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Melissa D. Cole, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CENP is currently the inaugural Director of Nursing & Strategic Healthcare Integration at John Carroll University (JCU). Ms. Cole is also Associate Faculty at JCU and will oversee the recently announced Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and the expansion of John Carroll’s academic healthcare portfolio. JCU is a 136-year-old Jesuit institution that was rated #4 best undergraduate teaching among Regional Universities in the Midwest and was ranked #1 in Ohio in the U.S. News & World Report.Prior to coming to JCU, Ms. Cole served in a variety of leadership capacity at University Hospitals Health System (UHHS) beginning in 2016 as the Vice President for the Center for Emergency Medicine, where she was responsible for leading and developing strategic initiates across 13 emergency departments. In 2020, during the pandemic she was named Acting System Chief Nursing Executive and Clinical Operations Cheif, with responsibility for a wide range of clinical services inc