MJBizCon 2026

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Adam Schefter

Account Executive

Solink

Adam is an Account Executive at Solink, helping cannabis operators get more value from the security systems they already have today. Drawing on their expertise in video security and compliance, Adam and his tea…

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Alex Kwon

Founder and CEO

ACTIVE

Alex leverages two decades of experience leading cannabis companies to strategically guide ACTIVE’s growth and success. His extensive cannabis industry knowledge encompasses plant biology, cannabinoid science, …

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Alleh Lindquist

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

FloraWorks

Alleh Lindquist is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FloraWorks, a leading company in the cannabinoid industry. With a passion for the hemp and cannabis sectors, Alleh has spearheaded FloraWorks' mi…

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Anea Bogue

CEO

Clea Midlife

Anea Bogue, MA, BEd, is the Founder and CEO of CLEA Midlife, a premium wellness brand developing highly efficacious, plant-powered cannabinoid formulations for women on the menopause journey, while also challen…

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Angela Pih

Chief Marketing Officer

True Terpenes

Angela Pih is the Chief Marketing Officer of True Terpenes, a global leader in terpene science and sensory formulation for the cannabis industry. With deep experience spanning brand strategy, product positionin…

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AnnaRae Grabstein

CEO (and Podcast Host)

Wolf Meyer (and High Spirits Podcast)

AnnaRae Grabstein is the CEO and founder of Wolf Meyer, a strategic consulting firm serving companies in the cannabis ecosystem. Following a trailblazing career as a founder, executive operator, and board direc…

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Ashish Joseph

Co-founder

Loki

Ashish is a seasoned founder, operator, and investor with experience building and investing in businesses across consumer brands, retail, cannabis, finance, and hospitality. As Co-Founder of LOKI, Ashish leads …

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Bianca Snyder

CEO of Society's Plant

Society's Plant

As featured in LA Times, NY Post, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan, Scary Mommy, and Cafe Mom, Bianca Snyder (aka High Society Mama) is revolutionizing cannabis social media marketing while leading a movement to …

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Brad Palmisiano

Regional Manager (Pittsburgh)

McKim & Creed

Mr. Palmisiano excels at designing and modeling mechanical systems that provide precise environmental control. He has more than 22 years of experience engineering mechanical solutions for Indoor cultivation, co…

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Bran Noonan

CEO

OGeez!

Bran Noonan, who lives in New Jersey, is the CEO of OGeez!, a leading multi-state cannabis brand, which was founded by his late-mother, the cannabis trailblazer Peggy Noonan. Taking the reins in 2021, Bran brou…

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Brendan McKee

Co-Founder & COO

Silver Therapeutics

Brendan McKee is the Co-Founder & COO of Silver Therapeutics, the Northeast’s premier cannabis curator and privately held, locally owned and operated retailer. As an avid consumer and advocate of cannabis for o…

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Brett Feldman

President/Founder

WonderBrett and ByrdSeed Genetics

One of California's most respected legacy-to-legal cannabis cultivators with 30 years of master cultivation, genetics development, and brand building. Co-Founder of WonderBrett — ranked consistently among Calif…

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Brett Gelfand

Managing Partner

CannaBIZ Collects

Brett is an accomplished entrepreneur in the cannabis industry, known for building successful brands and businesses. His career began in 2015 as CEO of a vertically integrated cannabis company in Colorado, wher…

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Bryan Gonnella

Director + Architect

Core Design Group

A dependable cannabis project partner, Bryan has led the architectural design of dozens of projects, applying his expertise in project management and design to cultivation, processing, and dispensary facilities…

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Cardell Robinson

Vice President, Retail Revenue

Proper Brands

Cardell Robinson is Vice President of Retail at Proper Cannabis, a vertically integrated cannabis retailer operating 12 dispensary locations across Missouri. He brings a background in technology and ERP systems…

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Casey Leaver

Senior Director of Compliance

Vicente LLP

Casey Leaver is the senior director of regulatory compliance at Vicente LLP. In this role, she assists clients with understanding rules and regulations and provides guidance for establishing and operating a com…

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Cassandra Parks Evans, ABS

Board-Certified Sexologist/ Holistic Sexologist; Certified Relationship, Dating, and Intimacy Coach and Consultant

