AFI Ambassadors

Americans for Ibogaine (AFI) ambassadors are passionate advocates who use their voices, platforms, and personal stories to raise awareness about the need for ibogaine research and responsible medical access. They represent a wide range of lived experiences, and AFI is committed to elevating voices from all communities impacted by the limitations of current treatment options.

What unites them is a shared commitment to helping others find hope and a path forward. Ambassadors are not paid representatives; they volunteer their time and influence to support AFI’s mission through storytelling, public engagement, and community outreach.

Meet the AFI Ambassadors

Jessica Blackburn, LMSW

Carl D. Perkins Training Center
“Ibogaine returned me to myself. I was able to understand the impact of my choices on others and use that to move from dependence and denial to being empowered to change for myself.”
Claire Durst, BSN, RN

Operation Path Forward
“Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. No one should have to walk the path forward alone.”
Robert Gallery

Athletes for Care
“The day after I got home, everything was different. I had zero anxiety, I had zero rage, I had zero suicide thoughts. I was actually happy to be alive.”
Rikki Harris

TN Voices
“I would love to see a world where we all view physical healthcare and mental healthcare through the same lens.”
Stéphane Lasme

Stedde Capital & The Thirteen Foundation
“The iboga tree is one of the most promising things out there in terms of mental health.“
Jean Loftus M.D., FACS

Physician & Surgeon
“It is critical that we make this important medicine available to the 72 million Americans who are struggling with PTSD, Treatment Resistant Depression and Substance Use disorder; because our current treatments are embarrassingly inadequate.”
Ian McCall

Athletes Journey Home
“Life is beautiful! I got home from ibogaine and I’m no longer doing the things I used to do that harmed me. I went down there to research myself and it worked!”
The Quann Sisters

TK Quann & Cipriana Quann
“Until I was in a safe place to release and push through those emotions, my healing journey could not truly begin.”
Sally Roberts

Wrestle Like a Girl
“Ibogaine gave me a new brain, a new heart, and the courage to choose differently.”
Chase Rowan

Texans for Greater Mental Health
“The more people like myself that share, the more people it’s going to help.”