Coco Hendricks is an accomplished administrator and scientist with over twenty years of work experience. She has served in senior administrative posts at Hospitals in Florida, Louisiana and Washington. She also managed a large academic research program at Louisiana State University. As the owner/operator of her own small business, she provided consulting services to in vitro diagnostic device manufacturers in the United States and France. In addition to her administrative experience, Mrs. Hendricks has published numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and has served as an invited speaker at both international and national meetings. Her expertise is in the clinical application of laser based technologies, including flow and laser-scanning cytometry. She is a board certified medical technologist. Mrs. Hendricks earned her MHA at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. She is fluent in English, French and Lebanese.