Erica Siegal, LCSW is a professional harm reductionist, community organizer, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist and CEO of NEST Harm Reduction and Consulting. In 2019, Erica founded NEST to provide compassionate, trauma-informed care, education and outreach services to events, communities, and professionals working the field. She combines a decade of direct services work with a B.A. in Hospitality Administration from Cornell University and a Master of Social Work from The University of Southern California, to create a unique, consumer-focused, multi-system care model that brings compassion and sustainability back into our communities, large and small.

Through NEST, Erica offers telehealth psychotherapy, psychedelic integration, supervision for aspiring psychedelic psychotherapists, private and public event services, consultation services and community events for psychedelic professionals.

The Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Prechtel is a spiritual director and core shamanism practitioner. He founded Lamb & Lion Spiritual Guidance Ministries for his guidance practices in 1993, on the web at http://llministries.com. Daniel is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church since 1984, and an assisting priest at All Souls Episcopal Parish in Berkeley, CA. He received his Doctor of Ministry degree in 2002. His training in core shamanism began in 2016 through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. He hosts an online shamanic drumming circle that meets twice a month.
He wrote two books related to Christian spirituality before his most recent co-authored book, Soul Journeys: Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding.

Originally from Canada, Lauren holds a B. Ed in secondary education and taught for several years before moving to the Caribbean and then later to Savannah, Georgia, and finally to San Diego. She began her yoga training in the Caribbean and studied with teachers there, in Canada and in the US. A teacher at heart, she returned to her calling and began teaching yoga in 2009 after completing her first teacher training with the Aura Wellness Center in Rhode Island. Always seeking to expand her knowledge and training, she completed a second 200-hour program with Deva Parnell at the Discovery Yoga Center in St. Augustine, Florida. After teaching for about ten years, she felt called to do more training and had the opportunity to work with teachers like Richard Miller and Leslie Kaminoff while completing her Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at the Soul of Yoga. Her teaching style is grounded in honoring the body and its innate wisdom. She brings dedication, compassion, and a sense of lightheartedness to classes, but what drives and inspires her most is a profound belief in the transformative power of the practice both on and off the mat.

Lauren currently leads the 200-hour Teacher Training program at Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga in San Diego. She specializes in breathwork, and she has led several weekend trainings in the practice and teaching of pranayama. She has also authored a practice manual to assist people in tapping into the power of their breath as a tool for discovering and maintaining a profound sense of well-being.

Katherine MacLean, PhD is a research scientist with expertise in studying the effects of mindfulness meditation and psychedelics on cognitive performance, emotional well-being, spirituality, and brain function. As a postdoctoral research fellow and faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, she conducted clinical trials of psilocybin, the primary chemical found in “magic mushrooms,” and other psychedelic compounds. Her groundbreaking research on psilocybin and personality change suggests that psychedelic medicines can enhance openness to new experiences and promote mental health and emotional well-being throughout the lifespan. She co-founded the Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care program in New York in 2015, as well as the Psychedelic Survivors project in 2021. She is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Midnight Water, which explores how psychedelics inform and illuminate the complicated terrains of childhood trauma, death, birth, and grief. She is a passionate advocate for personal freedom and home-based healing, from birth through death.

Joseph Holcomb Adams is a bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He serves on the City of
Berkeley Community Health Commission, the Ethics Working Group for the American
Psychedelic Practitioners Association, and the Advisory Board for the William G. Nash
Foundation. He received his BAs in philosophy and religious studies from UC Davis, and his MA
in bioethics from New York University. He has interned as an ethics consultant for Dr. Phil
Wolfson and the Ketamine Research Foundation, and has written for DoubleBlind Magazine. In
the fall of 2021, he delivered a presentation about the clinical ethics of psychedelic-assisted
psychotherapy at the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities Annual Conference. A few
months later, he gave a talk titled “Navigating the Ethics of Psychedelic Guidance Inside and
Outside of the Medical Establishment” for Psychedelic.Support’s 2022 Webinar Series. Much of his current bioethics work is focused on identifying and analyzing the many distinct ethical challenges involved in designing, conducting, and interpreting psychedelic research. Joseph was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where he currently resides. He has spent many years working with children and teens in his community, first through City of Berkeley recreation/ outdoor programs (including Adventure Playground), then later as a teacher in the Oakland
public schools (one year of high school biology, one year of middle school special education science). In his spare time, he can often be found hiking in the hills and forests of the SF Bay Area, tending to his garden, or hanging out with his dog Panama Red. He has a passion for improvisational music (both as a musician and a listener), especially when it synthesizes a variety of genres and influences, and when it draws the band and audience together into an ecstatic organic unity.

