Stephanie Leopold, CRNA, APRN is a visionary healthcare leader, founder, and CEO driving transformative innovations in addiction treatment and integrative mental health care. As a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with over 20 years of clinical experience spanning critical care, anesthesia, and integrative medicine, she has held multiple leadership positions including Chief CRNA and previously served on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists (IANA). She currently serves on the Government Relations Committee for the Colorado Association of Nurse Anesthesiologists (COANA), where she advocates for expanded access to evidence-based addiction treatment. An accomplished entrepreneur, Stephanie founded and scaled both SOLA Anesthesia and FRISCH Aesthetics into thriving ventures with successful exits. She is the founder and CEO of KNEW, an organization dedicated to bridging evidence-based Western medicine with psychedelic-assisted therapies for addiction, trauma, and treatment- resistant mental health conditions. She is also co-founder of Brook Forest Healing, an integrative mental health and recovery center launching in 2026. A graduate of the Changa Institute's inaugural legal psilocybin facilitator training program, Stephanie combines clinical precision with trauma-informed, culturally-humble psychedelic therapy. Her work addresses the neuroscience of addiction, the impact of childhood trauma on brain development, and the therapeutic potential of psilocybin in treating conditions where conventional treatments have failed. She is a sought- after speaker at national and international conferences on relapse prevention, psychedelic medicine, clinical integration, and the evolving Psychedelic Nurses.