Nancy Stratton

Lab accreditation provider COLA announced the appointment of Nancy Stratton as chief executive officer.

Previously, Stratton was CEO of Clinical Pathology Laboratories, the largest division of Sonic Healthcare. She joined CPL in 1995 as a bench technologists, and served in various roles related to quality management, customer service, human resources, risk management, and regulatory and medical legal compliance. She was promoted to CEO of CPL in 2016.

Stratton takes over as CEO of COLA from Doug Beigel, who recently retired after more than 29 years with the organization. In her new role she will be responsible for driving the organization's continued growth and furthering its mission to promote excellence in laboratory medicine and patient care.