Monnica Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and the Canada Research Chair for Mental Health Disparities at the University of Ottawa. Previously, she taught at the University of Louisville, where she worked extensively with the Black community and served as Director of the Center for Mental Health Disparities. She has published over 100 articles on ethnic minority mental health, psychopathology research, and psychedelic therapy.

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Sheldomar Elliott, B.A., is a Master of Arts student at the University of Ottawa, where he studies psychedelics and consciousness. With a background in food justice and community research, he is passionate about exploring the intersections of psychedelics with access, community, and healing. This drives his interest in the sociocultural dimensions of the growing psychedelic field. Focusing on racial trauma and anti-Black racism, Sheldomar ensures that equity and justice are always at the centre of his work. 

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Elishia Durrett-Johnson, M.Ed., is the CEO & Clinical Director of Begin to Talk LLC. She is passionate about improving mental health outcomes and reducing stigma by increasing access to culturally competent counseling, providing community education, and supporting mental health providers. Elishia is the leader of the Mental Health Advisory Board for A Path Forward & the Louisville Urban League, where she coordinates large-scale programs that impact the mental health landscape for Black people in Louisville, KY.

Sara Reed is a Psychedelic Research Therapist in Psychopharmacology at Imperial College London. She has spent her early career examining how culture influences how we diagnose and treat mental illness. Born and raised in Hopkinsville, KY, Sara strives to make quality mental health treatment accessible to those in rural areas. In 2020, Sara joined the Healthcare leadership working group for AntiRacismKY, where she discussed policy recommendations to uproot institutional racism in Kentucky.

Lianna Tullis-Robinson is a doctoral student and researcher in the field of counseling psychology at Western Michigan University, as well as one of the primary graduates of the Vital certificate program in Psychedelic Therapies and Integration stewarded by Psychedelics Today. Her clinical expertise integrates compassion-focused cognitive psychotherapeutic approaches and psychedelia, mindfulness-based practices, and other behavioral interventions to support the process of change and to promote wellbeing. Lianna is dedicated to providing inclusive and affirming support for individuals from all backgrounds, with particular emphasis on trauma-informed psychedelic psychotherapeutic care for depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as to extend psychedelic care to members of historically marginalized populations.