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Founder, Director, CEO: Brenna Bray, PhD

COO; Intership Coordinator: Alyx Luck Barnett, ND

COO; Intership Coordinator: Alyx Luck Barnett, ND

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COO; Intership Coordinator: Alyx Luck Barnett, ND

COO; Intership Coordinator: Alyx Luck Barnett, ND

COO; Intership Coordinator: Alyx Luck Barnett, ND

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Clinical Supervisor: Angela Nauss, LMFT

COO; Intership Coordinator: Alyx Luck Barnett, ND

Clinical Supervisor: Angela Nauss, LMFT

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President: Brenna Bray, PhD

President: Brenna Bray, PhD

President: Brenna Bray, PhD

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Vice President: Cory Richards

President: Brenna Bray, PhD

President: Brenna Bray, PhD

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Tresurer: Alton W. Do

President: Brenna Bray, PhD

Honorary Chair: Heather Zwickey, PhD

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Honorary Chair: Heather Zwickey, PhD

Honorary Chair: David A. Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN

Honorary Chair: Heather Zwickey, PhD

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Honorary Chair: David A. Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN

Honorary Chair: David A. Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN

Honorary Chair: David A. Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN

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Honorary Chair: Howard Rose, M.Ed

Honorary Chair: David A. Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN

Honorary Chair: David A. Wiss, PhD, MS, RDN

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Honorary Chair: Amy Thurston, MPH, RDN

Honorary Chair: Amy Thurston, MPH, RDN

Honorary Chair: Amy Thurston, MPH, RDN

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NourishED Core Staff

Alexandra Adorno Vita, PhD: Clinical Research Team Lead

Mỹ Hiếu Lê, MA: Buddhist-Informed Contemplative Counseling Team Lead

Alexandra Adorno Vita, PhD: Clinical Research Team Lead

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Rishi Lamichhane: Thematic Mapping Team Lead

Mỹ Hiếu Lê, MA: Buddhist-Informed Contemplative Counseling Team Lead

Alexandra Adorno Vita, PhD: Clinical Research Team Lead

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Mỹ Hiếu Lê, MA: Buddhist-Informed Contemplative Counseling Team Lead

Mỹ Hiếu Lê, MA: Buddhist-Informed Contemplative Counseling Team Lead

Mỹ Hiếu Lê, MA: Buddhist-Informed Contemplative Counseling Team Lead

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Kristine Eckley: Research Assistant, Marketing Management

Kristine Eckley: Research Assistant, Marketing Management

Mỹ Hiếu Lê, MA: Buddhist-Informed Contemplative Counseling Team Lead

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Payton Follestad: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Team Lead

Kristine Eckley: Research Assistant, Marketing Management

Payton Follestad: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Team Lead

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Ariana Pirzadeh, MS: Neurosomatic Processing Team Lead

Kristine Eckley: Research Assistant, Marketing Management

Payton Follestad: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Team Lead

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Hadley Pearce, MS, MSC: Lead Research Ambassador

Calvin Lodge: Interpersonal & Psyhedelic Studies Teams

Calvin Lodge: Interpersonal & Psyhedelic Studies Teams

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Calvin Lodge: Interpersonal & Psyhedelic Studies Teams

Calvin Lodge: Interpersonal & Psyhedelic Studies Teams

Calvin Lodge: Interpersonal & Psyhedelic Studies Teams

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Jan Rodriguez: Research Assistant and IT Support

Calvin Lodge: Interpersonal & Psyhedelic Studies Teams

Jan Rodriguez: Research Assistant and IT Support

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Juliet Nadershahi: Neurodivergence Team Lead

Revo (Revogatus) Tesha, MA: Data Scientist & Statistician

Jan Rodriguez: Research Assistant and IT Support

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Revo (Revogatus) Tesha, MA: Data Scientist & Statistician

Revo (Revogatus) Tesha, MA: Data Scientist & Statistician

Revo (Revogatus) Tesha, MA: Data Scientist & Statistician

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NourishED Staff Alumni

Barbara Kalu: Research Ambassador Team Lead

Barbara Kalu: Research Ambassador Team Lead

Barbara Kalu: Research Ambassador Team Lead

Fundraising & Partnerships: Athena McDowall

Barbara Kalu: Research Ambassador Team Lead

Barbara Kalu: Research Ambassador Team Lead

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NRFi Partners & Affiliations

  • NourishED Research Foundation, Inc. (NRFi) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization that uses community-based research, health, education, and outreach activities to empower breakthroughs in the awareness, prevention, treatment outcomes, and lived experiences of eating disorders and other mental health disparities and bio-psycho-social-behavioral whole-health issues.  


  • NRFi partners with a variety of organizations both locally and internationally to provide comprehensive advancements in the understanding and treatment of binge eating disorders and other bio-psycho-social-behavioral health disparity issues. 


  • We are proud and grateful to have a formal partnerships wtih:
    • The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM; https://nunm.edu) 
    • The Helfgott Research Institue (HRI; https://nunm.edu/research).
    • The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC; https://www.cilc.org).
    • The South Central Sevice Cooperation (SCSC; https://www.mnscsc.org)
    • Naropa University's Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education (CACE, https://www.naropa.edu/academics/schools-centers/cace/).
    • Cedar Frog Consuling (https://www.cedarfrogconsulting.com).
    • And More!


If you are interested in partnering with NRFi - or know an organization or indivdiual that may be - please don't hesitate to reach out to us at nourished@nourishedrfi.org.


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