Fawn began working in the helping professions in 2004 after obtaining her B.A. in Business Administration, with an emphasis on Human Resources. Fawn obtained her Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University in 2017, to integrate self-determination, harm reduction, and trauma-informed care, utilizing a therapeutic lens.
Fawn provides tele-health psychotherapy to individuals, teens, couples, and families, as well as group counseling services.
Primary interventions include: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness.
“I believe everyone needs someone to talk to at times, and there doesn’t need to be anything ‘wrong’ with you to need that.”

Julianna Davis aka Jules is a highly qualified and experienced professional Psychic, Medium, Usui and Karuna Reiki® Master, ICRT Animal Reiki Master, Master Crystal Healer, Sound Healer, Medical Intuitive, Animal Communicator, Spiritual Teacher and owner of Auralux in Los Angeles. Her work has been featured on Buzzfeed, E!’s “The Platinum Life”, SuperDeluxe, Mixed Makeup, LATV, Sunset Magazine, Shoutout LA, Voyage LA. She has also been a featured guest teacher and speaker at Universities, Wellness Festivals, Retreats and Corporate Events.
Education, training and development are extremely important to Jules. She loves to learn, and is always looking to enhance and refine the quality of services and classes that she provides. She has trained for thousands of hours in her respective fields, and has completed multiple multi-year mentorship programs.
Jules’ Psychic and Mediumistic abilities have been evident since she was a very young child. Many of her earliest memories include experiences with Spirit. She is Clairvoyant (See), Clairsentient (Feel), Clairaudient (Hear), and Claircognizant (Know). She also experiences Clairgustance (Taste) and Clairolfaction (Smell). She has trained extensively with highly regarded Arthur Findlay College (UK) tutors both in the US and in England at the esteemed College.
Jules has been certified at the Master Level of 13 systems of Reiki, and is one of just 40 International Center for Reiki Training Licensed Reiki Master Teachers in the World. To become a Licensed Reiki Master Teacher one must complete over 1000 hours of additional training and qualifications. Jules was one of the very first Reiki Masters in Los Angeles, and the World to receive the Holy Fire® Reiki energy when it was introduced in 2014. She currently teaches and practices the latest versions of Holy Fire® 3 Usui Reiki, Karuna Reiki® and ICRT Animal Reiki.
Jules’ extensive training, and natural psychic and mediumistic abilities make sessions with her a unique and powerful experience. She is known for being a gentle and compassionate nurturer.

Dr. Ko is the Founder and Medical Director of Reset Ketamine in Palm Springs, CA, co-creator Ketamine StartUp.com, and has been featured in NBC Palm Springs - Desert Living, Documentaries: The Song That Calls You Home & Lamar Odom: Reborn, Vice.com, & Gizmodo.com.

Cassandra Vieten, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, mind-body medicine researcher, author, consultant, and public speaker. She is the Executive Director of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation. Founded by Victor and Lynne Brick, in honor of Victor’s brother John who suffered from schizophrenia, the JWB Foundation funds and promotes empirical research on fitness, nutrition, and mind-body approaches to foster mental health, and to better prevent and treat mental illness.

Cassi is also Director of Research and Associate Scientist at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego. The Clarke Center advances understanding of the phenomenon of imagination and its practical applications. We research, enhance, and enact the gift of human imagination by bringing together the inventive power of science and technology, with the critical analysis of the humanities, and the expressive insight of the arts. And, we work to develop more effective ways of using imagination to cultivate public engagement with the big questions of our time, to improve education and learning, and to enhance the application of imagination in meeting humanity’s challenges.

Cassi is also co-founder and Clinical Psychology Director at the Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative at UCSD, where a flagship study focuses on psilocybin for phantom limb pain in patients with amputations.

