Our Team

Board of Directors

Director
Inspired by her first entheogenic experience in 2004, Erin received an MA in Philosophy and Religion from CIIS and continued her PhD studies in the same program until her dissertation jumped off the page and she began tending to its lived unfolding. In other roles, Erin cultivates community in the greater Port Townsend area, is co-founder of the Port Townsend Psychedelic Society, leads alpine journeys as a guide for ISO Adventures, and has worked many seasons as an NPS ranger.

Director
Juan-Carlos is a core volunteer within the Port Townsend Psychedelic Society, an ambassador for Heroic Hearts Project, author of microdosingplants.com and psychedelicretreat.info, and contributing writer at howtousepsychedelics.com. He is passionate about projects like REACH that contribute towards the foundations of a more just and regenerative civilization. His personal website can be found at fototropik.com

Director
A Midwesterner at heart, Rachel grew up in metro Detroit, went to college in East Lansing, and lived in “Ypsi” (Ann Arbor’s funky neighbor) a year before setting her sights on the Emerald City. While at Michigan State University, she studied International Relations, Comparative Cultures & Politics, and Spanish. During her senior year, she wrote her thesis on psychedelic policy, exploring legal alternatives to the status quo war on drugs. She views decriminalizing drugs, including entheogens, as deeply intertwined with civil rights and social justice.
Previously, Rachel contributed to policy discussions at Healing Equity and Liberation Organization, served as a paralegal at Terrapin Legal and Calyx Law, and volunteered as a peer supporter at Fireside Project.

Director
Lauren is the Director of Hippie and a Veteran Foundation. An organization dedicated to spreading awareness, education and access to alternative, culturally and individually appropriate PTSD treatments & therapies for Veterans. A former Army Combat Medic, shx is a Medical Access Activist that advises on Suicide Prevention in Veteran & marginalized communities at both the State and Federal level.

Director
Tatiana is Co-Director of the Psychedelic Medicine Alliance of Washington. She previously helped to co-direct Decriminalize Nature Seattle and led the effort to achieve full decriminalization of psychedelics in Seattle in October of 2021. She is queer, Puerto Rican and a west coast transplant who recently transitioned careers into tech. Since July of 2020 she has invested much of her time volunteering, organizing and advocating for an end to the war on drugs and for everyone’s right to heal with and utilize psychedelics. She has a particular focus on equitable and affordable access, advocating for ethical and responsible use of psychedelics and how these medicines can help POC address racial and relational trauma.

Pat Donahue

Pat Donahue is a dedicated attorney based in Spokane, Washington, with a passion for the outdoors. His legal journey began in 2013 as an intern at the Spokane County Public Defender's Office, later founding Donahue Law in 2016. Pat has since expanded his expertise through training programs and scholarships, focusing on criminal defense and personal injury cases. In 2022, he founded Terrapin Legal, specializing in the emerging legal psychedelic field, while continuing criminal defense practice. His commitment lies in providing strong legal representation, whether in the realm of psychedelics or traditional legal matters.
Jon Dennis

Jon Dennis is a lawyer, activist, and entrepreneur. He is the executive director of Vital Oregon, a psilocybin facilitator training program by Psychedelics Today, and the co-host of the “Eyes on Oregon” podcast. Jon has been a lead voice in promoting equity and affordability under Oregon’s psilocybin program, known as Measure 109. He is the chief architect of the proposed regulatory framework for religious and community-based paradigms of psilocybin services under Measure 109. In advocating for religious and community practices, Jon co-founded of the Entheogenic Practitioners Council of Oregon.