Sylvia Chi is a cannabis business attorney and volunteer member of both the Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland and Defenders of Mother Earth-Huichin, an indigenous-led, Oakland-based grassroots coalition following the call from Standing Rock to divest from banks that fund the extractive economy. She previously practiced chemicals law, and has worked at EPA, the U.S. Senate, and the Environmental Law Institute. She also coordinated the emergency legal response at airports for the International Refugee Assistance Project during the first Muslim Ban.