Let's Learn Love

Dr. Cassandra M. Parks Evans, ABS, is an award-winning, Board - Certified Sexologist and a certified Relationship, Dating, and Intimacy Coach and Consultant with over 17 years of professional experience. Based …

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Chanel La

Head of Product Strategy, Regulatory Affairs and Market Access

Valcon Medical

Chanel La leads high-impact teams to develop and scale cannabis-infused products with a focus on quality, compliance, and operational efficiency. With over 10 years of experience in the cannabis industry and a …

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Chris Roberts

Executive Editor

MJBiz Daily

Chris has covered cannabis since spending a few months in Humboldt County in 2009, with bylines in The Guardian, VICE, Daily Beast, SF Weekly, Forbes.com, Leafly and many others. He won an investigative reporti…

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Christopher Violas

CEO

BLAZE

Chris Violas is the founder and CEO of BLAZE® responsible for ensuring the successful execution of development, strategy, and vision. His experience in the cannabis industry began over 10 years ago after he suf…

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Cory Desloge

Director of Cultivation

Harbor House Collective

Cory Desloge is an accomplished commercial Cannabis professional with expertise in cultivation, operational development, genetics, and full melt hash. A 2009 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a …

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Cy Scott

CEO

Headset

Cy Scott is co-founder and CEO of Headset, Inc., a real-time data analytics company in the cannabis industry with a suite of industry leading technologies designed to help organizations navigate the fast moving…

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Dale Sky Jones

Executive Chancellor and CEO

Oaksterdam University

Dale Sky Jones has been focused on enhancing the debate for cannabis policy reform since 2007. Based in Oakland, California, she took over as president & CEO of Oaksterdam University in 2012 after a crippling f…

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Daniel Craveiro de Sá

Director of Research and Development

Camaraderie Group

Daniel Craveiro de Sá, with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, has spent over a decade combining academic expertise with hands-on experience in the cannabis…

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Darren Gleeman

Managing Partner

MBO Ventures

Darren Gleeman is the Managing Partner of MBO Ventures, a firm focused on business exits through a structure called an Independent Buyout. An Independent Buyout uses a federally authorized employee trust (an ES…

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Darwin Millard

Technical Director

CSQ Certification

Vice-subcommittee Chair: ASTM International - D37.04 on Processing and Handling of Cannabis (2017) D37 Industrial Hemp Liaison: ASTM International - D37 on Cannabis (2017) Chair: Hemp Industries Association - H…

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Dave Hawley

R&D and Horticulture Services Lead

Fluence

Dr. David Hawley Research & Development Lead; Science and Hort. Services, Fluence Dr. David Hawley leads Fluence’s global Cannabis Crop Sciences program, driving innovation in photobiological research, data ana…

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David Mangone

SVP of Government Relations & Policy

US Cannabis Roundtable

David Mangone, J.D., serves as the Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs for the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable (USCR), where he leads the organization’s federal policy strategy on behalf of the nat…

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David Sandelman

COO, CTO & Co-Founder

Cannatrol

David Sandelman is a serial inventor, problem solver, entrepreneur and the creator of Cannatrol Systems for cannabis postharvest processing. A veteran of new product development in the HVAC industry, he leads t…

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Deepak Anand

Vice President

Village Farms (VFF)

Deepak Anand is Vice President, Government Affairs at Village Farms International (NASDAQ: VFF), where he leads the company's regulatory and government relations work across Canada and its international markets…

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Dominick Griego

Executive Vice President of Operations

Jushi Holdings Inc.

Dominick Griego is the Executive Vice President of Operations at Jushi Holdings Inc., where he oversees multi-state cultivation, manufacturing, and operational performance across a rapidly expanding footprint. …

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Douglas Fischer

President and Director

VapeSAFER

Douglas Fischer is a cannabis lawyer and policy leader with deep expertise in vaporization safety, regulation, sustainability, and commercializaiton. As President of VapeSAFER and General Counsel at ACTIVE, he …

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Dr. Chanda Macias

Executive Director

Women Grow

Dr. Chanda Macias is a global healthcare and cannabis industry leader with 25+ years of experience across cannabis, healthcare, education, and regulated consumer products. She specializes in building and managi…

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Dr. Roz McCarthy

Founder & CEO

Minorities for Medical Marijuana

Roz is the Founder/CEO of Minorities for Medical Marijuana (M4MM) the largest community based national nonprofit organization serving communities of color as it relates to the cannabis and hemp industry. She al…

