Ambassadors

Henry Berkowitz is a business leader, operations specialist, and U.S. Navy veteran. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, he earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2006 before enlisting in the Navy, where he completed SEAL training and deployed twice to Afghanistan with SEAL Team 7.

On his second deployment in 2011, Henry sustained a blast injury from a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) that left him with chronic insomnia, nerve damage, and memory loss. After nearly seven years of service, he was medically retired in 2012. For a decade, he cycled through medications, surgeries, experimental trials, and even an implanted nerve stimulator, but nothing worked.

In January 2022, Henry traveled to Mexico for ibogaine treatment. The results were immediate and life-changing: he slept soundly for the first time in over a decade, came off all medications, and no longer required his nerve stimulator, which was ultimately removed.

Today, Henry serves as Vice President of Operations at PERENfra, a company water infrastructure company. He previously earned his MBA from Wake Forest University School of Business and has held roles in the defense and aerospace sector, as well as with the Special Forces Charitable Trust and Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS). Beyond his professional career, he has also volunteered with organizations including Battle Dawgs and Operation Enduring Warrior, and even founded businesses producing skydiving apparel and building and maintaining indoor skydiving wind tunnels.

Henry is also one of the original advisory members of Americans for Ibogaine and continues to serve as a key part of the team that makes AFI’s work possible. As an AFI Ambassador, he shares his story to highlight the urgent need for ibogaine clinical research—so that Veterans and others facing treatment-resistant conditions can access safe and effective healing options here at home.

Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis (Ret.) served nearly 38 years in the Louisiana National Guard, rising from enlisted soldier to Adjutant General, where he led more than 11,000 soldiers and airmen through multiple deployments, natural disasters, and major state and national emergencies. Known for his steady, people-first leadership, he guided the Guard through Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hurricane Katrina, the 2016 Louisiana floods, and countless high-risk missions. His service earned him the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Medal, and induction into the Louisiana National Guard Hall of Fame.

After retiring, Gen. Curtis faced the lasting effects of post-traumatic stress and multiple traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). His son also suffered severe head trauma following a life-altering accident. Despite pursuing every conventional treatment available, neither found meaningful relief.

Gen. Curtis first learned about ibogaine after hearing Americans for Ibogaine’s Rick Perry and Bryan Hubbard discuss the treatment on Joe Rogan’s podcast. He and his son ultimately traveled to Mexico for ibogaine therapy.

“We went through the ibogaine treatment — I mean, it was the most peace I’ve had in my life in 20 years,” Gen. Curtis later testified before the Louisiana Task Force on Alternative Therapies for Veterans. At the hearing, he publicly supported expanding ibogaine research and evidence-based psychedelic therapies.

“We’ve plugged into this national effort, and we will continue to support it,” he said.

Gen. Curtis is the founder of Awaken Warriors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Louisiana combat Veterans and first responders access ibogaine treatment in Mexico.

“It’s what I intend to do for the rest of my life — for these Veterans that we sent off and really did not take care of when they came back,” he said.

As an Americans for Ibogaine Ambassador, Gen. Curtis brings unmatched military leadership, lived experience, and a deep commitment to ensuring that ibogaine research and access become available in the United States.

Rear Admiral James “Jim” Hancock, MD, USN (Ret.) retired as the Medical Officer of the United States Marine Corps after a forty-year Navy career. As Corps Chief for Navy Medicine, he oversaw more than 4,300 physicians across nineteen medical centers, two hospital ships, and over thirty Navy medical commands worldwide.

Raised in Illiopolis, Illinois, amid poverty, violence, addiction, and abuse, Hancock enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1982 as a nuclear electrician. He later graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned his MD from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

An operational physician throughout his career, he served across eleven deployments, including Iraq and Afghanistan, with Marine Corps aviation and special operations units. Wounded in Afghanistan, he received the Purple Heart and witnessed the cumulative toll of trauma and blast exposure.

In 2009, Hancock served on the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Gray Team, advising senior leadership on traumatic brain injury, and later established the Navy’s first trauma center as Commanding Officer of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune.

