John Jeffery is a mostly retired professional chaplain and clinical educator. His career includes a decade of service as parish pastor; 12 years as a non-profit organizational and program consultant; a hospital/hospice chaplain; and was a director of spiritual care services for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.

John is a graduate of The Pacific School of Religion/Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and holds Master of Divinity and Doctor of Theology degrees and has extended graduate studies in Social & Environmental Ethics. He still works some as founding Director of The Pacific Institute for Essential Conversations.

John lives with his wife Nancy Kendrick in Nevada City.