Bernice Buresh is a journalist and co-author, with Suzanne Gordon, of the award-winning book, From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public.  Over the last decade and a half, she has lectured and conducted communication workshops with nurses in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand.

Ms. Buresh started her journalistic career as a reporter for the Milwaukee Sentinel where she covered the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, elective politics and local and state government.  She went on to become a correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek magazine. 

Ann E. Weeks, DNS, RN is a nationally known speaker who gives her audiences many everyday strategies to deal with the stresses of life’s passages.  Ann’s ever-present sense of humor and real life stories always make her presentations a treat.  She is the author of eleven publications and numerous short stories.

As a nurse family therapist in private practice for thirty-six years, Ann works with individuals, couples and families dealing with life’s passages and stresses.