Despite elite care, Hancock struggled with chronic pain, sleep disruption, and cognitive strain. While on active duty, he participated in a Veteran-focused MDMA-assisted therapy study, resulting in significant improvement and restored family connection.

After retiring, a 2023 hunting incident in which he was accidentally shot in the face reactivated longstanding trauma. With limited U.S. options, he traveled to Mexico for ibogaine treatment. Following treatment, he discontinued multiple chronic medications and experienced cognitive improvement, reduced pain, improved sleep, and resolution of trauma rooted in both military service and early childhood.

Now based in Dallas, Texas, Admiral Hancock practices functional medicine and advocates for evidence-based psychedelic research.

LCDR Mark “Slider” Keller, USN (Ret.) is a Naval Flight Officer with more than twenty years of combined enlisted and commissioned service across the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. A former F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officer and F/A-18 Hornet Weapons Systems Officer, he flew combat missions in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, including the opening strikes of Operation Enduring Freedom after September 11, 2001. His deployments included service aboard the USS Enterprise and USS Theodore Roosevelt (x2).

During a 2005 deployment to Iraq, a strike Mark delivered in the town of Baiji resulted in the deaths of Iraqi civilians, an outcome he believed could have been prevented. He spent the remainder of that deployment challenging flawed weapons employment assumptions. His analysis was later validated, prompting TOPGUN to revise its tactics. The personal impact of that event later surfaced as profound moral injury.

In the years that followed, Mark’s neurological and emotional health declined, compounded by the physical toll of life as a naval aviator. After retiring, he developed severe, persistent insomnia and later prostate cancer. Following a single severe panic attack, he was prescribed benzodiazepines, leading to years long dependence.

As his substance use escalated, his life unraveled. What began as self medication progressed into daily intravenous cocaine use. By the time he sought ibogaine treatment in Mexico, he knew his substance use was fatal. After treatment, he did not return to substance use and gained clarity to confront trauma and personal responsibility without shame. He now works as a host for veterans and first responders at an ibogaine clinic in Mexico, holding space and mentoring others during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. He has since supported hundreds of veterans and first responders through ibogaine treatment and shares his story openly so others do not have to feel alone.

Chase Rowan is a former U.S. Army Ranger who was injured in a nighttime airborne training jump in 2005. Army doctors prescribed opioids for his injuries, and what began as medical treatment turned into a 17-year battle with opioids, including heroin and fentanyl. He tried to get off opioids twice through traditional rehab programs. Each time, he relapsed within days of leaving. As a father of two young children, Chase knew he could not keep going down the same path.

In a final effort to save his life, he traveled to Mexico for ibogaine treatment. That experience was a turning point. In March 2025, Chase celebrated two years of sobriety, free from the grip that had nearly destroyed him.

Today, he serves as the Veteran Coordinator for Texans for Greater Mental Health and Director of Community Engagement & Advocacy at AFI, using his voice and experience to fight for safe, legal access to ibogaine so that others have the same opportunity for healing.

Marisol Salgado García retired from the United States Marine Corps in August 2023 after 20 years of service as an aviation supply and logistics officer. Born in Mexico and raised in Texas, she became a U.S. citizen in high school and entered the Marine Corps shortly after 9/11, driven by a desire to reclaim a sense of agency.

She deployed multiple times to Iraq, including in 2005 at Al Asad Air Base during intense combat operations, and later supported operations connected to the Benghazi crisis while assigned in Spain. Her career spanned both enlisted and officer service, with senior leadership roles overseeing complex aviation logistics and managing the V 22 tiltrotor aircraft weapons system portfolio. She concluded her career as a deputy commander within a NATO logistics squadron in Sicily, leading troops from more than 30 nations.

Behind her professional achievements, Marisol carried unresolved trauma from sexual assault in both childhood and during her military service. Like many service members, she relied on discipline and achievement to cope while privately struggling with anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and the long term effects of unaddressed trauma.

