Meet Toni Tengblad

Executive Director, Clinical Operations

Hillsboro may be across the state from Toni Tengblad's home in Green Bay, but she still has that can-do Packerland spirit. Maybe that's because she grew up just one block from Lambeau Field.

Toni's late mother-in-law, Phyllis Tengblad was once the social worker at St. Joseph's Hospital and her father-in-law, Warren, recently became a resident of the nursing home. That gives Toni not only a professional interest in the quality of the medical care at St. Joseph's but a personal interest as well.

Toni has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from UW-Oshkosh and a Master of Science Degree in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology from UW-La Crosse.

In her ten years at St. Joseph's she has served as staff nurse, director of cardiac rehabilitation and as director of nursing. In her current position she says every day is different. She may spend time working on a contract for a visiting physician , counseling employees, or overseeing the quality and delivery of patient care.

While she says the scope of her job is "huge and challenging" she still misses the care-giving role of a nurse.

"The leadership role is different, you make decisions for the betterment of the organization. The St. Joseph's staff have strong values about how we treat customers and each other. I hope I set a good example in that," she says.

Toni finds relief from stress in music. She is a vocalist and pianist and directs the recently organized Home Front Singers.

She and her husband Chris live near Valley and have two daughters, ages five and eleven.

For more information on the management of St. Joseph's contact Toni at 489-8000.