Ascension St. Vincent’s has added three executives to key leadership roles supporting growth and clinical strategy as the health provider continues expanding access and strengthening specialty services across Northeast Florida.
- Jackie Champeau, Vice President, Strategy
- Mary Zielinski, Vice President, Neurosciences
- Katie Miller, Vice President, Women’s Clinical Service Line
Jackie Champeau
Champeau will lead strategic planning and growth efforts across Ascension St. Vincent’s, working with hospital, clinician, and operational leaders to identify opportunities for service expansion, capital investment, and improved access to care.
She brings over 25 years of experience in healthcare strategy and business development, including leadership roles with HCA Healthcare and the University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
Most recently, Champeau served as executive director of Strategy and Growth for AdventHealth’s East Florida Division, where she supported growth strategy across eight hospitals as well as capital planning, network expansion, service-line development, business development, and clinician relations.
Mary Zielinski
Zielinski will lead neurosciences strategy across Ascension St. Vincent’s, focusing on expanding neurological and neurosurgical services and creating a connected approach to specialty care across the region.
She most recently served as executive director of Service Line and Consumer Strategy for AdventHealth’s East Florida Division, where her responsibilities included strategic oversight of neurosciences and other clinical service lines across eight hospital campuses. She also has experience expanding neurosurgery programs, specialty practices, and patient access.
Katie Miller
Miller will lead strategy for the Women’s Clinical Service Line, building on over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience and over a decade with Ascension.
Most recently, she served as regional strategy director for Ascension St. Vincent’s. In that role, Miller led business cases and capital planning for women’s health initiatives, including labor and delivery and neonatal intensive care expansions. She also supported partnerships with independent clinician practices, developed long-term strategies for ambulatory access and market expansion, and played a key role in regional strategic planning and budgeting.
The appointments come as Ascension St. Vincent’s continues to align clinical strategy, capital planning, and growth initiatives across its Riverside, Southside, Clay County, and St. Johns County hospitals, with a focus on expanding access to specialty care throughout Northeast Florida.
