| Mike Whiter is a medically retired United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant. After an 11 year career in the Marines, Mike was forced into retirement due to an injury sustained in Iraq. After leaving the Marines in 2006, he was prescribed 36 different medications through the Department of Veterans Affairs health system. After becoming addicted to opiates, benzodiazepines and anti-depressants, he decided enough was enough and in May of 2012, after not smoking marijuana for 20 plus years, quit taking pills and started using marijuana to combat PTSD symptoms and chronic pain. Since making that decision, Mike has been tirelessly advocating for fellow veterans and other sufferers of PTSD, and the use of marijuana as an alternative treatment for PTSD. Mike also founded and runs Pennsylvania Veterans for Marijuana Legalization. |  |
| Joe Forte studied public relations/advertising and audio recording at Camden County College and has previously worked for the Savage Rock School of Music and Performance, a non-profit music school and music venue in South Jersey. Joe has been a supporter of the cause for about a decade, officially joined NORML in 2008 and has been volunteering at NORML Headquarters in D.C. and PhillyNORML since 2010. |  |
| Kevin Clough is a software developer in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor's degree in computer science with a minor in management information systems. Kevin has always had a passion for politics and has organized many fund raisers for the benefit of PhillyNORML and has been assisting Chris Goldstein with media work for the group. He has been a member of the Philadelphia chapter of NORML since 2010. |  |
| Jamie Graham is a social worker in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Virginia where he experienced the drug war firsthand in the 1991 Operation Equinox raid. He founded a chapter of NORML in Charlottesville, VA. He has been active in criminal justice reform since 1988 and has been a member of the Philadelphia chapter of NORML since 2010. |  |
| Tim graduated from Temple University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. He joined PhillyNORML in 2004, after developing interests in law, press freedom, and civil liberties. In early 2005, Tim edited a preliminary newsletter for PhillyNORML. Later that year, he left the organization to pursue a law degree at Rutgers University. While there, he founded Rutgers-Camden Law Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and worked closely with one of Rutgers' distinguished law professors to create a law school course on the history of the War on Drugs. Tim returned to PhillyNORML after graduating from the law school in May of 2009, and was elected to the board in October of that year. He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, and intends to make fighting back against Drug War injustices a significant part of his career as a lawyer. |  |
| Rachel Abrons moved to Philadelphia in 2008 after completing a Master's degree in Clinical Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Rachel works full time as a geriatric social worker, providing in-home case management to low-income elderly individuals. Observing the suffering of chronically ill individuals in their homes was one of the first things that attracted her to the medicinal aspect of the cannabis movement. She also fully supports legalization for recreational use. With a passion for activism, she joined PhillyNorml as a volunteer in 2011. Rachel enjoys combining her hobbies of art and activism through PhillyNORML. |  |
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