Melissa Story has spent the majority of her career working in wellness and public health—specifically focusing on addiction recovery. She is deeply committed to stigma reduction efforts, and helping others quit or reduce their substance use.

David Mickenberg is an attorney in Burlington, Vermont that has been actively involved in drug policy reform efforts at a local, state and national level for the last 25 years. He started his career at the Drug Policy Alliance where he worked on a variety of drug policy reform campaigns.