Winter 2020 Emerge Speakers Coming Soon!
Fall 2020 Keynote Speakers
STEVE DEANGELO
Founder | Last Prisoner Project and Harborside
WANDA JAMES
Founder & CEO | Simply Pure Dispensary
CARLOS DEW
CEO | superbad inc.
JIM BELUSHI
Founder | Belushi’s Farm Cannabis
SENATOR DAYLIN LEACH
Senator | PA State Senate
RICKY WILLIAMS
Co-Founder & VP, Product Development | Real Wellness
Fall 2020 Emerge Session Leaders
Cannabis industry experts and advocates leading deeper discussions.
AUSTIN STEVENSON
Chief Innovation Officer | Vertosa
CHRISTOPHER FOLTZ
VP Global Reach | Sensi Media Group
OMAR FIGUEROA
Founder | Law Offices of Omar Figueroa
ANDRE BOURQUE
Industry Connector & Emerge Co-Founder
JAKE KUCZERUK
VP, Business Development | The Arcview Group
MORRIS BEEGLE
Co-Founder & President | WAFBA
RY RUSSELL
Host & Producer | WeedBudz Radio
SARAH GERSTEN
Executive Director & General Counsel | Last Prisoner Project
WES BURK
President | Emerald Scientific
MAHALA HERRON
Founder | Hala Hemp
PETER VOGEL
Co-Founder | Leafwire
NATALIE PAPILLION
Founder & Executive Director | The Equity Organization
SOPHIE FELIX
President | ICBWA
BRIAN APPLEGARTH
Co-Founder & President | Enlightn Strategies
JENNY-BETH DILLS
Founder | Kind Cannabis Consulting
ROZ MCCARTHY
Founder & CEO | Minorities for Medical Marijuana, Inc.
ASHLEY GRACE
CRO | Dalwhinnie Enterprises
MARA GORDON
Founder | Aunt Zelda’s
TODD ROSALES
Creator & Host | Elevate Your Grind Podcast
LISA BUFFO
Founder & CEO | Cannabis Marketing Association (CMA)
LISA TSOU
Founder | The Winning Pitch
GEOFF TROTTER
Co-Founder & CGO | Regennabis
SOHUM SHAH
Founder & CEO | Durban Creative Media
CAMILLE ROISTACHER
Founder & CEO | Voyage Distribution / Wyllow
JAMES KEYES
Owner | BODU Solutions
Fall 2020 Emerge Speakers
Meet the best speakers and cannabis experts in the industry, plus “A List” lifestyle advocates and supporters.
LEAH LAKSTINS
Co-Founder | Higher Ed Hemp Tours
SAHAR AYINEHSAZIAN
Attorney & Co-Lead, Banking and Financial Services Access Dept | Vicente Sederberg LLP
DR. HALELI SHARIR
VP, Business Development | Univo Pharmaceuticals
FELICIA CARBAJAL
Community Organizer | The Social Impact Center
JONATHAN SPADAFORA
Head of Sales & Marketing | Veritas
FRANCES GONZALEZ
Founder | Latinas Cannapreneurs
RON SILVER
Chief Creative Officer | Azuca
WARREN BOBROW
CEO: Klaus Apothicaire | Author | Chef/Barman | Cannabis Alchemist | Master Mixologist
ANUJ DESAI
Host | The Cannabis Conversation Podcast
ALEX ROWLAND
Chairman & CEO | NT Ventures (New Tropic)
SIERRA E. COOKE
CA Director | Coda Signature
ELISE MCROBERTS
CMO | Doc Green
ROGER BROWN
President | ACS Laboratory
TYLER WILLIAMS
Founder & CTO | Cannabis Safety & Quality
DR. SWATHI VARANASI
Integrative Health & Medical Cannabis Pharmacist
SCOTT GOLDIE
Co-Founder | Goldenseed
TINA GORDON
Cultivation | moonmade farms
THE DANK DUCHESS
Managing Editor | Skunk Magazine
ANDREW DEANGELO
Co-Founder | Last Prisoner Project and Harborside Inc.
MAHA HAQ
Founder & President | Cannaclub University
TAE DARNELL
Co-Founder | Sensi Media Group
LES SZABO
Director of Constructive Capital | Dr. Bronner
JOSEY HESTON
Sr. Sales Executive | Mammoth Microbes
CYNTHIA SALARIZADEH
Founder & President | House of Saka
TRACEY MASON
Co-Founder & CEO | House of Saka
MELANIE CODDINGTON
Founder | Sungrown Studio
DOOMA WENDSCHUH
Co-Founder | Province Brands of Canada
KELLIE SERINGER
Founder | Symmetry Capital Management / Medicus LP
JOE CALTABIANO
Cannabis Entrepreneur
SARAH BLANKINSHIP
Founder & CEO | Right Sciences
JOSH RUBIN
Co-Founder & CEO | Day Three Labs
SHALINA KAUR PANNU
Founder & CEO | Shal We Toke?