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Dr. Tassa Saldi

Chief Science Officer

TUMI Genomics

Tassa Saldi, Ph.D. is the co-founder and CSO of TUMI Genomics, a pioneering biotechnology company that specializes in cannabis/hemp genomics research and development, with a primary focus on plant pathology and…

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Draper Bender

President

Grön Edibles

Draper Bender is a seasoned cannabis industry executive with over a decade of experience driving operational excellence and multi-state expansion in both adult-use and medical markets. He currently serves as Pr…

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Drew Mathews

CEO

Green Life Business Group

Drew Mathews is the founder of the Nation's Largest Cannabis Business Brokerage currently representing over 200 Active Exclusive Cannabis Listings on the market today throughout the country. For 11 Years, Green…

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Drew Murphy

Drew Murphy is Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Nabis, the leading licensed cannabis wholesale platform, supplying more than $1 billion in products per year, by retail value, for over 400 brands to th…

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Dustin Steerman

Founder

Vert

Dustin Steerman is the founder and CEO of Vert, where he helps cannabis brands simplify packaging, accelerate speed to market, and build smarter supply chains. With nearly two decades of experience across paper…

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Elizabeth Muñoz

Founder & Radiant CEO

Soulhaven

Ms. Elizabeth Muñoz aka The Radiant CEO is the Founder and CEO of Soulhaven and an embodiment coach whose work focuses on nervous system regulation, feminine leadership, and sustainable behavior change for high…

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Emily Heintz

CEO & Founder

Sechey

Emily Heintz is the Founder and CEO of Sèchey, a national retail and digital platform curating premium alcohol-free, functional, and hemp-derived beverages for the modern, “alcohol-flexible” consumer. A leading…

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Erica Halverson

Founder & CEO

TINY e TOILET PAPER

Erica Halverson is Founder and CEO of TINY e TOILET PAPER, developing hemp-based alternatives to conventional paper products. Her work builds on her experience founding TINY e PAPER and advancing industrial hem…

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Erik Bestwick

Territory Sales Manager

Imperial Systems

Founded in October 2001 by Jeremiah Wann, Imperial Systems, Inc. has grown from a small family business into a leading North American manufacturer of industrial dust and fume collection equipment. Headquartered…

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Evan Nison

Founder & President

NisonCo

I have been working to reform cannabis laws since 2008. I founded the United States’ first cannabis PR agency, NisonCo, in 2012. NisonCo grew out of my work as a field director for Compassion & Choices, a nonpr…

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Jack Hill

Global Director of Marketing

Chubby Gorilla

Jack Hill is the Global Director of Marketing at Chubby Gorilla®, where he leads global marketing strategy for one of the cannabis industry’s most recognized specialty packaging manufacturers. Working closely w…

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Jakob Magolan

Professor and Boris Chair of Drug Discovery

McMaster University

Jakob Magolan is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, where he leads a research group specializing in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. His lab's work sits at th…

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James Silva

Attorney & Real Estate Broker

Law Office of James M. Silva

James Silva grew up in New York's Hudson Valley at the height of "Just Say No" propaganda and Rockefeller Drug Laws fueling the prison-industrial complex. A cancer diagnosis in his second year at Pepperdine Uni…

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Jamie Pearson

President & Founder

New Holland Group

Jamie Pearson is an award-winning keynote speaker, writer, accredited investor, board member, and highly respected leader in the cannabis industry. Jamie’s operational success led her to win the International C…

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Jason Adelstone

Attorney

Harris Sliwoski LLP

Jason Adelstone is a seasoned business lawyer, international policy advisor, and problem solver. Based in Denver, Colorado, he provides domestic and international legal counsel to a diverse clientele, including…

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Jeanne Sullivan

Co-founder

Arcview Collective Fund

Jeanne M. Sullivan –  Investor,  Advisor,  Speaker is passionate about delivering ideas – information – and inspiration to entrepreneurs and is a fierce advocate for cannabis reform. Sullivan is the CIO of Arcv…

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Jeff Adams

Founder and Managing Director

XRpure

Jeff Adams is the Founder and Managing Director of XRpure, a company propelling innovation in cannabis decontamination using X-ray energy.  The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Varex Imaging Corporation,…

