Advocate Health Care President Dia Nichols has joined the board of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA), which represents more than 200 hospitals and nearly 40 health systems across the .
Being the only person of color in a corporate board room isn t unusual for Dia Nichols of Inverness. The 49-year-old recently took the helm as the first Black president of Advocate Health Care.
Dia Nichols, Advocate Lutheral General Hospital s new president, recently sat down with the Daily Herald to talk about his journey, challenges with the health care industry, what the pandemic has exposed about health care disparities for people of color, and the need for more diversity in health care management at every level of the operation.
The hallways of Palatine High School transformed into something of an art gallery this month, thanks to the work of a unique club. Up and down the first and second floor corridors can be seen life-size silhouettes created by students themselves.