Coming from a disciplined military background, Marisol initially rejected psychedelics outright. After educating herself and reaching the limits of conventional care, her perspective changed. In 2019, during a period of personal crisis, she sought healing through plant based and psychedelic medicines, an experience that reshaped how she understood trauma, self worth, and recovery.

Today, Marisol lives in Florida and manages real estate properties in the U.S. and abroad as part of her long term vision to create a self sustaining holistic retreat center. As a Latina of Indigenous heritage from Meoqui, Chihuahua, Mexico, she is committed to advocating for responsible, ethical pathways to healing for Veterans and marginalized communities.

Trey “Raggott” Warren served 13 years in the United States Navy in some of the most demanding roles in modern military aviation. He accumulated more than 3,000 flight hours in fighters and other military aircraft and completed 192 combat missions during deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Much of his service involved carrier-based flight operations, placing extreme physical and mental strain on aviators. He also deployed alongside special operations forces on the ground.

A TOPGUN graduate, Trey was certified to coordinate air support for troops on the ground and later served as an instructor training others for high-risk combat roles.

During his service, Trey sustained a traumatic brain injury and years of repeated concussive exposure. The consequences did not fully surface until after he left the uniform.

By 2019, Trey was struggling with severe depression and anxiety, severe post-traumatic stress, cognitive impairment, and chronic sleep disruption. For the first time, he became suicidal. VA-prescribed psychiatric medications compounded his symptoms, and withdrawal was severe. During this period, he began drinking heavily just to function.

Despite this, Trey earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri–St. Louis and became a community college professor.

After exhausting conventional options, Trey learned about ibogaine through fellow Veterans and traveled to Mexico for treatment with support from a local Veteran organization.

Since returning, Trey has not consumed alcohol, reports no cravings, and is no longer taking psychiatric medications. He marked one year of sobriety on December 19, 2025 and reports improvements in cognitive function, emotional stability, and chronic pain.

Today, Trey teaches political science at Lindenwood University, lives in St. Louis with his children, and advocates for responsible research into new treatment options for Veterans.

Michelle Driver is a registered psychotherapist specializing in trauma and psychedelic-assisted therapies. She holds a degree in psychology with a focus on trauma and crisis intervention, and a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

After nearly two decades in healthcare sales and innovation, Michelle’s life changed following a profound betrayal trauma layered atop longstanding complex trauma. She left her corporate career to dedicate herself fully to healing—personally and professionally—after years of conventional and evidence-based therapies failed to reach trauma held at deeper levels.

Her healing took a decisive turn through work with Iboga, which facilitated emotional and physical healing and fundamentally reshaped her relationship to her body, trauma, and identity in ways traditional approaches had not.

Committed to learning directly from traditional lineages, Michelle trained in Rwanda with post-genocide communities and later completed a full Bwiti Fang Iboga initiation in Cameroon. She is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation with Muscogee Creek lineage, and her work is guided by deep respect for Indigenous knowledge systems and ethical integration with Western clinical frameworks.

Today, Michelle works closely with individuals engaging with Iboga and Ibogaine, witnessing firsthand the relief these medicines can facilitate for trauma, substance use disorder, and complex nervous-system conditions. She is also involved in early exploration of Ibogaine’s potential beyond SUD, including traumatic brain injury and neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.

Michelle’s vision is to help bring Iboga and Ibogaine into the world ethically, safely, and in alignment with the cultures that have protected these medicines for generations.

Claire Durst is a registered nurse, ibogaine consultant, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor and advocate with nearly two decades of clinical experience in trauma, emergency, and psychiatric care. A proud graduate of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she earned her BSN and was inducted into the School of Nursing Hall of Fame, Claire’s career has taken her from rural Mississippi ERs to some of the nation’s busiest trauma centers, and ultimately to serving as Medical Operations Director at an ibogaine clinic in Mexico. There, she oversaw psychedelic treatments including ibogaine, 5-MeO-DMT, and psilocybin, working closely with special operations Veterans and their spouses while partnering with UT Austin’s Dell Medical School on research into psychedelic therapies for PTSD, depression/anxiety, and TBI. Her work has been featured in Politico Pro coverage of legislative efforts to bring ibogaine to the United States.

