Tom Eckert
Founder, InnerTrek; Co-Architect, Oregon Measure 109
Co-architect of Oregon's Measure 109 — the first state-level legal psilocybin therapy program in the United States.
Biography
Tom Eckert is a co-architect of Oregon's Measure 109, the 2020 ballot initiative that established the first state-level legal psilocybin therapy program in the United States. With his late wife Sheri Eckert, Tom drafted the framework that became the legal basis for OHA-licensed service centers, facilitator training requirements, and client access protocols across Oregon.
After Measure 109's passage, Eckert founded InnerTrek, which now operates BOTH as a licensed psilocybin service center in Portland AND as one of the largest OHA-approved facilitator training programs in the state. Many facilitators working at other Oregon service centers were trained at InnerTrek. The organization continues to operate partly as a continuation of Sheri Eckert's legacy in the movement.
Organizations
Why They Matter to the LearnShrooms Community
Every other U.S. state-level psilocybin program — Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act, New Mexico's upcoming program, all proposed legislation in other states — descends in some way from Measure 109. Eckert is one of the people who designed that template.
Legal Context
For the legal landscape where Tom Eckert operates, see psilocybin laws in Oregon.