Juliana Mercer is a Marine Corps veteran with over 20 years of experience working with and serving the veteran population. In her quest to help fellow veterans and herself heal from years of personal and military trauma, Juliana found relief through psychedelic therapy. Thus, in her current role as Director of Public Policy for the nonprofit organization Healing Breakthrough, Juliana passionately advocates for the research, training, and deployment of system-wide adoption of MDMA therapy.

American Academy President Laurie Patton to Receive Concordia’s 2026 Leadership Award for Civil Society
The Concordia Leadership Council is proud to announce Dr. Laurie L. Patton, President of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as the second of three recipients of the 2026