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Jennifer Guild

VP, Regulatory & Quality

Abstrax

Jennifer Guild is VP of Regulatory & Quality at Abstrax and serves as a Board Member and VP of Standards for VapeSAFER. In her role with VapeSAFER, she works with industry stakeholders, scientists, and policyma…

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Jennifer Makris, MBA

CEO

Cannabis Cash Consultants

Jennifer Makris, MBA, widely known as the Cannabis Cash Queen, is a trusted advisor and industry leader with more than 20 years of experience in sales, logistics, and secure cash management solutions. She speci…

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Jennifer Michaels

CEO & Co-Founder

NorCal Seeds & Genetics

Jennifer Michaels is CEO and Co-Founder of NorCal Seeds & Genetics (NSG), a private cannabis genetic resource organization built around an extensive repository of rare, legacy and proprietary genetics, breeding…

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Jeremy Berke

Founder and EIC

Cultivated Media

As Senior Editor at Moby, he helps lead coverage of markets and finance for a growing audience of retail investors. He sets the daily news agenda, mentors early-career reporters, edits their work, and writes in…

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Jeremy Shechter

Founder

Open Source Horticulture

Jeremy Shechter is the founder of Open Source Horticulture, a cultivation consulting and project management firm with experience across more than 20 states and 1.7 million square feet of licensed facilities. Be…

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Jesse Redmond

Chief Strategy Officer & Investor Relations Officer

Water Tower Research

Mr. Redmond is a former cannabis analyst, co-founder of two hedge funds, and a leading California cannabis collective. He began his career at Franklin Templeton, was an early employee of Fisher Investments, and…

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Jessica F Gonzalez, Esq.

Cannabis, Regulatory Compliance & Trademark Attorney/President

Rudick Law Group/Latino Cannabis Alliance

Jessica F. González, Esq. is a nationally recognized cannabis attorney, educator, and consultant shaping the future of cannabis law, equity, and global governance. As Founder of Veridis Quo LLC and attorney of …

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Jessica Ferranti

Founder & CEO

The Mycelia Group

Jessica Ferranti is Founder and CEO of The Mycelia Group and a senior strategic advisor to the New Jersey Cannabis Chamber of Commerce. She brings more than 15 years of executive experience across Cannabis, tec…

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John Mazarakis

Co-Executive Chairman and CEO

Vireo Growth Inc.

John Mazarakis is the Co-Executive Chairman and CEO of Vireo Growth Inc. where he is leading the development of a scaled cannabis and agribusiness markets platform built on disciplined capital allocation. A co-…

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Joseph Rosado

Physician

Joseph Rosado, MD, LLC/DocMJ

Dr. Joseph Rosado, MD, MBA, DC, EMT-P, CNA Dr. Joseph Rosado is a physician executive, healthcare strategist, and nationally recognized expert in clinical governance for emerging cannabinoid and psychedelic the…

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Justin Botillier

CEO

Calyx CPA

Justin Botillier is the CEO of Calyx CPA LLC in Southern Oregon. With more than twenty years of experience advising small business owners, he has built a national practice focused on the cannabis industry. Befo…

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Kaliko Castille

Founder

American Cannabis Consumer Alliance

Kaliko Castille has spent over a decade at the intersection of cannabis policy, advocacy, and industry strategy. He began as a NORML intern and activist, helped build a cannabis PAC, launched a dispensary, and …

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Kate O’Connor-Masse

Co-Founder & CEO

BatchNav, Inc.

With a background launching biotech and pharmaceutical products, Kate combines corporate leadership experience with hands-on agricultural know-how from nearly 30 years of commercial farming. After entering the …

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Kelly Fair

Partner in Dentons' Cannabis and Health Care practices

Dentons

Kelly Fair is a partner in Dentons' Cannabis and Health Care practices and focuses on regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, corporate governance, and public policy, primarily in the cannabis and hemp i…

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Ken Lutter

Vice President of Operations

Comprehensive Cultivation Services

Ken Lutter is a trades professional and cannabis cultivator with deep experience designing and installing cultivation facilities across the country. He entered the trades with a focus on building and constructi…

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Kevin Culver, Esq.

