Ms. Ascencio-Holmes is CNO at Sutter Health, leading more than 16,000 nurses across the nonprofit integrated system that serves roughly 3.5 million patients annually. She sets systemwide nursing strategy spanning education, research, workforce development and care delivery, and serves on the system’s executive leadership team in dyad partnership with the chief medical and quality officer. Since her appointment as CNO in 2024, she has focused heavily on retention and professional growth, keeping nursing turnover below 10%. She has championed nurse-informed operational improvements, including an EHR documentation streamlining effort reported to save an average of 400,000 clicks per day, returning time to bedside care. Ms. Ascencio-Holmes has also expanded development pathways through residency support and leadership training programs such as charge nurse and transition-to-nurse-manager tracks. She brings to her current role deep experience across perioperative, surgical hospital and executive roles within Sutter Health, prioritizing both caregiver experience and patient-centered outcomes.
