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Chief nursing officers are adept at driving service line expansion, care standardization, workforce development and much more, all in the name of exceptional patient care. The CNOs featured on this list seamlessly combine clinical and leadership expertise to support providers and patients alike. They are strategic drivers of nursing practice growth and improvement, resulting in enhanced patient safety and satisfaction. Note: This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of included CNOs, organizations or associated healthcare providers. CNOs cannot pay for inclusion on this list. CNOs are presented in alphabetical order. Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@ beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments. Sarah Brown, MSN, RN. CNO of UnityPoint Health (Des Moines, Iowa). Ms. Brown serves as UnityPoint Health's chief nursing officer. She first joined the system in 2007, serving as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She went on to serve as vice president and chief nursing executive for UnityPoint Health–Waterloo, and as regional ambulatory vice president for UnityPoint Clinic. Ms. Brown became Nurse Executive Advanced - Board Certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2022. Trish Celano, MSN, RN. Senior Vice President and CNO at AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, Fla.). Before being named to her current roles, Ms. Celano served as AdventHealth's senior vice president and regional chief clinical officer for the Central Florida Division-North Region as well as senior vice president and CNO for AdventHealth Orlando. She has more than 25 years of nursing and patient care experience. Her experience also includes serving at AdventHealth for Children as the facility's first CNO, where she led the hospital to earn a prestigious Magnet designation, which recognized the hospital for excellence in nursing. Judy Chabot, MSN, RN. CNO and Vice President of Clinical Operations at Tenet Healthcare (Dallas). Ms. Chabot is chief nursing officer and vice president of clinical operations for Tenet Healthcare, as well as United Surgical Partners International. Her role entails the development and implementation of quality, safety and patient experience programs. These initiatives aim to enhance enterprisewide professional nursing practices. Ms. Chabot brings 29 years of clinical and leadership experience in acute care hospitals with Tenet. Prior to her current role, she was group chief nursing officer for Tenet's Southern California Group and chief nursing officer for Los Alamitos (Calif.) Medical Center. Erica DeBoer, RN. CNO of Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Ms. DeBoer is CNO for Sanford Health, which serves over a million patients and is the largest rural health system in the country. She has been instrumental in leading systemwide initiatives aimed at leveraging technology, AI and automation to solve for unprecedented nursing workforce shortages. She has also helped to lead an expansion of workforce development programs to build a stronger pipeline of the next generation of caregivers. With her help, the system has welcomed nearly 300 internationally educated nurses to date and intends to onboard an additional 400 foreign nurses over the next three years. 25 chief nursing officers to know In Collaboration with BlueSky Anna Falvey, Becker's Healthcare