Tax attorney and VP of Tax Incentives

Royse Partners Limited

Kevin H. Culver, Esq. serves as Vice President of Tax Incentives and Associate General Counsel at Royse Partners Limited, a tax and management consulting firm specializing in corporate tax incentives and adviso…

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Kim Sanchez Rael

CEO & Co-Founder

Azuca

Kim Sanchez Rael is CEO and Co-Founder of Azuca, an applied biotechnology company using plant-based food science to precisely control how ingestible cannabinoids are delivered, absorbed, and experienced. Under …

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Krista Raymer

Chief Strategy Officer

C3 Industries

Krista Raymer is Chief Strategy Officer at C3 Industries, where she converts operational data into strategic direction across the company's multi-state retail footprint spanning six states, soon to be seven. Sh…

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Lacey Sears

Senior Manager of Cultivation Development and Support

True Harvest Collective

Lacey Sears is the Senior Manager of Cultivation Development and Support at Native Roots, where she leads the advancement of cultivation strategies focused on innovation, consistency, and scalable quality in ca…

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Laura Fogelman

Chief of Staff & VP, Communications

PAX

Laura Fogelman is a strategic communications and marketing executive with more than 15 years of experience partnering with CEOs to drive company strategy, brand, reputation, and cross-functional alignment in hi…

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Laurie Parfitt

CEO & Fractional CMO

LKP Impact Consulting

Laurie Parfitt is an accomplished executive, leader, and coach with more than 2 decades of experience driving innovation and execution across various functional areas of start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, inc…

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Lisa Weser

Founder & CEO

Trailblaze

Lisa Weser is the founder and CEO of Trailblaze, a creative communications agency that puts cannabis and lifestyle brands on the map. From cooking up the World’s Largest Pot Brownie to ushering Martha Stewart i…

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lynn parodneck

MD

Dr Lynn Parodneck

Dr. Lynn Parodneck I am a doctor with over 20 years of experience. Educated at Sarah Lawrence College and New York Medical College, I trained in Obstetrics & Gynecology and formed a private practice on the Uppe…

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Manndie Tingler

CEO

Shelf Alchemy Global, LLC

Amanda "Manndie" Tingler CEO, Shelf Alchemy Global | Chief Commercial Officer, Silver Leaf Events | Amanda "Manndie" Tingler is a dynamic fractional Chief Commercial Officer and renowned brand strategist with o…

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Marc Rodriguez

Co-Founder & CEO

Green Leaf Business Solutions

Marc Rodriguez is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Green Leaf Business Solutions, the leader in payroll and HR services for the cannabis industry. With over a decade of experience in the indu…

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Maria McIntyre

Head of Cannabis

bioMerieux

Maria McIntyre – Head of Cannabis Safety, bioMérieux Maria McIntyre is a pioneering voice in cannabis microbiology and cannabis science for over a decade, driven by a lifelong passion for human health, public s…

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Mark Collins

Producer and Host, President and Founder

Highly Capitalized Network

Mark Collins is a highly experienced marketing and finance executive with extensive expertise in Cannabis, CPG, and financial strategy. Mark founded Highly Capitalized Network in 2018 because he couldn't find a…

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Max Vansluys

President

Dialed In Gummies

Max Vansluys is President of Dialed In Gummies, where he has led the company’s rapid expansion from a single-state operator into a multi-state brand now operating in more than five markets nationwide. An experi…

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Melanie Nash

CEO

TUMI Genomics

Melanie Nash is the CEO of TUMI Genomics with more than 20 years of leadership experience and 10 years in the cannabis industry. She began her cannabis career as the opening General Manager of one of the first …

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Melissa Harrington

Tax Partner

Aprio Advisory Group

Melissa Harrington has built her career in one of the most complex and fast-changing corners of the economy: the cannabis industry. Her connection to the field runs deep — her graduate thesis examined the medic…

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Michael Bronstein

President

American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp

Michael Bronstein is the co-founder and president of the American Trade Association for Cannabis & Hemp (ATACH), the leading United States 501(c)(6) cannabis industry trade organization promoting the expansion …

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Michael Johnson

CEO

Metrc

Michael Johnson is the CEO of Metrc. He is responsible for leading the team in supporting the safety and security of the nation’s legal cannabis market. He also served as president and CFO, during this time, he…