Cassi is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), founded by Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, where she worked for 18 years. She served as CEO/President from 2013-2016 and President from 2016-2019. The mission of IONS is revealing the interconnected nature of reality through scientific exploration and personal discovery, creating a more just and thriving world. In addition to her contributions to the overall mission, vision, strategic direction, financial health, board and staff development, and activities of the organization, she headed up several initiatives including Mindful Motherhood, Living Deeply and the Transformation Project, and the Future of Meditation Research Project.

Her current research projects focus on establishing training guidelines for spiritual and religious competencies for mental health professionals, developing tools and experiences designed to induce perspective shifts that change people's worldviews, and training progressive change agents and political activists to be more effective.

She is co-chair of the Board of Directors of Partners for Youth Empowerment, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, and serves on the Board of the Virtual World Society.

Leonardo Canneto is an Argentinean musician, composer, arranger, and music producer. He began his musical career at age 18, after moving to New York from Buenos Aires. He made 5 records over a period of 7 years and did extensive touring as a singer and multi-instrumentalist. He relocated to Los Angeles in 2002, where he has lived since.

He has nurtured a lifelong passion for eastern philosophy, the healing powers of psychedelic medicine, ritual, community, and meditation. He’s been a Vedic meditator since 2007. He is also an active participant in Burning Man culture, creating and leading thriving communities centered around creativity and self-growth.

He launched Zendo Stereo in 2018. He has performed for over 10,000 people in person and via live streams, with performances in public and private venues across the United States. In 2020, he was invited by MIT Santa Barbara to be a keynote speaker with a presentation titled “Music, Mindfulness and Altered States."

David Nickles is Managing Editor of Psymposia, creator and producer of New York magazine’s Cover Story: Power Trip, an underground researcher, and harm reduction advocate. David’s work focuses on the social and cultural implications of psychoactive substances, utilizing critical theory and structural analysis to examine the intersections of drugs and society. He is a vocal opponent of the mainstreaming and commodification of psychedelic compounds and rituals, believing that such approaches inherently obscure the liberatory potential of psychedelic experiences.

Kimi Inch is a somatic therapist, sensual alchemist, motivational spanker, and kink/BDSM edu-tainer. She is dedicated to teaching individuals and couples how to deepen their connection to self and their relationship to others. Her notable media and in-person appearances include: The Wall Street Journal, 20/20, Nightline, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Princeton University, SXSW, the Embodiment Conference, and EPIX's Sex Life to name a few.

Kayce Neill, MA, CHPC, CEBC, LAC is a renowned trauma therapist, intimacy & pleasure coach, courtesan, erotic educator, experienced High-Performance Coach, and highly trained Erotic Blueprints™ by Jaiya Coach for successful men, radiant women, and conscious couples. Her notable media and in-person appearances include: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New York Post, CNN, BBC, Playboy, The Huffington Post, as well as all major news stations within the US.

Elizabeth J.O. is a Holistic Dietitian Nutritionist and Change Coach with 12 years of clinical experience. Since graduating from Bastyr University, she has studied: MHFA, human behavior, psychology, yoga, flow states, and mindfulness-based therapies. In her free time, she offers peer support in online forums and volunteers at festivals providing psychedelic harm reduction with N.E.S.T, Zendo Project, Fireside Project, RestPit, and Sanctuary. She has authored Breaking Emotional Addiction: Neurohacking BPD with Ibogaine, detailing her personal healing journey. Elizabeth is passionate about reducing barriers to finding compassionate support for processing non-ordinary states of consciousness. She is a founder and integration coach at Altered States Integration providing psycho-educational content virtually.

Jules Evans is an honorary research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of four books, including Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations, which was published in 25 countries, and the co-editor of Breaking Open: Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergency. He was a BBC New Generation Thinker and for a decade he organized the largest philosophy club in the world. His website is www.philosophyforlife.org

Born and raised on unceded Pawtucket land in Lowell, MA, Leia obtained her master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Rivier University and worked as an in-home therapist before psychedelics turned her world inside out. She is now a psychedelic integration facilitator, student of restorative and transformative approaches to conflict, community organizer and the host of a podcast called The Psychedologist: consciousness positive radio. Leia holds her permaculture design certificate from Starhawk’s Earth Activist Training, a program that emphasizes social permaculture and spirituality in activism. You can find her teetering on a slack line in Costa Rica, covered in dirt from working the garden, or nose in her laptop, grading papers for her psychology students.

