Bob Otis

Founder

Over 40 years of intentional family lineage, academic and global religious studies guide Bob’s work with Sacrament. Degrees and post-graduate studies include psychology, religious studies, sociology and Divinity (MDiv, University Chicago). Bob was founding Chairperson for the first successful all plants and fungi “Decriminalize Nature” initiative (Oakland), is senior Pastor for Sacred Garden Community Church, co-founder of Sacred Plant Alliance, and is Board Chair for Alma Institute. Bob’s passions include sacred gardening, positive post-
modernism, radical inclusion, bicycling and playing his grandma’s violin!

Leanna Standish

Elder (Board)

Leanna Standish is a neuroscientist and physician working and living in Seattle.  She is co-director of the Advanced Integrative Medical Science (AIMS) Institute. She specializes in integrative oncology. She is also the founder and CEO of Sacred Medicines PBC, a botanical medicine company. She holds faculty appointments at the University of Washington, Bastyr University and Sonoran University. Leanna has been an SGC elder since 2023.

Skye Weir-Mathews

Executive Director

Skye Weir-Mathews serves as Executive Director of Sacred Garden Community, stewarding spaces where spiritual inquiry and rigorous exploration of consciousness meet. With a background in somatic counseling, meditation, systems design, and Sacred Practice, Skye brings an integrative approach to building resilient, spiritually aligned communities.

Their training in counseling, trauma-informed care, and mindful somatic practices is complemented by years of experience in engineering complex operational systems — a combination that shapes their vision of Sacred Garden as a living experiment in Sacred Science: a communal pursuit of intersubjectively verifiable insights into the nature of consciousness.

Skye’s leadership is grounded in humility, integrity, and a devotion to cultivating structures where authentic connection and sacred inquiry are rooted in compassion.