Ms. Upshaw serves as senior vice president and CNO at TMC Health, leading nursing practice across a broad range of clinical specialties. Her work focuses on advancing professional nursing development to drive improvements in quality, safety and patient outcomes. She is recognized for building strong, high-performing nursing leadership teams and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation and excellence. Through creative retention strategies, she has consistently maintained nursing turnover well below national benchmarks. With more than 16 years of nursing leadership experience, her background spans oncology, cardiac care, maternal-child health, emergency services, intensive care and more. Ms. Upshaw’s impact has been recognized as one of “Tucson’s Fab 50 Nurses” by Tucson Nurses Week Foundation and as one of “Oklahoma’s Great 100 Nurses” by the Great 100 Nurses Foundation.