Leia helped seed two projects dedicated to community safety in the psychedelic sphere - PIHR (Psychedelic Interpersonal Harm Reduction) and Psychedelic Survivors. The mission of PIHR is to resource psychedelic communities with interpersonal harm reduction and prevention strategies via collaborative and trauma-informed community dialogues, educational offerings, and salons. Psychedelic Survivors is a peer-led initiative of support circles and skill building for survivors of abuse in the context of psychedelic therapy or ceremony.

Catherine Edelstein is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in complex trauma, anxiety, and professional burnout. Driven by a passion towards destigmatizing mental health treatment and widening access to care, Catherine provides advocacy, education, and trauma-informed support through her work with clients in therapy, as well as through workshops and presentations to local companies and organizations.

Setareh Vatan, AMFT, APCC, who specializes in substance use disorders, trauma-related difficulties, anxiety, and depression. Setareh brings a diverse background that includes working with formerly incarcerated individuals as they re integrate into society, training in Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and numerous comprehensive trainings in psychedelic interventions, including MAPS MDMA- Assisted Psychotherapy and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. Setareh is an advocate for psychedelic safety, ethics and harm reduction.

Tobey Tobey is an Integration Coach, psychedelic advocate, social entrepreneur and a M.A. of counseling candidate at Naropa. He has over 7 years of experience in harm reduction, offering on-site peer support and drug education with Zendo Project, N.E.S.T., DanceSafe, Harmonia, and is the past president of Psychedelic Club of Denver. Tobey is passionate about community outreach and policy change, including working on the successful decriminalization campaigns in Denver and D.C. His current focus is providing online access to education through his company Altered States Integration.

Kristin started the William G. Nash Foundation, a 501(c)(3), to honor her son’s life and legacy, including work on harm reduction and psychedelic safety. Will was a bright and creative college senior just two months from graduating with a degree in economics. After taking psychedelics with close friends in his dormitory, Will had a severe adverse reaction that led to a state of psychosis. Our beautiful son, relying on the belief that psychedelics are “safe enough,” mistook one innocuous, ordinary object for another and suddenly, instantly, was gone.

Previously, Kristin worked in global public health, developing programs to support the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls and young women, including overseeing a USAID grant to combat gender inequity, HIV transmission and early pregnancy among orphans and vulnerable children in Malawi. Kristin’s research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Reproductive Health (Jan. 2019) and presented at the International AIDS Society and Global Health and Innovation conferences. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington and a BA in journalism and international relations from the University of Southern California.

Allison Feduccia, PhD is a neuropharmacologist, psychedelic researcher and educator. She is the co-founder of Psychedelic Support, a platform for education and to connect with psychedelic practitioners, and Project New Day, a 501(c)3 nonprofit on a mission to help people overcome addiction and actualize mental health through the responsible use of psychedelics. She began researching MDMA in 2004, accumulating 17 years of experience in mental health research at UT Austin, UCSF, NIH, and MAPS.

Sandra is an Ethicist and Psychedelic Ethics specialist with a MA, Phd in Philosophy exploring Ethical Decision Making and Moral Psychology. She is an Ethics Advisor active in Psychedelic Integration, Therapy, Education and Advocacy as well as a Psychedelic facilitator. Sandra also teaches Bioethics at University of California, Santa Cruz for the Biomolecular Engineering and Philosophy Departments, has worked for many years in the tech industry primarily at Apple, and is a Reiki Master in two lineages. Sandra focuses on listening and uplifting the voices and values of the Psychedelic Community especially the disenfranchised with the heart space intention of compassion and love.

Dr. Ryan is a board certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist based in Los Angeles with fellowship training in addiction psychiatry, specializing in psychedelic psychiatry and ketamine assisted psychotherapy. After researching psychedelics and ketamine in his training, he started this clinic in 2016 to be one of the first to provide ketamine with psychotherapy. In addition to clinical duties, he also is engaged in research, consulting, and expert witness work.