Rachel is a passionate lover of the natural world and reveres the deep healing power of plants. She has helped a variety of people through her work as a clinical herbalist, certified hypnotist, and Reiki practitioner, and believes in empowering people with knowledge to have agency over their health. In 2008, Rachel completed the Roots of Herbalism program at the California School of Herbal Studies, and continued her clinical training with Karta Purkh Khalsa. She has also completed her initial training as a death doula, and looks forward to developing that work. Additionally, Rachel has worked for the past 4 years as the office manager for a Feldenkrais practitioner. When not working, Rachel enjoys cooking (and eating!), traveling to places with beautiful landscapes, studying astrology and psychology, gardening, creating ritual, and doting on her cats. She is committed to social justice and dismantling internal and external systems of oppression.

Patricia Kyritsi Howell, a Registered Herbalist since 1997, is the AHG Admissions Coordinator. In this role, she acts as the liaison between Registered Herbalist applicants, the Admissions Review Advisory Committee members, and AHG staff to facilitate communication and provide support to members pursuing RH membership. As the AHG Academic Coordinator, she oversees academic programming and the selection of speakers for the annual AHG Symposium. Patricia is the author of Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians and the director of the BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies, located in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of northeast Georgia.

Davie Roberts was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He realized at a young age that he had a connection with nature and the healing that is intrinsic to it. As a mixologist for most of his life he has learned many beneficial pairings of spirits and herbs that entice and awaken the body. Davie has been mixing drinks and serving vegan comfort food at Rosetta's Kitchen since 2010 and loves keeping the people in his community with full bellies and healthy minds. David lives in West Asheville with his husband Brandon, dogs Allister and Olive, and feline friend Herman.

Shabina is a mixed Indian, Persian and French herbalist who has been involved in healing justice work and movements for liberation for the last decade. She works to support people in reclaiming their traditional knowledge through their connection with ancestral plants and has used herbal medicine as a way to fundraise for BIPOC-led movements for freedom.

She is a graduate of the Living Earth School of Herbalism and the School of Ayurveda and Panchakarma in Kerala. She has studied alongside herbalists such as Dr. Nadine Ijaz, Janette Cormier and Scott Reid. She is currently in her final year at Humber College’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Program. Shabina hopes to continue the important work of accurately applying energetic qualities to invasive herbs growing on Turtle Island, reclaiming traditional Ayurvedic acupuncture and, of course, fighting for total liberation.

Andrea Boucaud, known to many as "PEACHTREE," is an advocate for and supporter within the grassroots organizing and community development spaces. She is also a well-known cannabis advocate in Toronto. She is the creator of "Cloud and Roots with the Ganja Diplomats," a podcast created to inspire and share the stories of the Black communities' success and challenges within the legalization space in Canada and the diaspora.  She has worked within the community development and arts spaces for over 15 years in many roles, including small business creation, advocacy, and social justice, all-while maintaining her passion for fashion.  Peachtree advocates for all things "GREEN," focusing on urban agriculture, community gardens, farmers markets, and all ways food intersects with equity and representation.

She is a mother, daughter, social justice advocate, an ancient soul, and an African woman in the diaspora, re-learning how to grow good food every day.

Peachtree works to support many organizing spaces both locally and internationally. These include The Black Creek Food Justice Network, Black Creek Community Farm, Toronto Food Policy Council, Flemingdon Community Health Centre, and Frontline Books (Chicago, Trinidad). She is the current secretary and acting Omega stool of the Agriculture Committee for The Association of Rastafari Creatives.

Peachtree is a grower of all things with a seed and a creator of plant-based herbal wellness medicines.