Claire’s professional journey became deeply personal after sustaining a life-altering TBI that left her disabled for six years. Despite countless medications, therapies, and procedures, lasting relief seemed impossible until she underwent ibogaine treatment. The experience not only alleviated her debilitating symptoms but also addressed the deeper roots of trauma that traditional therapies could not reach. Her recovery fuels her conviction that ibogaine can play a transformative role in healing

Claire is the founder of DeltaMed, a consulting company that provides harm-reduction screenings, clinic protocol design, and operational support for psychedelic practitioners. She trained with iboga and ibogaine providers in Mexico and Costa Rica, and her background also includes ketamine-assisted therapy and functional medicine.

A recognized educator, Claire has lectured internationally on TBI and integrative approaches to mental health. She also serves on the board of the Veteran nonprofit Operation Path Forward, continuing her commitment to service members, first responders, and their families.

Claire’s vision is to help establish a gold standard of care that integrates modern medicine with functional, holistic, and psychedelic therapies, promoting long-term healing, resilience, and connection. She believes no one should have to walk the path toward recovery alone.

Josh Fowler spent more than two decades protecting the people of Charlotte, serving 21.5 years with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department before being medically retired early. A life dedicated to service came with a cost—years of cumulative trauma, a traumatic brain injury, and post-traumatic stress that slowly unraveled his health, relationships, and sense of self.

Josh grew up in Matthews, North Carolina, and knew early on he wanted to serve his community. After graduating early from Western Carolina University to join the police academy, he began his career in one of Charlotte’s busiest districts, responding to scenes that would stay with him forever.

In 2020, during large-scale protests in Charlotte, Josh endured three consecutive nights of critical-incident trauma. He was struck in the head with rocks, hit by a mortar-style firework, and knocked unconscious by a brick thrown into his face. With COVID restrictions in place, he received stitches but no concussion protocol, returning to duty within days—unaware of how profoundly the injuries would reshape his life.

Months later, Josh was struggling with severe cognitive decline, overwhelming fatigue, irritability, night terrors, hypervigilance, and episodes of uncontrollable anger. He spent tens of thousands of dollars seeking answers, but nothing brought lasting relief. At home, he barely recognized himself.

In early 2025, desperate for change, Josh learned about ibogaine. Skeptical, he had never even smoked marijuana, but he spoke with pastors, officers, and others who had gone before him. Eventually, he traveled to Mexico for treatment.

The results were profound. His pain lifted. His nightmares stopped. His anger dissolved. The urge to drink disappeared. Follow-up brain scans now show restored blood flow and new activity in areas that had previously gone dark.

Most meaningful of all, his relationship with his children transformed.

“I’ve been angry, anxious, and trapped, and I came through it. I won’t be ashamed of what I’ve lived through because I can help others.”

Today, Josh shares his story so no first responder has to suffer in silence.

Nate Morgans has spent his life serving others — in uniform with the U.S. Army National Guard and on the frontlines of the Tulsa Fire Department. He enlisted young, commissioned in 1998, and soon transitioned to the Guard while beginning his career as a firefighter, following in his father’s footsteps.

In 2003, Nate deployed to Afghanistan for a year. When he came home, he kept moving without processing the weight of deployment or new fatherhood. Looking back, he can see this was when he began leaning on alcohol to cope.

A devoted father of three, Nate tried to juggle firefighting, military service, and family life. By 2019—after deployments to Ukraine, pressures at work, and the collapse of his marriage—his drinking spiraled. A DWI and near-blackout incident led to a two-rank demotion and derailed the future he’d worked for.

He tried everything: AA, leadership programs, two rounds of inpatient rehab, and repeated detox attempts through the VA. Doctors prescribed Ativan to manage withdrawals until a psychiatrist told him they could no longer continue. Terrified of detoxing alone, Nate began flying to Mexico to buy the medication without a prescription.

Everything shifted when a fellow firefighter told him about ibogaine. Nate applied to the 343 Fund for a first responder grant and was approved the next day.

