Our Team

Theresa Pak a.k.a. Tpak is a nurse with over 30 years of experience who has worked in many different states and clinical areas from ER to ICU. Her roles have ranged from bedside nurse to nursing supervisor, as well as inpatient manager in various units at UC Davis Health. She has led her units through transitions, such as adopting the care of pediatric patients into the adult care arena and transforming mixed level acuity unit to cardiology ICU. She also supported MSICU Gold to Gold Beacon designation of critical care excellence for the past 9 years.

Tpak is also one of the original Re-Igniting the Spirit of Caring facilitators, the Relationship Based Culture (RBC) anchor program started in 2004. In 2017, in support of developing RBC based on values of Love Compassion Integrity and Courage, she helped adopt two more Creative Healthcare Management programs, See Me As A Person (SMAAP) and Leading An Empowered Organization (LEO). Additionally, in 2010 Tpak helped make RBC more inclusive and reached out to other disciplines outside of PCS. She has helped grow the program from 4 nurse facilitators to 31 facilitators from different disciplines. At UC Davis Health Tpak is a champion of Wellness throughout. Most recently, Tpak completed the TNT fellowship through Peter Yellowlees M.D. C.W.O. and has collaborated with others to bring meditation practices to UC Davis Health. She has also taken on facilitating the DEI workshops, working with School of Nursing and the DEI council to provide education, training, and resources to nurses. Lastly, Tpak is a trained facilitator for all three programs, RSC, LEO, and SMAAP, and currently manages the LEO course load.

Jessica is inspired by mindfulness, positive psychology, sociology and wellness and their intersections in healthcare professional development.  She excels at guiding professionals toward creating and thriving in relationship-based cultures.  Jessica is a skilled facilitator and collaborator. She brings complex science to life with clear tools for application and usually manages to integrate a bit of humor and reality along the way. She has provided mindfulness and wellness consult and program development for health care organizations and Fortune 500 Companies privately.  Jessica has served both the public and private health care sectors as an educator and administrator serving low-income populations, health care and fire professionals and C-Suite executives at the California Department of Public Health. At the County level, Jessica served on multi-disciplinary teams to provide equal access to care for newly diagnosed clients needing HIV/AIDS and Communicable Disease services. Jessica has a vast array of health and wellness experience and works collaboratively with health care professionals to offer broad perspectives and create “a-ha moments” for course participants. Jessica is a trained facilitator for SMAAP and RSC. Jessica holds a B.S. in Health Science and Master of Public Health degrees.