Zachary Runde graduated with a Masters of Science in Nursing in 2016 from Allen College. He has previously worked in outpatient community mental health, inpatient behavioral health, and consultation liaison psychiatry. His interest in psychiatry include consultation liasion, emergency psychiatry, and individuals with serious and persistent mental illness.

He is a recent transplant, in 2019, from Des Moines, IA to Portland. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, reading, hiking and trying new food.