Joanne Hertz was a student at Baker High School, graduating in 1992. She moved to New York where she met and married a wealthy man, and started working as a Segment Producer for The Food Network. Her show was coming to Quake to interview Piper Halliwell in 1999. Joanne appeared to be very vain and self-centered, and she loved flashing her large diamond wedding ring around for all to see. She also had a bad nose job—Piper said a "discount doctor" gave it to her.