and she’s the proud mom of 2 adult children.