OPEN Foundation

OPEN FOUNDATION TEAM

In addition to its staff members, the core team at the OPEN Foundation includes a rockstar team of dedicated volunteers who come from many disciplines, such as psychology, psychiatry, medicine, neuroscience, anthropology, philosophy, research, design, development, etc.

OPEN BOARD

ERWIN KREDIET, MSC

CHAIR

Psychedelic researcher and therapist at ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, and PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center.

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PATRICIA PISTERS, PhD

SECRETARY

Professor of film at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam, founding editor of the Open Access journal Necsus.

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Michiel van Elk, PhD

TREASURER

Associate professor, researcher, and supervisor of the Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences Lab at Leiden University.

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OPEN LEADERSHIP

JOOST BREEKSEMA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Co-founder of the OPEN Foundation, a philosopher, qualitative researcher, and PhD candidate at the psychiatry departments of the UMCG & LUMC.

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PEDRAM DARA

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Cross-functional media and tech leader advocating for mental health, psychedelic therapy, and healing trauma. Also, a clinical trial participant of MDMA for PTSD.

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HERMAN KALTER

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

A qualified controller at FAPO Consult and Services and the financial controller at the OPEN Foundation since 2007. 

OPEN CLINICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Bill Richards, PHD

Psychologist at Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, He also is associated with the Program in Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies and psychedelic research and with Sunstone Therapies.

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ROSALIND WATTS, PHD

Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead for Imperial College London’s psilocybin trial, and Clinical Director at Synthesis Institute. Dr Watts builds tools and structures to foster connectedness after psychedelic experiences with a focus on integration.

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PETER GASSER, MD

Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, President of Swiss Medical Society for Psycholytic Therapy, Dr Gasser conducted a pilot study with LSD-assisted psychotherapy from 2007 to 2012 which was the first therapeutic study with LSD after the worldwide ban of the substance in the 1970s.

TORSTEN PASSIE, MD, MA

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Hannover Medical School, Germany. Medical dissertation on existential psychiatry. Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychiatry of the Harvard Medical School.

ROBERT SCHOEVERS, MD, PHD

Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The first President of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.

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OPEN SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

PROF ERIC VERMETTEN, MD, PHD

Professor Medical-Biological and Psychiatric Aspects of Psychotrauma, LUMC University of Leiden, the Netherlands. Coordinator of the training programme for MAPS studies of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD in the Netherlands.

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prof WIM VAN DEN BRINK, MD, PHD

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. Scientific Director of the National Committee for Treatment of Heroin Addiction in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

MENDEL KAELEN, PHD

Post-doctoral neuroscientist at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Founder And CEO of Wavepaths, a company that researches and develops methods that leverage the psychotherapeutic potential of music.

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PROF WOUTER HANEGRAAFF, PHD

Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The first President of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.

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WIM BEST, PharmD

Eur Reg Tox Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht Pharmacist and toxicologist (forensic and risk assessment) member of international committees and working groups for risk assessment and drugs monitoring.

OPEN TEAM

CATO DE VOS

PROGRAMMING & ONLINE EVENTS

FLORIS WOLSWIJK

WEBSITE BACK END

CAROLINA LUTHMAN

OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY

RAOUL KONING

FINANCE & LOGISTICS

FLOOR VAN DER DOES

PROGRAMMING

RAY YANG

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

NAOMI STUBBE

PROGRAMMING

ROMAIN SOURDIAUX

TECH STACK & SYSTEMS

SONIA TUROSIENSKI

COPYWRITING & EDITING

Bradley C Royes

NEWSLETTER

ANNA TEMCZUK

DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION

AREF TOULEIMAT

WEBSITE FRONT END

FABIANA DA SILVA ALVES

PROGRAMMING

STEPHAN TAP

NEWSLETTER

FIONA KLAASSEN

SUPPORT & COMMUNITY

JOEY LICHTER

CONTENT

EVA ANJOS

DESIGN & VIDEO

SERGIO LAZARO MARTINEZ

NEWSLETTER

MACHA GODES

ACCREDITATION

PATRICK EVERITT

WEBSITE SERVER

ESZTER RADICS

PARTNERSHIPS

BEN INGHAM KOREN

CONTENT

VARDIT KOHN

EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

TOBIAS VAN DIJK

LOGISTICS

RALPH DENMAN

OPERATIONS INTERN

FORMER TEAM MEMBERS

Click below to check out the list of our former team members and volunteers.

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WANT TO JOIN THE OPEN TEAM?

The OPEN Foundation is grateful for the help of many team members throughout the years. If you'd like to join the OPEN team, make sure to check out our vacancies page.

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