AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
American Botanical Council (ABC) announces the election of three
new members to its Board of Trustees: Bethany Davis; Richard
Kingston, PharmD; and Holly
Shimizu. The new trustees bring decades of combined
experience and are recognized leaders in various fields, including
dietary supplement industry regulation and environmental
sustainability practices; clinical toxicology, botanical safety,
and pharmacy; and public horticulture and herbal education.
"ABC is delighted to welcome Bethany, Holly, and Rick to our
Board of Trustees," said ABC Founder and Executive Director
Mark Blumenthal. "Each of these new
board members has numerous skills and strengths that will help ABC
achieve new successes in the fields of medicinal plant education
and research."
The addition of these three experts brings the total number of
ABC Board of Trustees members to 11. In April 2017, long-time ABC trustee Fredi Kronenberg, PhD, a champion of integrative
medicine for women's health, passed away. More information about
the eight other board members, and full-length bios for the new
trustees, can be found on ABC's website.
Bethany Davis
Since 2011, Davis has worked for FoodState, a whole-food
supplements company based in Manchester,
New Hampshire, where she currently serves as the director of
regulatory and industry affairs.
"I am so honored to be serving on the ABC Board of Trustees,"
Davis said. "ABC's legacy and authority is widely known around the
world; I am excited to participate on the ABC board and serve the
global herbal community."
Previously, Davis was the chain pharmacy account manager for
Adheris Health and the owner-operator of Davis Health Consulting.
She has a master's degree in regulatory affairs and health policy
from the Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy in Boston.
Davis is actively involved in promoting sustainability,
transparency, and non-GMO issues related to the natural products
industry. She is president of the Coalition for Supplement
Sustainability and a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Partners
Institutional Review Board and the American Herbal Products
Association Board of Trustees.
Richard Kingston,
PharmD
Kingston is the co-founder and president of regulatory and
scientific affairs at SafetyCall International. He has also served
on the faculty of the University of
Minnesota for over 35 years and currently serves as clinical
professor of pharmacy. In addition, Kingston has been an adjunct
professor at the National Center for Natural Product Research at
the University of Mississippi College
of Pharmacy since 2014.
"I'm honored and grateful for the opportunity to serve on the
ABC Board of Trustees," said Kingston. "ABC has an exemplary
reputation for its work in providing all stakeholders with
science-based information to promote the safe and responsible use
of herbs and medicinal plants."
Kingston received his doctor of pharmacy degree from the
University of Minnesota College of
Pharmacy and completed fellowship training in clinical
toxicology.
Holly Shimizu
Shimizu has held numerous leadership positions in the fields of
public horticulture, herbal education, and plant conservation. From
2000 to 2014, she served as the executive director of the United
States Botanic Garden (USBG) in Washington, DC.
"Becoming actively involved with ABC as a member of the Board of
Trustees is very exciting to me because the work of ABC is so
important," said Shimizu.
Shimizu has also served as an advisor for the White House
Gardens and worked with former first lady Laura Bush on a long-term botanical research and
identification project for Camp David.
Previously, Shimizu was the managing director of the Lewis
Ginter Botanical Garden and the first curator of the National Herb
Garden at the US National Arboretum. She received a master's degree
in horticulture from the University of
Maryland.
About the American Botanical Council
Media contact: Tanya Garduño, (512) 926-4900 Ext:129,
tanya@herbalgram.org
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