Meet the Team
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Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost
Chief Sponsor (Democrat)
Utah State Representative, District 22, Salt Lake County, House Minority Whip, Utah House of Representatives, Utah State Legislature; Began Legislative Service on January 1, 2019
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Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore
Co-Sponsor (Republican)
Utah State Senator, District 19, Salt Lake County, House Majority Leader, Utah Senate, Utah State Legislature; Began Legislative Service on January 1, 2019
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Anya Ragnhildstveit
Lead Scientific Policy Advisor
Chief Executive Officer, Center for Psychedelic Research, Pneuma Science; Clinical Research Scientist, Cambridge Psychedelic Research Group, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
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Miriam Grace Kaiyo, Ph.D.
Lead Scientific Policy Liaison
Chief Impact Officer, Center for Psychedelic Research, Pneuma Science; Adjunct Instructor in Human Development and Social Policy, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, The University of Utah
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Benjiman R. Lewis, M.D.
Clinical Policy Advisor
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Director of the University of Utah Psychedelic Science Initiative, Director of the Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, The University of Utah School of Medicine
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Kevin S. Murnane, Ph.D.
Scientific Policy Advisor
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Director of Basic Science Research for Louisiana Addiction Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport
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Lynnette Averill, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Policy Advisor
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Co-Director of the Ethical Legal Implications of Psychedelics in Society Program, Baylor College of Medicine; Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Veterans Mental Health Leadership Coalition
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Aspen Warden
Scientific Policy Ambassador
ACCESS Scholar, College of Science Ambassador, and H.B.S. Candidate in in Applied Mathematics and Philosophy of Science, Research Assistant in Topological Data Analysis, Crocker Science Center, College of Science, The University of Utah