Ibogaine finally broke the cycle. During treatment, he saw flashes of memory that helped him understand how he’d gotten so stuck. Years of guilt and shame began to lift, and the compulsion to drink disappeared. He describes ibogaine as “smoothing out the ruts” in his brain — and credits the 343 Fund’s integration program with helping him stay grounded in recovery.

Back at work, coworkers told him he looked ten years younger. Nate walked into the fire union and said, “This is going to save lives.” He has since helped multiple firefighters access treatment.

Today, Nate is grounded, present, and hopeful. His three children are proud of him, and his mission is renewed. Nate took his last drink on November 21, 2024 — and is now celebrating a life of sobriety.

Angela Skudin has never been someone who stands on the sidelines. Whether fighting for her own health, protecting her family, or advocating for first responders, she moves straight toward the hard things and refuses to look away when people need help.

After being misdiagnosed with chronic Lyme disease and spending more than a year bedridden, Angela fought her way back through nontraditional modalities: infrared sauna, acupuncture, hyperbaric oxygen, and psychedelic-assisted therapies, including iboga. These treatments did more than restore her health. They reshaped what she believed was possible when conventional medicine came up short.

In June 2022, Angela’s husband, FDNY firefighter Casey Skudin, lost his life when a tree fell onto their vehicle during a family trip. Angela already understood the toll that first responder life takes on responders and their families. After losing Casey, that understanding sharpened.\

She saw how many first responder families were navigating trauma with little meaningful support and how urgently new pathways to healing were needed. Determined to ensure Casey’s courage lived on, she used his life insurance to launch The Casey Skudin 343 Fund, named in honor of the 343 FDNY firefighters lost on 9/11 and created to carry forward Casey’s “never give up” spirit.

Today, the 343 Fund supports pre and post-integration care to first responders and their families facing trauma, depression, PTS, substance use, and other mental health challenges. That includes support for psychedelic-assisted treatment, including medically supervised ibogaine programs in Mexico when appropriate. The 343 Fund has helped hundreds of first responders access ibogaine treatment abroad. These men and women are getting their lives back, but they shouldn’t have to leave the country for that chance.

Angela joined Americans for Ibogaine as an Ambassador because she has seen what ibogaine can do, both personally and through the transformations she witnesses every day in the 343 Fund community. She is determined to build a future where real healing is possible, accessible, and treated with the dignity it deserves.

Tait Fletcher is a former professional mixed martial artist, actor, stunt performer, and entrepreneur. He competed on The Ultimate Fighter before transitioning into a successful career in Hollywood, with appearances in John Wick, The Mandalorian, Breaking Bad, and dozens of other productions. Beyond the screen, he has built businesses including a gym in Santa Fe and a coffee brand, while mentoring others in health, fitness, and resilience.

During his fighting career, Tait sustained many concussions, but it was a severe head trauma from a stunt accident in 2019 that pushed him into an extremely dark place. The following morning, he woke in a state of terror, unable to perform basic tasks, and spent much of the next year in near-total seclusion due to light and sound sensitivity. He tried conventional and experimental therapies, but nothing brought lasting relief.

In 2023, Tait traveled to Mexico for ibogaine treatment. The results were profound—he credits the medicine with freeing him from suicidal ideation and giving him back his life. “This is a miraculous thing,” he has said. “We’re putting Band-Aids on problems through pharmacology. This [ibogaine] is a thing that I watched just set people free. Nothing short of that.”

Today, as an Ambassador for Americans for Ibogaine, Tait shares his experience to raise awareness about ibogaine’s potential for healing traumatic brain injury, post-concussion syndrome, and related conditions. He is committed to bringing this conversation into the professional sports world, where he believes ibogaine could not only save careers but save lives.

Robert Gallery wasn’t just any NFL player—he was the number 2 overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, a dominant offensive lineman from the University of Iowa who played nearly a decade in the league. Known for his strength and grit, Robert battled in the trenches every play.

But the real fight came after football. After hundreds of concussions in college and the pros, Robert’s symptoms exploded when he retired—blinding headaches, ringing in his ears, violent mood swings, crippling anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Some nights, he couldn’t remember his daughters’ names.

