Nicole B. Thomas

Nicole B. Thomas joined the FRP Board on April 1, 2022. Ms. Thomas is the hospital president of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and is responsible for the operational and strategic direction of the largest hospital in the health system. Ms. Thomas brings valuable experience in shaping diversity, inclusion and social responsibility policies, a proven track record of leadership, and diversity to the FRP Board.

Ms. Thomas serves on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Tiger Academy Jacksonville and serves on the OneJax Advisory Board. Ms. Thomas has held several roles with Baptist Health since joining in 2011, including co-chairing its diversity, equity, and inclusion council, chairing its transformation council, serving as senior vice president of specialty services overseeing neurosciences, orthopedics, and oncology, with primary executive responsibility for the formation of Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2015, and since 2016, serving as Baptist Medical Center South’s president. Prior to joining Baptist Health, she was assistant vice president of Physician Operations for St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in Houston, and operations administrator at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.

A fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, Ms. Thomas was named among Modern Healthcare magazine’s Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare in 2018 and 2020 and one of 70 African American leaders in health care to know by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2020.