Gina Vensel, Manager, Community Partnerships

Gina Vensel serves as Community Partnerships Manager at MAPS. She is a community builder, event producer, communications strategist, and drug policy advocate. She has held leadership roles for Psychedelic Science 2023 and 2025, and is now a member of the MAPS staff working on partnerships year-round.

She is an Appointed Director for Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s Board of Directors, and a member of SSDP Pittsburgh Community Chapter. She is a co-founder of the Three Rivers Psychedelic Society (TRiPS) in her hometown of Pittsburgh, and serves as an advisor to the Global Psychedelic Society, supporting efforts to build inclusive, informed, and intentional psychedelic communities.