Women’s History Month | Get to Know Nakia Tremble, SVP of Specialty Hospital Operations, Mid-America Region

During Women’s History Month, ScionHealth is proud to share more about one of the leading female executives in its company – Nakia Tremble, Senior Vice President of Operations for Specialty Hospitals in the Mid-America Region.

In her role, Tremble oversees strategic operations and business development for ScionHealth’s Kindred and Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and West Virginia while leading a group of local Market CEOs and individual hospital CEOs.  

Tremble is an experienced and successful hospital administrator who was named permanent SVP of Operations for the Mid-America Region in December after briefly serving in the role on an interim basis last year. In 2023 and ’24, she was Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Mid-America Region, and prior to that, she was a high-performing CEO at Kindred Hospital Indianapolis North, helping the hospital improve both in quality and in terms of business success.

“I’m known for my communication style, my ability to rally the troops, per se, and to really motivate and get people engaged,” said Tremble, who considers herself a servant leader.

Tremble also brings important clinical expertise to her executive role, having begun her career as a respiratory therapist.  

She also serves as Board Chair of the Indiana Chapter of the American Lung Association, an organization for which Kindred Hospitals has been a longtime supporter.

Tremble and team members from ScionHealth Mid-America hospitals recently participated in ALA’s Fight for Air Climb in Indianapolis, where more than 500 people climbed 47 flights of stairs at a downtown skyscraper. Kindred Hospitals of Indianapolis was the presenting sponsor of the event, which raised over $210,000 to support lung health.

In her spare time, Tremble has enjoyed serving as a speaker at career fairs at Indianapolis schools, encouraging students, including girls and students of color, to aspire to succeed and become leaders in their careers.

“They don’t often see people like me in positions like this,” Tremble said. “The kids are always bright-eyed and like, ‘You’re over hospitals?! We can do that?!’ I think it’s important just to be there to say, ‘Yes, you can do it, you can do anything that you work hard for and anything you put your mind to.’”

In addition, Tremble has served as a financial coach for young women from her church and community, and she is a volunteer cheerleading coach for girls through Mount Vernon Youth Cheerleading, a nonprofit cheer club she founded.

“My daughter loved cheer, and I cheered when I was young,” Tremble said, “and so I’m giving back to little people. These are little girls in elementary school that I can pour into, to throw out little bits of wisdom through coaching them how to cheer.”

During Women’s History Month and year-round, Tremble has words of encouragement for women in healthcare and business who aspire to grow their careers.

She said her message would be, “Remain diligent in your pursuit to make a positive impact in the lives of those who cross your path both personally and professionally. Your contributions and perspectives are invaluable. When things seem hard, just keep going because quitting just isn't an option. You got this!”