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Michael Klein

Chairman & Cofounder

Arcana Collective

Michael Klein is Chairman & Cofounder of Arcana Collective, a first-of-its-kind collaboration uniting the most respected OG cannabis breeders who hold the IP to a variety of iconic foundational strains and poss…

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Mike Bologna

CEO

Green Lion Innovations / Dip Devices

Mike Bologna is the CEO of Green Lion Innovations, a product development and international sourcing company and Dip Devices, a leading cannabis hardware brand. Mike has been integrating AI tools into his busine…

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Mikey Towey

Senior Vice President of Production and Infrastructure

Good Day Farm

Mikey Towey is a cannabis operations leader with over a decade of experience managing large-scale cultivation across more than 2 million square feet of facilities nationwide. He has held senior roles at some of…

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Mo Muzzey

Vice President of Sales & Procurement

Beleaf Medical

Mo Muzzey is the Vice President of Sales and Procurement at BeLeaf Medical, where she leads wholesale sales for Sinse Cannabis and sets procurement strategy for the company's 12 Swade Cannabis dispensaries. She…

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Morgan Fox

Political Director

NORML

Morgan Fox is the Political Director at NORML, focusing on congressional lobbying and changing federal cannabis laws. As a professional cannabis policy reform advocate since 2008, Morgan has been directly invol…

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Mskindness B. Ramirez, M.Ed

Executive Chancellor

Kind Works

Moderator Mskindness B. Ramirez, M.Ed. President, Kind Works | Founder, Club Kindness | Co-Author, UCLA Report: High Stakes Mskindness B. Ramirez is a workforce strategist and educator with over 20 years of exp…

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Nadia Sabeh

President

Dr. GreenHouse

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Nadia Sabeh has been helping indoor and greenhouse growers design, evaluate, and optimize their indoor growing environments. Since founding Dr. Greenhouse, Inc. in 2017, she and her tea…

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Nick Afonsky

Founder and CEO

Palomar Group Ai

Nick Afonsky is the CEO of Palomar Group AI, where he bridges the gap between complex artificial intelligence and practical business applications. With over 15 years of leadership in technology and strategy, Ni…

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Nohtal Partansky

Founder & CEO

Sorting Robotics

Nohtal Partansky is the Founder and CEO of Sorting Robotics. He is a serial entrepreneur and former NASA-JPL engineer. At NASA-JPL, Nohtal was a cognizant engineer on the MOXIE project; an instrument on the sur…

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Odilia Underwood

Founder/Owner

Nurse Coach Odie LLC

Odilia Hernandez Underwood, MSN, RN, NC-BC, CHt, is a Board-Certified Nurse Coach, cannabis educator, hypnotherapist, speaker, veteran, healthcare leader, and founder of Nurse Coach Odie LLC and Mexicanna RN™️.…

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Parisa mansouri-rad

Executive Cannabis Consultant at IMA

IMA Financial & Blunt Brunch

Parisa Rad, widely known as “Marijuana Momma,” is the co-founder of Blunt Brunch a national event series and women’s empowerment platform redefining how women connect, collaborate, and lead in the cannabis indu…

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Rachel Porter

Owner

RMP Horticulture

Rachel Porter builds structured, data-driven in-house R&D programs for commercial cannabis operators through RMP Horticulture. She develops formal trial programs to evaluate genetics, inputs, and cultivation st…

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Randy Reed

VP Scientific Solutions

Active

Randy Reed has over twenty years of experience in cannabis extraction and vape manufacturing.  He is a cannabis scientist who has invented patent-pending extraction technologies and published peer-reviewed rese…

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Rebecca Abraham

CEO/Founder

Plesio Health

Rebecca Abraham, RN, BSN, is the CEO and Founder of Plesio Health. Plesio Health provides the clinical infrastructure for symptom management using cannabis and plant-based medicines. Rebecca is recognized as on…

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Richard Philbrook

Principal Scientist

Curaleaf

Richard Philbrook is Principal Scientist of Genetics at Curaleaf. A molecular biologist by training, he studied plant genetics at UC Davis to enter the cannabis industry. He completed his master’s degree while …

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Riley Kirk, Ph.D

CEO and Cofounder of NAP

NAP (The Netwok of Applied Pharmacognosy)

Dr. Riley Kirk is a natural products chemist, cannabis researcher, and science communicator with a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences specializing in Natural Product Chemistry. She is the co-founder of the nonpro…

