AHP Advisors
Lisa Offringa PhD
AHP Botany Director, BotaniCulture International
Wendy Applequist PhD
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
Arthur Haines MS
Delta Institute Canton, ME
Christine Leon PhD
Kew Gardens, London
Joe-Ann McCoy PhD
North Carolina Arboretum Germplasm Repository, Asheville, NC
Steven Yeager
Field Botanist-Wildcrafter, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Director (QA/QC), Mountain Rose Herbs, Eugene, OR
Dr. Sci. Kirill Tkachenko
Botanical Gardens of the VI Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
Erin Smith MSc, CCH
Director of Education & Sustainability
WishGarden Inc., Louisville, CO
Western Herbal Medicine
Kerry Bone BSc (Hons) Dip Phyto FNIMH FNHAA MCPP
MediHerb, Australia
David Bunting RH (AHG)
Vice President Botanical Affairs Herb Pharm, Williams, OR
Amanda McQuade Crawford MA Dip Phyto RH (AHG) MCPP MNZAMH
PhytoHumana, Ojai, CA
Henriette Kress MSc (AHG)
Henriette’s Herbal Homepage, Helsinki, Finland
Andrew Pengelly PhD BA ND DNBM DHom FNHAA
Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, MD
James Snow MA RH (AHG)
Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, MD
David Winston RH (AHG)
President Herbalist & Alchemist Inc., Washington, NJ
Chanchal Cabrera Mac, FNIMH, (RH) AHG
Medical Herbalist, Innisfree Farm, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Mark Blumenthal
Founder and Executive Director of the American Botanical Council
Graeme Tobyn PhD
University of Central Lancashire, UK Preston, Lancashire, UK
Medicine, Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Ingrid Bauer MD
AHP Medical Advisor, Five Flavor Herbs, Oakland, CA
Rima Kittley MD, FAAFP, ABIHM, RH (AHG)
Lufkin, Texas
Tieraona Low Dog MD Herbalist
Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Art Presser PharmD
President Huntington College of Health Sciences, Knoxville, TN
Marybeth Missenda RPh
Herbal Medicine and Integrative Science Department, Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, MD
Debbie Shaw PhD
Research Pharmacologist and Toxicologist, London, England
Robert Rountree MD
Integrative Practitioner, Boulder, CO
Andrew Weil MD
Director Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Francis Brinker BA BSc ND
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona
Jillian Stansbury BS ND
Battle Ground Healing Arts Clinic, Battle Ground, WA
Joseph Pizzorno Jr ND
Editor-in-Chief Integrative Medicine, A Clinician’s Journal
Sheila Kingsbury ND RH (AHG)
Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA
Bill J. Gurley PhD
Principal Scientist at the National Center for Natural Product Research, University of Mississippi, MS
Igor Koturbash MD, PhD
Environmental & Occupational Health, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry
Marilyn Barrett PhD
Pharmacognosy Consulting Services, Mill Valley, CA
John Cardellina II PhD
Scientific Consultant, Virginia Beach, VA
Stefan Gafner PhD
Chief Science Officer American Botanical Council (ABC), Austin, TX
Holly Johnson PhD
Chief Science Officer American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD
Ikhlas Khan PhD
Director National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS
Reinhard Laenger PhD Univ-Doz Dr
Department Head Herbal, Homoeopathic and Veterinary Medicinal Products, AGES PharmMed, Vienna, Austria
Kerri LeVanseler PhD
Director Chemistry Laboratory, NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI
Eike Reich PhD
Laboratory Head CAMAG AG, Muttenz, Switzerland
Klaus Reif PhD
Analytical Head HPLC, LC/MS, RF Departments, Phytolab, Vestenbergsgreuth, Germany
Maged Sharaf PhD MSc BPharm
Director Scientific Business Development, CAMAG USA, Wilmington, NC
Amala Soumyanath BPharm PhD
Neurotoxic/Neurological Research, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Elan Sudberg BS
Chief Executive Officer Alkemist Labs, Garden Grove, CA
Sidney Sudberg BS DC LAc RH (AHG)
President Alkemist Labs, Garden Grove, CA
Michael Tims PhD
Academic Director Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, MD
Yalda Shokoohinia PharmD, PhD
Senior Scientist, Dept. Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe AZ
Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine
Prashanti De Jager MS EMT
Co-Founder Dunagiri Foundation, Organic India, Denver, CO
Vasant Lad BAMS MASc
Academic Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Vrinda Devani MD
Banyan Botanicals, Albuquerque, NM
Pulok Mukherjee MPharm PhD FIC
School of Natural Product Studies, Jadavpur University Kolkata, India
Vikram Naharwar PhD
Chief Executive Officer Amsar Goa Private Limited, Panaji, India
Sebastian Pole
Co-Founder Pukka Herbs, Keynsham, United Kingdom
Bhushan Patwardhan PhD
Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Jennifer Rioux PhD DA C-IAYT AYT
Asheville School of Healing Arts, Asheville, NC
Mythili Krishna Jeedigunta
Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacognosy, Goa College of Pharmacy, Panaji - Goa
Swagata D. Tavhare MD (Ayurveda) PhD
GJ Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research New Vallabha, Vidyanagar Anand, Gujarat, India
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Xie Pieshan PhD
Zhuhai, China
Dou De Qiang MSc PhD
Liaoning University of TCM Shenyang, China
Eric Brand PhD
Tong Ren Tang, Hong Kong, China
John Chen PhD PharmD OMD LAc
Yo San University of TCM, Los Angeles, CA. Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Santa Monica, CA. Evergreen Herbs City of Industry, CA.
Andy Ellis
Spring Wind Herbs, San Leandro, CA
Li Shaoping PhD
Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
Bill Schoenbart LAc DAOM
Senior Professor and Associate Chair Five Branches University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Santa Cruz, CA
Zhang Yifang MSc
Shanghai University, China
Wang Zhengtao
Professor Pharmacognosy, Head of Shanghai Research and Development Center for Standardization of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Shanghai, China
Zhao Zhongzheng PhD
School of Chinese Medicine, Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Commercial Sources and Handling
Daniel Vickers
Chief Operating Officer Herbal Ingenuity, Wilkesboro, NC
Edward J Fletcher
Wilkesboro, NC
Josef Brinckmann
Vice President, Research and Development, Traditional Medicinals, Sebastopol, CA
Staci Eisner BS
Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs Cortex Scientific Botanicals, Central Point, OR
Tony Hayes
President Ridge Runner Trading Company, Boone, NC
Organizational Liaisons
Wendy Applequist PhD
Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO
Stefan Gafner PhD
American Botanical Council (ABC), Austin, TX
Holly Johnson PhD
American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD
Ikhlas Khan PhD
National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi MS (NCNPR-UMiss)
Sheila Kingsbury ND
Bastyr University Kenmore, WA and San Diego, CA
Jo-Ann McCoy PhD
North Carolina Arboretum Germplasm Repository, Asheville, NC
Larisa Pavlick
United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Tims PhD
Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, MD