“I’d be shaking with anger over something as small as spilled milk,” Robert recalls. “Their laughter could set me off. I thought I was losing my mind.”

Alcohol became his escape. “I tried to quit, but the ringing wouldn’t stop. The nightmares wouldn’t stop. So I drank more.”

Then came the brain scan. Side-by-side with a healthy brain, Robert’s looked like it had been “beaten with a bat”—multiple dents and holes in the front, side, and back. Doctors told him he had CTE, even though it’s typically only confirmed after death. The message was clear: If you do nothing, you’re going to be a statistic.

Married to his college sweetheart and raising three kids, Robert knew he couldn’t keep living this way.

After exhausting every other option, he heard about ibogaine treatment in Mexico. “The day I left, I broke down crying—not because I was scared to do it, but because I was scared it wouldn’t work.”

One night of treatment changed everything.

“I woke up the next morning a different person. The ringing in my head was gone. I wasn’t anxious. I wasn’t raging. I haven’t had a drink since.”

Years later, Robert is still that man—clear-headed, present, and devoted to helping others. He co-founded Athletes for Care, a nonprofit built on C.A.R.E.: Community, Advocacy, Research, and Education, to support athletes facing brain injury, mental health struggles, and substance use disorder.

Stéphane Lasme is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Stedde Capital. With a global perspective, a background in professional sports, and deep ties to Gabon, he is dedicated to driving economic growth through sustainable and impactful ventures.

Born in Port-Gentil, Gabon, Stéphane’s journey began on the basketball court, where his talent earned him an athletic scholarship to the University of Massachusetts, where he earned a degree in Biology. After being drafted into the NBA and playing professionally around the world for more than a decade, he transitioned into business—bringing his leadership, discipline, and international network to investment and development initiatives.

Stéphane is also the Founder of ErbnWorld, a company that invests in and consults within the cannabis industry, and Reset Health, an organization dedicated to ethical research, sustainable cultivation, and the manufacturing of medicinal products derived from the iboga plant in Gabon—ensuring local communities benefit from its medicinal and economic potential.

Through Stedde Capital, Stéphane leads initiatives that connect international capital with high-potential opportunities in Africa, emphasizing responsible investment and long-term value creation. Beyond business, he remains actively involved in sports development, youth mentorship, and cultural preservation through the Stéphane Lasme Thirteen Foundation, creating lasting impact in Gabon and beyond.

As an AFI Ambassador, Stéphane brings his unique background in global business, professional sports, and iboga cultivation to support AFI’s mission of advancing safe and responsible medical access to ibogaine.

Ian McCall is a retired MMA World Champion, performance coach, and founder of Athletes Journey Home, a nonprofit that helps athletes and high performers heal from trauma, identity collapse, and the lasting effects of injury. During his career, Ian endured the punishing toll of professional fighting—repeated concussions and head trauma that left him with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), alongside countless other injuries that fueled a decade-long dependence on pain medications and cycles of substance abuse.

Determined to reclaim his life, Ian turned to psychedelic medicine. With the help of psilocybin and DMT, he achieved sobriety and began rebuilding from the inside out. In 2024, he traveled to Mexico for ibogaine treatment, an experience he credits with giving him clarity, supporting neurological recovery, and strengthening the transformation he had already begun.

Today, Ian channels the lessons of both struggle and triumph into guiding others. Through Athletes Journey Home and his coaching work, he empowers athletes and high performers to reconnect with purpose, resilience, and holistic well-being. As an AFI Ambassador, he shares the perspective of a world-class athlete who has overcome addiction and trauma—and who now stands as a voice of hope for those seeking their own path to healing.

Sally Roberts is a two-time World Bronze Medalist in women’s wrestling, a combat veteran from U.S. Special Operations, a successful business executive, and the founder of Wrestle Like A Girl, a nonprofit that empowers girls and women through the sport of wrestling.

