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Posted: July 7th, 2025

NRMC Celebrates 3rd Leadership Academy Cohort Graduation

NATCHITOCHES, LA – Natchitoches Regional Medical Center is proud to recognize the 2025 graduates of the NRMC Leadership Academy, a professional development program designed to cultivate leadership talent from within the organization.

The NRMC Leadership Academy is an integrated curriculum designed to prepare current and future leaders with both the interpersonal and organizational skills needed to successfully lead teams. The 10-month intensive program explores critical skills such as leading transformation, effective accountability, difficult conversations, situational leadership, and more.

Each cohort is charged with identifying 2 key opportunities facing the organization and applying their new skills to develop an actionable capstone project that addresses these opportunities. The two capstone projects completed this year focused on (1) idea and innovation cultivation within the frontline staff and (2) deploying new approaches to broaden associate recognition within the frontline staff.

Participants are selected from throughout NRMC through a competitive process. This year’s graduating class includes: Shay Ball, Kelsey Beaudion, Halie Errington, Jessica Havard, Cheyenne Martin, Andrea Rachal, Renee Robinson, Megan Sauce, Justin Sines, Jared Stanton, Dacia Vascocu, Kasmine Williams, and Latonya Winslow.

“We are incredibly proud of these graduates and the work they’ve done,” said Kirk Soileau, NRMC Chief Executive Officer. “Their dedication to continuous improvement and innovation is a reflection of our mission to deliver excellent care and foster leadership at every level of the organization.”

Training leaders and planning for succession within the organization helps ensure the future of the healthcare system and its sustainability. The Leadership Academy is part of NRMC’s commitment to investing in its team members and ensuring a strong future of healthcare leadership for the region.