Biographical Profile Pamela Katz Ressler, RN, BSN, HN-BC Founder and President Pam is an honors graduate of the University of Michigan School of Nursing and has received advanced certification in holistic nursing. She is a frequent speaker to local, national and international audiences, and was recently featured in RN Magazine. Along with her speaking and consulting practice, Pam is an adjunct faculty member of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts/Boston; lecturing on topics of stress resiliency. Her nursing practice has included experience in hospital, outpatient and school settings. She has received additional training in mind/body medicine through the Mind/Body Medical Institute, affiliated with Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. In addition, she has completed a professional training and internship program in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. Pam currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Integrative Medicine Alliance and has been a co-coordinator of the Healing Arts Team of MassGeneral Hospital for Children, as well a member of the Pediatric Family Advisory Committee of the MassGeneral Hospital for Children. Currently, she serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts/Boston, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, teaching stress management skills to undergraduate students. Pam's professional memberships include: Sigma Theta Tau: International Honor Society for Nursing Leadership and Research; American Holistic Nurses' Association; Society for Arts in Healthcare, American Nurses Association, Massachusetts Association for Registered Nurses, Integrative Medicine Alliance and the Society for Participatory Medicine. Pam is a member of the National Speakers Association, Concord Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. Her areas of interest include: accessibility of stress reduction classes to the general public, workplace stress reduction, skills training in stress reduction for health care providers, coping strategies and stress reduction for those with chronic, life-threatening illnesses, stress resiliency skills for caregivers, and gentle yoga and meditation in stress reduction and relaxation and use of technology to increase communication between providers and patients.