Advisory Boards

In order to remain accountable to the community we serve and to broaden the expertise we can bring to bear, ASA works with legal, political, and medical advisory boards.

Legal Advisory Board
Attorneys and others from the legal community are coming together to advance safe access to medical marijuana
Dan Abrahamson
Director of Legal Affairs at Drug Policy Alliance in Berkeley, CA
Leland R. Berger
Attorney at Law in Portland, OR
Graham Boyd
Director of ACLU Drug Law Reform Project in Santa Cruz, CA
Joe Elford
Staff Attorney at Americans for Safe Acccess in Berkeley, CA
Bob Eye
Attorney at Law in Topeka, KS
Dale Gieringer
State Coordinator of California NORML in San Francisco, CA
Kris Hermes
Legal Campaign Director at Americans for Safe Access in Oakland, CA
Douglas Hiatt
Attorney at Law in Seattle, WA
Allen Hopper
Senior Staff Attorney at ACLU Drug Law Reform Project in Santa Cruz, CA
Sean McAllister
Attorney at Law and Sensible Colorado Board Member in Breckenridge, CO
William Panzer
Attorney at Law in Oakland, CA
Robert Raich
Attorney at Law in Oakland, CA
Steph Sherer
Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access in Berkeley, CA
Jeffrey Steinborn
Attorney at Law in Seattle, WA
Brian Vicente
Director of Sensible Colorado in Denver, CO
Lynne Williams
Attorney at Law and Regional VP of National Lawyers Guild in Bar Harbor, ME
Barbara Yaley
Private Investigator in Berkeley, CA

Medical and Scientific Advisory Board
Americans for Safe Access is pleased to announce the formation of our Medical and Scientific Advisory Board. Comprised of leading medical and scientific experts, the Advisory Board will help ASA outreach to important medical, scientific, and condition-based organizations in an effort to promote better access to cannabis for therapeutic uses and research.
Christopher G. Fichtner, M.D., CPE, FACPE
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Robert Melamede, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Rick Doblin, Ph.D
President of MAPS
Boston, MA
Claudia Little, BSN, MPH
Retired Registered Nurse
San Diego, CA
Philippe Lucas
Founder/Director of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society
Founder, Canadians for Safe Access
Jahan Marcu
Researcher, cannabis synergy
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Sara Henuber, PA-C
Licensed Physician Assistant
Southern California