Ms. Celano is senior vice president, associate chief clinical officer, and chief nursing executive for Advent Health. She is responsible for the oversight of 25,000 nurses. She also plays a key role in managing the system’s professional excellence program, an initiative aimed at helping nurses grow in their careers. 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 (Fla.). She also brings prior experience serving at AdventHealth for Children as the facility’s first CNO, where she led the hospital to earn a prestigious Magnet designation for excellence in nursing. She has approximately 30 years of experience in healthcare, having begun her career as a pediatric critical care nurse and flight nurse.
