Tamika is educated in both Public Health and Mental Health. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science with a concentration in Community Health Education and Promotion from California State University, San Bernardino and her Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) from Des Moines University. She is currently a clinical psychology doctoral student, completing her dissertation at California Southern University. She is trained and certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) specializing in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), birth trauma, and emotional issues of fertility. She is also a trained and board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC).

Tamika has experience working with both couples and individuals and takes on a strength-based approach with all of her clients. As a bi-racial Black woman, Tamika understands the importance of BIPOC clients being able to access quality mental health care and this is what drew her to Ovia Health. She has supported clients with specific interest in working on issues of diversity and ethnicity identity. Tamika has enjoyed working with LGBTQIA+ families and individuals and is a strong ally to the community. Tamika is passionate about supporting those suffering from anxiety, depression, and trauma to heal and find resiliency through their own strengths.

Shauna Harrington is the Senior Director of Outreach and Executive Talent for VSP Vision.

Harrington has over 35 years working in fast-paced, growth-focused corporate headquarters for high-profile, international organizations creating and managing programs and teams both internally and externally in the areas of talent acquisition, leadership development, communications, employee engagement, diversity, and workforce development. She has achieved certifications in a broad range of leadership and organizational development processes and programs. 

As a leader in Human Resources, Harrington has deep passion for advising and coaching individuals and teams to achieve their personal and professional potential—as well as extending her purpose-driven passion to communities in need externally. In collaboration with VSP Vision and local communities she has successfully executed community initiatives, supporting workplace-related programs, education and training, and leadership skills, enabling an environment where everyone can thrive. 

She is the executive sponsor for VSP Vision’s Military, Veterans, and Family Business Resource Group (MVF BRG), a SHRM Veteran Ambassador, and the President of the Sacramento Veterans Employer Resource Group (SacVERG). She is also a certified SHRM Veteran Ambassador.

Harrington continues to be a featured speaker at several local, regional, national, and international professional association meetings, events and conferences  throughout the US. 

Harrington earned her bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and is a Senior Certified Professional recognized from the top two HR certifications (SPHR and SHRM-SCP).  Harrington is a past president of SAHRA (Sacramento Area Human Resource Management Association), served on its board of directors for seven years and continues to serve SAHRA and other various community boards and advisory councils in the Sacramento region. 

Jackie Bassett is the Director of People Strategy at UChicago Medicine. In her current role, Jackie is the strategic HR partner for many of UChicago Medicine’s leaders. She advises and collaborates with healthcare leaders on a wide range of strategic HR topics, including physician and staff engagement, organization development, workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management, diversity & inclusion, compensation and benefits.

Prior to joining UChicago Medicine, Jackie held roles in organization development and strategy and change consulting in the technology industry. She has a passion for people and has spent much of her career helping organizations put people first.

Jackie has a two-year-old son, and as a working parent herself, she has a deep appreciation of the extraordinary challenges facing working parents right now.

Pamela Berman is the Group Chief Talent Officer at Publicis Health.

Rachel Tyler is the Human Resources Business Partner at Methodist Health System Hospital.

Anna Maltby Patil is an award-winning journalist and editor who currently works as a freelance editorial director and consultant, fitness programming and performance coach, and personal trainer and Pilates teacher. Until April 2021, she was the executive editor of Elemental, Medium’s health and wellness publication. She was previously the deputy editor at Real Simple magazine and a deputy editor at Refinery29, and also held staff positions at Men’s Health, Marie Claire, SELF, Fit Pregnancy, Natural Health and Condé Nast Traveler. Her writing has appeared in such outlets as The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and O. She received her BSJ and MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Anna is also an American Council on Exercise–certified personal trainer and functional training specialist, a certified prenatal and postnatal exercise specialist, and a certified mat Pilates teacher.