Nicole Tapay is the Director of Policy and Advocacy with the Cancer Support Community’s Cancer Policy Institute. In this role, she helps the Cancer Policy Institute grow to better serve the Cancer Support Community’s Network Partners, patients, caregivers, survivors, and everyone impacted by cancer, elevating their voices in legislative and regulatory discussions and actions.

Nicole brings deep, wide-ranging health policy expertise across government, international organizations, industry, and academia, along with a passion for improving how healthcare is covered and delivered for people with cancer and for anyone who is or may become a patient.

Prior to joining the Cancer Support Community, Nicole served as Director, Cancer Care Delivery & Health Policy at the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC), where she helped develop and lead the organization’s health policy and advocacy strategy. She has advised senior government officials on health policy and coverage reform as staff in the U.S. Senate, at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Bank, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.