{"id":335,"date":"2025-11-06T04:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T04:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:17:30","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=335","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OUR CREED<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our creed for the Board and Advisory Council is to always speak with One Voice for the Natural Botanicals and Supplements! To never engage in drama or infighting, to support each other and our Volunteers always, as we all fight to Educate and Advocate. To remember we were all new once, to accept all volunteers with the respect we give each other. To never forget it is these Natural Botanicals that we fight for, the same ones that have given us a life worth truly living!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OUR HISTORY<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A dedicated group of long-term advocates came together in 2022 to address the lack of solid grassroots advocacy in the botanical arena. From this cooperative effort, many trials and errors, Botanical Advocacy and Education was founded in June of 2024.  The leadership of this organization has well over a hundred years of combined experience in grassroots advocacy, volunteerism and botanical education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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YOUR BOARD<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our Team is made up of Dedicated Advocates who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of those we serve. Together we have well over 100 years of combined Advocacy Experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robin Graham<\/strong>, President BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Angela Ross<\/strong>, Treasurer<\/mark><\/mark> BIO<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Lois Gilpin<\/strong>, Secretary<\/mark> <\/mark>BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Russ Rucker<\/strong>, Chief of Fundraising and Economic Development<\/mark> BIO<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Elizabeth Gardner<\/strong>, Esq.,<\/strong> Board Member and Registered Agent<\/mark> <\/mark>BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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 Contact: info@botanicalae.org<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This includes Vendors and Business Personnel who will help to guide the forward movement of the Organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Woods<\/strong>, Director of Advisory Council and Director of  Information Technologies and Growth<\/mark><\/mark> BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Susan Ash, <\/mark><\/strong>Spokesperson and Advocacy Consultant <\/mark>BIO<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Dijon Evans,<\/strong> Volunteer Recruitment and Research<\/mark> <\/mark>BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Christopher Deaney<\/strong>, Christopher’s Organic Botanicals<\/mark>, Best Practices Advisor BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Christina Andrukat<\/mark>, <\/strong>Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Research Advisor BIO<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Paul Kemp,<\/mark><\/strong> Botanicals Advisor and Social Media Content Creator BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Jennifer Dzikowski<\/strong>, PR and Media Advisor BIO<\/strong><\/mark> to come<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Marisa Higgins,<\/mark><\/strong> Blog and Social Media Content Creator <\/a><\/strong><\/mark>BIO<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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OUR CREED Our creed for the Board and Advisory Council is to always speak with One Voice for the Natural Botanicals and Supplements! To never engage in drama or infighting, to support each other and our Volunteers always, as we all fight to Educate and Advocate. To remember we were all new once, to accept […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":315,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":120,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/1397"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}