Nicole Threadgold, MBA - Bio Sketch

Nicole Threadgold is the director for the State Office of Rural Health administered by the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks.

In this position, she directs the activities for the Community Health Needs Assessments, the Scrubs Academy and Scrubs Camps, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation Building Healthier Rural Community (BUILD) Grants Program, HIPAA certification, the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, and the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP). She also assists with many workforce programs located at CRH and with the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program. Before joining CRH, Nicole was foundation director and marketing coordinator for a North Dakota Critical Access Hospital.

Originally from South Dakota, Nicole earned a master's in business administration (MBA) from Mount Marty University in Watertown, South Dakota, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with an emphasis in advertising from South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. She most recently completed the healthcare administration tract of the MBA program through the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.