Roy
has been working professionally as an herbalist
since 1981. He is trained in both Western
and Chinese herbal medicine, and is also a specialist
in the medicinal plants of the United States Virgin
Islands. Roy is a founding member and current Vice-President
of the American Herbalists Guild, a national peer
review
organization for professional herbalists specializing
in the use of medicinal plants. He also serves on
the board of directors of the Botanical Medicine
Academy.
Roy is the general manager of Planetary Formulas,
a California-based herb company, and is a
member of the
Standards Committee of the American Herbal Products
Association. He has written and co-written several
books, including contributions on Echinacea and
St. John's wort to Keat's Publishing's Good Health
Series, the Botanical Safety Handbook by CRC
Press and Essays on American Herbalism by
Crossing Press.
Treasurer and Secretary
Diana Swisher, Treasurer and Secretary
Cathirose Petrone, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary
Cathirose Petrone CNC is an AAMA board-certified traditional naturopathic, AANC board-certified nutritional consultant, and the founder and director of Living Health Institute in San Diego, California. She is the author of the book Mindfulness and Healing: A Clinician's Guide.
Michael McGuffin, President
American Herbal Products Association
Silver Springs, MD
Michael McGuffin is President of the American Herbal Products Association. He has been active in the herbal industry since 1975, having owned and managed both retail and manufacturing businesses in this field. He is the Managing Editor of Botanical Safety Handbook (1997) and of Herbs of Commerce, 2nd edition (2000). He also serves as a Director of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia®, as a Board member of United Plant Savers and of the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance, and as Chair of the Industry Committee of the Plant Conservation Alliance / Medicinal Plants Working Group.
Joseph Pizzorno, ND
Dr. Joseph E, Pizzorno, Jr., ND is the founding President Emeritus of Bastyr University for Natural Health Sciences in Seattle, Washington, the first fully accredited university for natural medicine in the United States. Dr. Pizzorno, serving on various government committees, the Scientific Review Board for Gateway for Cancer Research, as well as authoring Total Wellness, co-authoring the Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, the Textbook of Natural Medicine and Natural Medicine for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, and being the founding editor of Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, is one of the world’s leading authorities on science-based natural medicine. He has been recognized as one of the most influential leaders in alternative health care (Alternative Healthcare Management, 2000), as the “Humanitarian of the Year” (Cancer Treatment Centers of America, 2001), the “Naturopathic Physician of the Year” (American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, 2002), “Founder’s Award for Pioneering Complementary and Alternative Medicine” (National Foundation for Alternative Medicine, 2002), and the Linus Pauling award (Institute for Functional Medicine, 2004).