Behind her achievements is another story—one marked by multiple surgeries, over 4,000 non-concussive head impacts, seven concussions, two traumatic brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress rooted in childhood trauma. Her service, athletic career, and corporate success all carried invisible scars that no amount of medication could heal.

In desperation, Sally turned to psychedelic medicine. Psilocybin softened her heart, and ibogaine transformed her life—healing her mind, her heart, and reconnecting her with the divine. That encounter gave her what she calls a second chance at life.

Today, Sally leads from a place of wholeness and faith. She continues to build Wrestle Like A Girl, trains in breathwork, and advocates for safe, legal access to psychedelic therapies. Her story reflects resilience, purpose, and a lifelong commitment to lifting others—whether on the wrestling mat, in service to her country, or in the fight for healing.

Rikki Harris is the CEO of TN Voices, a leading nonprofit advocating for affordable and effective mental health and substance use services since 1986. With over 20 years in behavioral health, Rikki’s work is deeply personal—shaped by the loss of her grandfather to suicide and her family members’ struggles with severe mental illness and opioid addiction.

Under her leadership, TN Voices has expanded services statewide and nationally, earning recognition as a USA Top Workplace in 2024. Rikki was named a Titan 100 Leader in Nashville (2025) and has received multiple awards for her leadership and advocacy in Tennessee and Texas. She also co-hosts the CAN+DID podcast and has been featured in national media projects highlighting the importance of mental health.

Rikki brings her passion, experience, and voice to AFI’s mission of advancing safe, medical access to ibogaine.

As identical twins, Cipriana and TK endured over a decade of daily physical, sexual, and emotional abuse as children. They know firsthand how transformative psychedelics can be for healing from trauma, PTSD, and addiction. TK’s own journey included using ibogaine treatment to overcome a lifelong addiction to ultra-processed foods and refined sugar, an experience that deepened her commitment to advocating for safe and intentional use of psychedelics.

Today, the Quann sisters are keynote speakers, writers, and health and wellness advocates whose work has been featured by The New York Times, Instagram, TEDx Talks, Forbes, and The Psychedelic Science Conference. Forbes calls them “experts on mitigating stress.”

Their mission is to bring awareness to childhood abuse and to share the benefits of psychedelics when used in tandem with integrative and therapeutic practices, as well as in a safe setting.

For nearly a decade, they have worked to break the deep-rooted stigma around psychoactive plants, advocating for their safe and intentional use. Their voice and visibility bring powerful representation to the conversation about healing, helping others see that recovery and restoration are possible.

Georges Gassita is a Gabonese environmental law expert and senior public servant whose work bridges cultural stewardship, environmental governance, and the global future of iboga and ibogaine research.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Public Law, specializing in Environmental Law, from the African University of Sciences in Libreville. His public service career includes legal and regulatory roles at Gabon’s Ministry of Forests, Sea, and Environment and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics. Since 2019, he has served as an Environment Inspector within Gabon’s Office of the High Commissioner for the Environment.

A central focus of Mr. Gassita’s work is the responsible stewardship of iboga, a sacred plant indigenous to Gabon and foundational to the development of ibogaine. He has participated in national and international discussions on access, benefit sharing, and traditional knowledge, including engagement with Nagoya Protocol–related processes, advancing ethical research pathways while supporting scientific progress.

Mr. Gassita is also deeply engaged in the preservation of Gabon’s intangible cultural heritage under the UNESCO 2003 Convention, emphasizing intercultural dialogue and the respectful integration of traditional knowledge into modern policy and scientific frameworks. He contributes to international discussions on genetic resources and intellectual property through the World Intellectual Property Organization.

In early 2026, Mr. Gassita served as General Coordinator for the first International Conference on Iboga and Ibogaine held in Gabon, co-leading the Americans for Ibogaine team on the ground and facilitating engagement with national leaders and institutional stakeholders.

As an Ambassador for Americans for Ibogaine, Georges Gassita ensures Gabonese voices, expertise, and lived experience remain central to the global conversation on ibogaine, anchoring the organization’s work to iboga’s place of origin and reinforcing a commitment to ethical stewardship, cultural respect, and responsible research pathways.