Our Mission

Our mission is the education and advocacy of natural medicine and a holistic lifestyle. Anything from what we put into our bodies to the products we purchase to how we invest our money to how we treat the earth has an impact on our whole being and ultimately each other. Our magnificent innate ability to heal becomes repaired and enhanced with the help of wonderful practitioners and guides. We strive to work with top practitioners to bring helpful education in form of the news, events and this informative website to assist you on your wellness journey.

Chicago Healers Team

JoAnn Hefferle – President email
JoAnn Hefferle, a Chicago native, founded ChicagoHealers.com in 2002 after she recognized the need for an organization focused on connecting holistic and complementary health wellness seekers with qualified local providers. JoAnn, a former Fortune 200 Corporate Executive and Big 5 Management consultant, has now dedicated her career to bringing unsurpassed high quality healing to the people of Chicago. She has personally experienced almost 200 alternative health and holistic healing modalities and is passionate about the restorative properties and positive effects that holistic healing has on people’s lives. Trained in multiple healing modalities herself, she is truly the quintessential expert to endorse the exemplary practitioners who call for professional distinction combined with her continued work to promote our healing and wellness focused community.

Patty Ptacek – Practitioner Contact and Technical Support email
Patty Ptacek was born and raised in Chicago and has a background in psychology web programming and design. Sher enjoy helping businesses develop a meaningful internet presences in order to grow and  flourish. She has a strong appreciation for alternative and holistic practices. In addition to spending time with her family and her dog (a goldendoodle), she is an avid fan of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Kimberly Jones – Media Relations Coordinator email
Kim joins us with 15+ years of marketing, public relations, mass email, social media and search engine optimization experience. Kim is known for her creative, yet technical thinking and enjoys marketing because every day brings a new and exciting project. Kim enjoys training new software programs to people and also attends webinars to keep up with new trends in marketing.

Charlotte Kerver – SEO & Social Media Management
Charlotte has over 10 years of business experience in Healthcare, IT and Manufacturing, having done work as diverse at QC Testing, Database design, support & implementation, Partner Management and Customer Services Management. Charlotte has traveled widely, including much of Europe, Africa, America & the Middle East, and is a Biological Sciences graduate of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Jessica Prah – Public Relations email
Jessica Prah is the Principal of Paramount Public Relations, Healers America and Chicago Healers’ pubic relations firm. Paramount Public Relations is a results-driven public relations and marketing agency that offers big-agency experience with a boutique, entrepreneurial mindset. Jessica’s leadership has successfully launched and expanded brands and product lines, planned and marketed events, and managed ongoing strategic public relations and social marketing campaigns on an international, national and local level. Jessica’s client experience includes Baskin Robbins, TheTieBar.com, Texas de Brazil, PlatinumTel, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Astra Zeneca, Tiffany & Company’s IRIDESSE Pearls, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare’s Nicorette/NicoDerm smoking cessation products, Starbucks, Snapple, New York magazine, Seventeen magazine, Crate & Barrel, CB2, American Baby magazine, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sea & Ski, Chicago magazine, American Cancer Society, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, AIDS Walk, among others. Jessica is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in communications.