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Although JoAnn Coleman has dedicated the majority of her professional life to caring for surgical patients, she’d originally planned to enter the workforce as a secondary school teacher. 

As the vice president of operations for surgical services at the Phoenix, Arizona-based St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Angie Jenkins leverages the expertise and understanding of a 30-year nursing career to connect with health care professionals across a variety of surgical disciplines, from general surgery to interventional radiology, electrophysiology and beyond.

When she’s not working, Jones loves spending time in her garden, and is very active within her church. Her interests include reading, music and traveling. She has been a frequent participant in nursing associations, from the Texas Nurses Association and the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives to the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses. She was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in October 2022. 

As early as middle school, Katie Chargualaf found herself contemplating a career in health care. Growing up in a family of health care providers, where health care was commonly talked around the dinner table and at holidays, made it easy for her to see herself entering the field. Chargualaf was hesitant, however, because she felt an equally strong pull to consider a career in education. While volunteering in a hospital one evening, she had an epiphany that maybe she didn’t have to choose between the two.