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Rob Pero

President

Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association

Rob Pero (Bad River/Ojibwe) is the founder of Canndigenous , the first independent Indigenous-owned hemp farm and plant medicine company in Wisconsin, and the founder of a leading national cannabis advocacy org…

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Robert Chlala

Assitant Professor

Cal State University, Long Beach

Robert Chlala is an Assistant Professor of Urban Policy & Sociology at the California State University Long Beach, an affiliate of the UC Berkeley Cannabis Research Center, and investigative researcher & journa…

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Sarah Lee

Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for Cannabis Operations and Plant-Based Wellness

Northern Michigan University

Sarah Lee is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for Cannabis Operations and Plant-Based Wellness at Northern Michigan University. She holds an M.S. in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology fro…

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Sarah McLaughlin

Co-founder & Vice President

Melt-to-Make

Sarah McLaughlin MS, RD, Co-Founder and Vice President of Melt-to-Make, is a Board-Certified Registered Dietitian with a Master's degree in Nutritional Sciences. McLaughlin has advanced the industry as an inven…

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Sasha Kadey

CEO

Small Circle

Sasha Kadey is the Founder and CEO of Small Circle, a strategy and creative agency that helps founders and operators build brands that drive differentiation, growth, and enterprise value. Small Circle partners …

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Sasha Kalcheff-Korn

Executive Director

Realm of Caring

Sasha Kalcheff-Korn is the Executive Director of Realm of Caring, a national nonprofit at the forefront of patient education, research, and access to cannabinoid-based care. For the past seven years, she has le…

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Sheena Roberson

founder

Cannabis Noire

Sheena Roberson is a cannabis industry strategist and founder of the HIGHER Cannabis Conference, a national platform dedicated to advancing women of color in the cannabis industry through education, connection,…

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Sheri Tarr

Founder, Chief Advisor

'68 Partners

SHERI L. TARR is the Founder and Chief Advisor of '68 Partners, a global consulting firm helping CBD, hemp, and cannabis brands, license applicants, and licensed operators, build sustainable businesses that hav…

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Stacy Litke

VP, Banking & Financial Services

Green Check

Stacy Litke is Vice President of Banking & Financial Services at Green Check and one of the leading voices shaping how financial institutions approach cannabis banking today. Drawing on decades of experience ac…

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Steve Fuhr

Director of Business Development

SciPhy Systems

A 15-year cannabis pioneer, Steve founded an early legal facility in Washington and secured a rare "green" bank account. After raising $4.5 million for an EU-GMP hemp lab, he now serves as SciPhy’s Sales Direct…

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Susie Plascencia

Founder

Latinas in Cannabis & Co-Executive Director, NHCC

Susie Plascencia (@SusiePlascencia) is a Latina entrepreneur, speaker, and cannabis advocate working at the intersection of culture, media, and industry. She is the founder and CEO of NightShift Digital, a bout…

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Tiana Woodruff

Founder/CEO

Queen Mary

Tiana Woodruff is the Founder and CEO of Queen Mary, a cannabis edible brand focused on creating a daily wellness ritual through thoughtfully formulated products. With over 15 years of experience in marketing a…

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TJ Martin

Chief Science Officer

Abstrax Tech

TJ Martin is a research scientist with a broad range of experience over the past thirteen years working on fundamental scientific research in new emerging fields, cannabis science, alternative fuels, product de…

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Tony Flute

Cultivation General Manager & Head Grower

Native Nations Cannabis

Tony Flute is a seasoned Cannabis cultivator with a deep passion for both the plant and his Native culture. With several years experience in the Cannabis industry, Tony has honed his expertise in cultivation te…

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Wally Daniel

Principal Consultant

Green Garden Consulting, LLC

Wally Daniel’s unique experience and professional development set him apart as an interdisciplinary leader and systems thinker. A trained scientist with higher education degrees in biology and biogeochemistry, …

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Wes Shepherd

CEO

Hoodie Analytics

Wes Shepherd is a lifelong entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience building and leading technology companies. His career spans the early years of E-commerce, digital shelf analytics, master data…

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Willy Vlasic

CEO

Vlasic Labs

Willy Vlasic is an entrepreneur with a proven track record in cannabis cultivation, sales, and brand development. He began his career founding Teens for the Arts, a nonprofit he built and managed, before moving…