Bill Timmerman has a PhD in Counseling and Diplomate, American Psychotherapy Association. He has many years of experience as a vocational rehabilitation practitioner and adjunct professor at Bowling Green State University and the Medical College of Ohio. Bill founded A Quiet Place in Bryan, Ohio as a Christian healing, counseling and prayer center open to the community for no charge. He received an Open Arms award from Bishop Leonard P. Blair, Diocese of Toledo, Ohio in 2007. He and his wife Pat have six children and thirteen grandchildren.