Full Name
Carole Fisher
Job Title
President
Company
National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation
Speaker Bio
Carole Fisher serves as President of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), one of the nation's largest membership organizations focused on advanced illness care. Utilizing her previous experiences and deep expertise with nonprofit, community-based hospice and palliative healthcare, she is charged with leading a wide range of activities for the membership organization. With an emphasis on developing strategic partnerships, meaningful collaborations, and transformational innovations, Carole helps support the nation's most notable and distinguished end-of-life healthcare organizations.
As a keynote speaker, and executive coaching expert, Carole helps individuals find purpose from their life experiences, and provides leaders with the skills to build dynamic, high-performing organizations that drive engagement and elevate performance.
Carole is a seasoned C-suite advisor, innovator, and public policy advocate, for the past 35 years, she has successfully led and transformed nonprofit and mission-driven healthcare operations. She has significant experience in growing and transforming companies, developing people, and preparing organizations for navigating the unforeseen and unanticipated. Additionally, Carole has proven background in increasing market share, contracting with payers, building specialty provider networks, developing and integrating cutting-edge technology, facilitating M&A mid-size transactions, and is well respected for her ability to merge cultures and teams. She brings this experience to her position at NPHI in addition to her role as an executive coach.
Carole is the former President and CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice. In a fiercely competitive market, she positioned the organization as a nationally known industry leader respected for its clinical advancements and innovations. Under her leadership, Nathan Adelson Hospice was recognized for eight years by Modern Healthcare Magazine as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in the United States.
Beginning in 2023, Carole hosted two seasons of the globally renowned and award-winning true crime podcast, The Girlfriends, produced for iHeartRadio which ranked #1 in the podcast charts in six countries. The podcast explores the themes of justice and female solidarity and partnered with NOMORE.org to put an end to domestic violence – a cause Carole is extremely passionate about. In light of her advocacy work, Carole became the first Global Ambassador for NO MORE in 2024 – working hard to amplify their voice and engaging with high-profile figures such as Her Majesty, the Queen.
After obtaining her bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Carole attained a Master’s Certification in Organizational Leadership from the Thayer Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. She serves as an adjunct faculty member for Teleios University and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Thayer Institute. She currently sits on the boards of Global Partners in Care, and The Center, Las Vegas – where she champions the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Previously she served on the Board of Directors for MountainView Hospital (a subsidiary of HCA), Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation, Health Insight, UNLV Health Law Program Advisory Board, and the Nevada Hospital Association.
Since 1986, Carole has received over 25 awards, showcasing her outstanding achievements. Notable highlights include winning the 2024 Ambies® award for Best True Crime Podcast, the 2019 Brad Garrett Humanitarian Award, the Nevada Business Magazine Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award, and being named in My Vegas Magazine's Top 100 Women of the Year in 2018. Carole's leadership was recognized with the Silver State Awards Executive of the Year in 2016, and she was honored as a Pioneer in the Women's Hall of Fame in 2017. These accolades reflect Carole's impactful contributions and her esteemed status in various fields.
As a keynote speaker, and executive coaching expert, Carole helps individuals find purpose from their life experiences, and provides leaders with the skills to build dynamic, high-performing organizations that drive engagement and elevate performance.
Carole is a seasoned C-suite advisor, innovator, and public policy advocate, for the past 35 years, she has successfully led and transformed nonprofit and mission-driven healthcare operations. She has significant experience in growing and transforming companies, developing people, and preparing organizations for navigating the unforeseen and unanticipated. Additionally, Carole has proven background in increasing market share, contracting with payers, building specialty provider networks, developing and integrating cutting-edge technology, facilitating M&A mid-size transactions, and is well respected for her ability to merge cultures and teams. She brings this experience to her position at NPHI in addition to her role as an executive coach.
Carole is the former President and CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice. In a fiercely competitive market, she positioned the organization as a nationally known industry leader respected for its clinical advancements and innovations. Under her leadership, Nathan Adelson Hospice was recognized for eight years by Modern Healthcare Magazine as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in the United States.
Beginning in 2023, Carole hosted two seasons of the globally renowned and award-winning true crime podcast, The Girlfriends, produced for iHeartRadio which ranked #1 in the podcast charts in six countries. The podcast explores the themes of justice and female solidarity and partnered with NOMORE.org to put an end to domestic violence – a cause Carole is extremely passionate about. In light of her advocacy work, Carole became the first Global Ambassador for NO MORE in 2024 – working hard to amplify their voice and engaging with high-profile figures such as Her Majesty, the Queen.
After obtaining her bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Carole attained a Master’s Certification in Organizational Leadership from the Thayer Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. She serves as an adjunct faculty member for Teleios University and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Thayer Institute. She currently sits on the boards of Global Partners in Care, and The Center, Las Vegas – where she champions the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Previously she served on the Board of Directors for MountainView Hospital (a subsidiary of HCA), Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation, Health Insight, UNLV Health Law Program Advisory Board, and the Nevada Hospital Association.
Since 1986, Carole has received over 25 awards, showcasing her outstanding achievements. Notable highlights include winning the 2024 Ambies® award for Best True Crime Podcast, the 2019 Brad Garrett Humanitarian Award, the Nevada Business Magazine Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award, and being named in My Vegas Magazine's Top 100 Women of the Year in 2018. Carole's leadership was recognized with the Silver State Awards Executive of the Year in 2016, and she was honored as a Pioneer in the Women's Hall of Fame in 2017. These accolades reflect Carole's impactful contributions and her esteemed status in various fields.
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