Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH, FAAN has worked in the resilience space since 2001, when he began his professional career as a humanitarian clown with the organization, Clowns Without Borders. Now, Vice President of Innovation and Practice at Emory Healthcare, Cunningham heads nursing education for Emory Healthcare and is infusing resilience practice and research into new models of nursing education and support. Prior to his post at Emory, Cunningham was Director of the Compassionate Care Initiative at the University of Virginia where his extraordinary team of leaders helped grow systems-wide resilience retreats and innovative research about micro-practices like “The Pause.” Tim completed his doctoral work at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.