Nancy Stratton MBA

Stratton joins Maryland-based COLA from Austin, Texas where she was most recently CEO of Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL), the largest division of Sonic Healthcare. She first joined CPL in 1995 as a bench technologist and advanced to various management positions, helping CPL to achieve new levels of excellence in quality management, customer service, human resources, risk management, and regulatory and medical legal compliance. She was promoted to CEO in 2016. Prior to joining CPL, she started her career as a medical technologist in a variety of laboratory settings, including hospitals and physicians’ offices.

Stratton takes over as CEO of COLA for Doug Beigel, who recently retired after more than 29 years with the organization. Stratton is Green Belt-certified in the Six Sigma style of management. She holds a Master of Business Administration, Operations Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.