Dustin is a consultant and advisor with more than a decade of experience in business development, political strategy, public policy and government and public affairs. He specializes in the strategic development and implementation of policies and provides consulting services to professional cannabis associations, cannabis manufacturers, distributors, testing labs and retailers. Prior to being a founding […]
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Amanda Ostrowitz
Amanda co-founded CannaRegs in 2014. The Denver-based company aggregates cannabis-related regulations from local, state and federal sources and offers them on an online platform. She is a regulatory attorney specializing in cannabis regulations and banking law. Amanda previously worked as a bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, where she focused on […]
Matt Karnes
Matt founded GreenWave Advisors, a New York-based research and financial analysis company in the cannabis sector, in 2014. He and his team help investors understand the complexities of the industry. Matt has more than 25 years of diverse finance experience including equity research focusing on the radio broadcasting and cable television industries for First Union […]
Aviv Hadar
Aviv comes from a background in digital communications and technology. He founded Oregrown Industries, a vertically integrated cannabis brand, and was a founding member of the world’s first million-dollar Kickstarter campaign. In 2008, Aviv founded the software and technology company Think Brilliant Media Studios; he also founded the social media and content creation company SoulPancake. […]
Scott L. Greiper
Scott founded the cannabis-focused financial and strategic advisory company in New York in 2014. He also is president and founding partner of Secure Strategy Group, which backs emerging companies in sectors that include technology and security. In a career that spans 30 years, Scott has played key roles in mergers and acquisitions as well as […]
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Bryan Hill
Bryan founded Botanica in Arizona, launching with two medical marijuana dispensaries in 2013. The company now has two cultivation centers, an extraction operation and one main retail hub in Tucson. Prior to entering the cannabis industry, Bryan worked in finance for a major defense company. […]
Markus Roggen
Dr. Roggen is the Founder and CEO of Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures, a fundamental research laboratory and contract research organization for the cannabis industry. Prior to this, he served as a laboratory director for Davinci Laboratories in California. After this, he moved into an executive position overseeing production, R&D and process optimization for OutCo, a […]
Alfredo Pascual
Based in Germany, Alfredo works as International Analyst for Marijuana Business Daily, focusing on international cannabis markets and regulations. He has an academic background in business and public policy. Before joining MJBizDaily, he founded Transnational Cannabis, a regulatory consultancy firm that had clients in Europe and Latin America. Previously, he did business development for ICC […]
Darwin Millard
Darwin recently brought his background in mechanical- and solvent-based extraction methods to the Portland, Oregon-based company. With Phytologix, he helps clients design and install phytocannabinoid processing systems. He previously played a key role in the development of the Dixie Botanicals hemp-based CBD product line. Darwin serves as industrial hemp liaison for ASTM International’s Committee D37 […]
Priscilla Vilchis
Priscilla founded Premium Produce – a 25,000-square-foot cultivation and production business in Nevada – in 2014. In addition to her daily responsibilities as CEO, she is focused on creating jobs locally and supporting outreach efforts within the Latino community. Priscilla currently is launching her own cannabis brand in Nevada and expanding to California, where she […]
Laura Day
Laura has spent 20-plus years working in the marijuana sector in several states, most recently with Portland, Oregon-based Yerba Buena, which she co-founded. She also is vice chair of the board for the Cannabis Certification Council, which sets standards for organically grown marijuana. She has created and put into motion business models that stress environmental […]
Shanel Lindsay
A Boston-based attorney and entrepreneur, Shanel founded Ardent in 2015 to fill a need in the cannabis industry for reliable decarboxylation devices. She has experience extracting, preparing and testing cannabis compounds, but she’s also passionate about cannabis advocacy, especially issues involving equity and legalization, and education. Shanel is active in the Massachusetts marijuana space: She […]
Pete Kadens
Under Pete’s guidance, Green Thumb Industries has raised over $150 million in the private markets and went public in Canada. Also under his leadership the company accumulated 57 cannabis cultivation and retail licenses in eight states. He has started three companies over the past 16 years, including SoCore Energy, a commercial solar company with operations […]
Peggy Moore
Peggy helped the founder of Love’s Oven develop the infused product company, then took over the reins in 2011. After tasting success in guiding the Denver-based firm to full compliance with FDA rules, she has since become passionate about discussing Colorado’s cannabis regulations with her peers, legislators, regulators and enforcement personnel. In 2014, Peggy secured […]
Mark June-Wells
Mark, Ph.D., founded Sativum with the goal of decreasing the lag time between extraction-lab setuip and revenue-stream generation. The consulting firm has clients in Canada, Europe, South Africa and throughout the United States. In 2013, he joined Connecticut Pharmaceutical Solutions as director of Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Essential Oil Production. In that role, Mark engineered […]
Adam S. Fayne
Adam is co-chair of the Chicago-based law firm’s Cannabis Law Practice. He has advised marijuana startups on investment and finance issues leading up to their launches and continuing through public and private offerings. Adam also assists established cannabis companies on such matters as general corporate needs, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, regulatory counseling, fundraising, and […]