Polymath Sara Brittany “SB” Somerset, Ph.D., started the first cannabis news desk at the United Nations over a decade ago and is currently an award-winning United Nations-based Cannabis Correspondent™ and senior global drug policy analyst. Her coverage has a penchant for DEI, equity empowerment, and equality in the cannabis and psychedelics sectors. As a foreign correspondent, Sara Brittany accompanied the UN Security Council on a handful of missions, including to the AMISOM base in Somalia. She covered the unregulated cannabis trade during the Blood Diamond Wars in Sierra Leone. Her work appears in numerous business and top-tier media outlets worldwide.

In 2018, Sara Brittany received an award for Best Freelance Cannabis Writer. In 2020, SB was listed on Green Market Report’s 100 Most Important Women In Weed; in 2021, as one of journalist tracker Muck Rack’s Top 10 Cannabis Writers; in 2022, as one of Benzinga’s 17 Cannabis Business Reporters You Need to Follow, and Yahoo Finance’s 15 Global Psychedelics Executives To Keep An Eye On. In 2023, she served on the board of the Newswomen’s Club of New York. In 2024, she serves on the board of The Cannabis Embassy and speaks at conferences and seminars worldwide.