Joanne Hill received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the fall of 1980, Joanne and her family moved to Wenatchee, where she worked as a nurse practitioner at what is now Columbia Valley Community Health. Subsequently she taught at Wenatchee Valley College in the nursing program.

Joanne joined the staff of Central Washington Hospital in 1984. She has worked in the Employee Health Services department and the Family Physicians clinic. Joanne joined the Women's Healthcare Center to pursue a passion in providing health care to adolescent and adult women. Her clinical interests include mental health, women's preventative care, healthy aging and cardiovascular risk factor reduction.

Joanne and her husband have three adult children and an energetic Labrador Retriever. She enjoys all the outdoor activities the Wenatchee Valley has to offer as well as reading, playing Scrabble and gardening.