About Us
Hear our Mission, meet our team, and get to know our WeCare Board of Directors.
Our Mission
WeCare is a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive care to our healthcare professionals who are silently suffering from burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and PTSD. We do this by providing wellbeing CME boxes, wellbeing CME conferences, and wellbeing CME event scholarships. Our continuing medical education programs support whole person wellbeing and validate the need for healthcare professionals to care for themselves so they can continue to care for others. Improving our healthcare workforce's own wellbeing ensures we achieve better outcomes for both patients, our healthcare professionals, and communities at large.
WeCare
Inclusive, accessible, and diverse wellbeing opportunities for our healthcare workforce and beyond.
WeCare is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive care to our healthcare professionals who are silently suffering from burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and PTSD. We do this by providing wellbeing CME boxes, wellbeing CME conferences, and wellbeing CME event scholarships. Our continuing medical education programs support whole person wellbeing and validate the need for healthcare professionals to care for themselves so they can continue to care for others. Improving our healthcare workforce's own wellbeing ensures we achieve better outcomes for both patients, our healthcare professionals, and communities at large.
Meet our Founder
Christa Rymal | Registered Nurse, Founder & CEO
Christa Rymal is registered nurse and former healthcare administrator. She is now the Founder and Chair of the Board of the WeCare Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the wellbeing of healthcare professionals through supportive burnout recovery tools,
expert self-care education, and restorative whole person experiences.
With more than a decade of experience as a healthcare entrepreneur and leader, Christa has focused her work on creating meaningful and impactful continuing medical education (CME) programs and experiences designed specifically for physicians, mid-level clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Her work blends professional education with evidence-based wellbeing practices, helping caregivers reconnect with purpose, resilience, and community. In addition, all programs are designed to help healthcare professionals prevent or treat burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma.
Christa’s 20+ years of clinical and professional background spans multiple areas of healthcare including orthopedics, emergency medicine, cardiac care, diabetes management, endocrinology,
and functional and lifestyle medicine. In addition to her nursing experience, she has worked extensively in healthcare leadership and administration, giving her a unique perspective on the challenges healthcare professionals and healthcare leaders face across clinical, organizational, and system settings.
Through the WeCare Foundation, Christa is working to build innovative programs such as wellbeing CME conferences, CME gift boxes packed with a dose of self-care, healthcare worker CME retreats, and more — all designed to remind those who care for others that they deserve care too.
Team Members
Jamie Petschow | Chief Marketing, Communications and Systems Officer
Learn more about Jamie Petschow here: BIO
Dawn Sicard | Communications and Grant Writing Manager
Learn more about Dawn Sicard here: BIO
Andrea Spalding | Event Manager
Learn more about Andrea Spalding here: BIO
Kyla Sieges | Social Media Manager
Travis Rymal | Finance & Product Manager
Learn more about Travis Rymal here: BIO
Lisa TerHaar | Clinical Quality Manager
Learn more about Lisa TerHaar here: BIO
Andy Breeden | Content & Administration Specialist
Learn more about Andy Breeden here: BIO
Ashley Eisenchenck | Event and Fundraising Planner
Learn more about Ashley Eisenchenck here: BIO
Katie Elzea | Event and Fundraising Planner
Learn more about Katie Elzea here: BIO