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Jessi Herr

Jessi Herr, BSN, BA, RN

Director of Nursing

Jessi grew up in middle Tennessee and came to North Carolina when she attended Warren Wilson College, where she studied Plant Biology and Horticulture.  After graduating, she worked in Asheville at Beanstreets, Salsa’s, and Lark Books.  In 1999, she took a road trip and landed in Seattle, where she lived for five years.  In that time, she got married, became a mom, and became certified as both a postpartum doula and a Pilates instructor.  She returned to North Carolina in 2004 and started a small Pilates studio in 2005.  In 2018, Jessi started the accelerated BSN program at Western Carolina University and graduated summa cum laude in 2019.

Jessi was drawn to the work at The Willows because of personal experiences with loved ones struggling with mental health issues and addiction.  She feels humbled and grateful to be a part of clients’ recovery and healing.

She loves gardening, hiking, dinner parties, and reading.  She lives with her husband, an acupuncturist, her son and daughter, a goofy golden retriever and a bossy cat, and they might have every yard game and board game ever created.

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Cecilla Ziranda, RN

Medical Service Manager

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Madison Morrow, RN

Medical Service Manager

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Jeremy Pettit

Physician Assistant

Mr. Pettit has nearly 20 years of experience as a Physician Assistant. It was in middle school that he began to become interested in the functioning of the human brain. Although having experience in other areas of medicine, it is psychiatry that has continued to draw him. The balance of brain chemistry has such a profound impact on daily living and throughout life for both the better and sometimes the worse.

Growing up in Colorado, Mr. Pettit enjoyed motorcycling in the mountains, and distance running. Later in college, he went on to compete in biathlons, and triathlons, and enjoyed day trips of sport-climbing when he wasn’t working as a rafting guide on the Ocoee River in Tennessee.

Having a passion for the outdoors and helping others he went on to obtain the highest level of certification from the two leading schools, at that time, in Wilderness Medicine, SOLO, and Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA). From here he furthered his education as a Nationally-Registered Paramedic with advanced training in fixed-wing and rotor-wing transport, from UAB School of Medicine.

Mr. Pettit is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Health/Fitness Specialist and has enjoyed keeping fit with mixed martial arts, kettlebells, gymnastics calisthenics, and training with the founder of Commando Krav Maga.

Pulling from his experience in medicine and outdoor activities, Mr. Pettit seeks to meet patients where they are in life and help them achieve the level of health they are looking for. Our minds affect every area of our life from scholastic performance, family relationships, friendships, marriage, work, etc.; therefore, it is essential to get to the root of mental/emotional challenges in order to experience a renewed state of mind that brings with it the tools needed to successfully meet life head-on.