In support of our vision for herbal education, we have gathered together a very experienced and respected professional team that is working to develop an in-depth and on-line educational course covering all aspects of herbal medicine for both consumer and industry use. Our goal is to generate ongoing information as well as a much larger composition of study.
Josef Brinckmann
Research Fellow, Medicinal Plants & Botanical Supply Chain, Traditional Medicinals
- DHL (Hon), California Institute of Integral Studies, 2016
Zoe Gardner, Ph.D.
Research & Development Manager and Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- M.S., Ph.D.(c) University of Massachusetts
David Hoffmann
Medical Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- BSc (Hons) Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (Membership 1979, elevated to Fellow 1998)
- BSc (Hons): University of Sussex, UK, 1974
- Founding member and first president of the American Herbalists Guild
Summer Singletary
Associate Communications Manager and Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- Community Herbalist Certification, Florida School of Holistic Living
- Roots of Herbalism Certification, California School of Herbal Studies
- Permaculture Design Certificate, Regenerative Design Institute
- B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Central Florida
Jeremy Johnson, Esq.
Legal & Regulatory Affairs Manager, Traditional Medicinals
- B.A., University of California, Irvine
- J.D., Tulane University
Zoe Kissam
Associate Brand Manager and Clinical Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- B.A. Anthropology, Humboldt State
- Certified Clinical Herbalist, California School of Herbal Studies
Geoff Broll
Quality Assurance Supervisor and Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- B.A. Psychology, University of Colorado
- Roots of Herbalism Certification, California School of Herbal Studies
- Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, University of California, San Diego
Rochelle Szmaciarz
Quality Control Analyst, Identity Specialist, and Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- B.A. Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Certificate in Herbalism, California School of Herbal Studies
Ben Couch
Supply Chain Sustainability Project Manager, Traditional Medicinals
- B.A. International Business, Whitworth University
- M.B.A. Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey
Kirsten Tripplett, Ph.D.
Microscopist and Herbalist, Traditional Medicinals
- JIFSAN/FDA certification course, “Microscopic and Chemical Methods of Identification of Botanicals and Contaminants in Dietary Supplements,” Maryland, U.S.A., February, 2014.
- Postdoctoral Researcher & Visiting Scholar, 2000-2005. University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Anthropology. The Archaeoethnobotany of Theobroma cacao.
- Ph.D., 1999. Dissertation: The Ethnobotany of Plant Resins in the Maya Cultural Region of Mesoamerica. University of Texas, Austin. School of Biological Sciences, Integrative Biology (Botany).
- B.A. Human Ecology, 1989. College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. Senior thesis: Economics as if the Environment Mattered (degradation of tropical rainforest and subsequent development in Brazil).