Nicole spent over a decade in the non-profit space, providing human resources and accounting/auditing expertise to educational systems before pursuing a law degree. After graduation, she moved into a senior operational and general counsel role with a patent technology SaaS company before transitioning into the healthcare industry. While at Centene Corporation, she served as Compliance Officer for four different health plans and spearheaded the enterprise's issue management initiative. Nicole coordinated multiple teams to address compliance and privacy objectives for both state-level and federal programs, including Price Transparency, Interoperability, No Surprises Act, and Language and Format Accessibility.