Carey Turnbull

Carey Turnbull is a member of the Board and President of Heffter Research Institute, and a member of the Board of the Usona Institute, both of which promote research on psychedelic plants and drugs at leading University research departments. He is also the Chair of the advisory board of the NYU Center for Psychedelic Medicine, and has assisted in the founding of Yale University’s extensive psilocybin research program. Mr. Turnbull also has a longstanding business career in the energy sector, in 1983 he co-founded the energy brokerage Amerex (www.amerexenergy.com), and in 2009 he founded the retail energy supply company North American Power (www.napower.com).

Since 2010 Mr. Turnbull has worked in commercial early-stage drug development for half a dozen companies variously as an investor, founder, and CEO. Most recently he founded Ceruvia Lifesciences and B-More to transform psychedelic research into cutting-edge medicine. He provides time as an adjunct advisor to the legal defense of the Native American Church and other indigenous people’s rights to the practice of their religion, ceremonies, and beliefs free from cultural, religious, and legal pressure. Mr. Turnbull also founded Freedom to Operate to protect psychedelic science and medical development for the public benefit.