Chief Nursing Officer
Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Brilliant Tenacity

Michelle Peña is the Chief Nursing Officer at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s. Michelle provides clinical and administrative leadership for planning, organizing, directing, monitoring and evaluating safe high-quality patient care. It’s an understatement to say this pandemic hit Michelle and her frontline nurses hard. Every day Michelle had to evaluate how Mercy Health Saint Mary’s was keeping patients and staff safe during the uncertain and continually changing conditions. “I reflected on the previous 18 months and was surprised that I was able to handle what came my way in that time. Looking back in a comprehensive way helped me see strength in myself I didn’t know I had,” said Michelle.