The group spent the past six months talking to its grassroots membership, with about 4, 000 active UDA members attending a series of meetings throughout Northern Ireland.
Mr. Nichols is an active director of Hilltop Holdings as well as MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he has served on the Membership Committee, on the Development Committee of the Board of Visitors, as co-chair of the South Campus initiative, and currently as a member of the Campaign Executive Committee.