SHANNON KAYGI
CEO & Co-Founder | Eossi Beauty
LINA CONSTANTINOVICI
Founder | Innovation 4.4
RICO LAMITTE
Founder | The Suave Life, LLC
SHAWN BIEGA
CEO & Co-Founder | Daytrip Beverages
SHELBY HARTMAN
Co-Founder | DoubleBlind
MARION MARIATHASAN
CEO & Co-Founder | Simplifya
SOLONJE BURNETT
Co-Founder | Humble Bloom
CRISTIAN BARCAN
Principal/Founder | Crossover Sustainability Solutions
HELENE SERVILLON
Chief Strategy Officer | Greater Holdings
ARI WALKER
CEO | Integrated Beverage Group
MATT HAWKINS
Founder & Managing Partner | Entourage Effect Capital
WEED+GRUB
Mike Glazer & Mary Jane Gibson | Weed+Grub
MALIA ANDERSON
Founder | LadyLike 420
JONATHAN YOHANNAN
SVP, Integrated Communications | KIND
MILA JANSEN
Founder | Pollinator Company Amsterdam
ERIK RANGE
Board Chair | Minorities for Medical Marijuana
LINDSEY BARTLETT
Cannabis Beat Journalist
NIRANJAN ARYAL
Lab Director | Certus Analytics
SEIBO SHEN
Co-Founder & CEO | VapeXhale
MONIQUE JACKSON-FITZGERALD
Co-Founder & CEO | Inndica.com
ERICA HALVERSON
CEO & Founder | Tiny e Paper Co.
RU JOHNSON
Owner | Roux Black Consulting
TODD HUGHES
Chairman of the Board | Minority Cannabis Business Association
RYAN DOUGLAS
Cannabis Growth Consultant | Ryan Douglas Cultivation, LLC
MELISSA “MJ” STAPLEY
Founder & CEO | MJ Hybrid Solutions
JOHN HOSKINS
Operations Manager | ASI Food Safety
STONE SLADE
Co-Founder, Producer & Host | Pleasure Crew Productions
RICARDO BACA
CEO & Founder | Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency
CHARLES CAI
Associate Research Faculty | CE-CERT
GIA MORÓN
President | WomenGrow
JOHN KAGIA
Chief Knowledge Officer | New Frontier Data
DREW HATHAWAY
Senior Scientist | Stillwater Brands & Caliper Foods
HIRSH JAIN
Director of Government Affairs | Caliva
SHABNAM MALEK
Partner | Brand & Branch LLP
JIMI DEVINE
Cannabis Columnist & Critic | L.A. Weekly
TOM BROOKSHER
CEO | Clear Cannabis, Inc.
MATT YOUNG
Co-Founder & CEO | APOP Media
JAVIER HASSE
CEO | El Planteo
ROBERT TANKSON
Co-Founder & COO | PrestoDoctor
DR. SUSAN TRAPP
Cannabis, Hemp & Terpene Consultant
CAIT CURLEY
CEO | Cait Curley Media
EVELYN LACHAPELLE
Community Engagement Manager | Vertosa
MARC GRIGNON
Director | Hempstead Project Heart, Inc.
MELISSA FAUTH
President & CEO | FRITSCH Milling & Sizing Inc.
JACKIE BOWEN
Executive Director | Clean Label Project
CAT PACKER
Executive Director & General Manager | LA Dept of Cannabis Regulation
SCHERIL MURRAY POWELL, ESQ.
Agricultural & Cannabis Attorney | Doumar, Allsworth, et al.
JUNE JOHNSON
Event & Social Media Manager | Sava
RON KOLB
CEO & Founder | Sensi Media Group
MADISON MARGOLIN
Co-Founder | DoubleBlind
MATTHEW NORDGREN
CEO & Co-Founder | ARCADIAN Fund
SYSAMONE PHAPHON
Head of Growth | Vertosa
JOHN HOUSTON
CEO | Kushla Life Sciences
KEVIN KOBY
Founding Partner & Chief Science Officer | ABSTRAX
STEPHANIE WILSON
Editor in Chief | Sensi Magazine
JEANNE SULLIVAN
CIO | Arcview Ventures
DR. JOHN ABRAMS
Chairman & CSO | The Clinical Endocannabinoid System Consortium (CESC)
NINA SIMOSKO
CCO | Akerna
MERRIL GILBERT
Co-Founder & CEO | TraceTrust
ASH GANLEY
CEO | GrowRay Lighting Technologies
DAVID JAKUBOVIC
Founder | Mad Machine Films / Director | "CBD Nation"
NAOMI GRANGER
Founder | NACAT Pros
FABIOLA JIMENEZ
Sr Transactional Attorney | Cultiva Law, PLLC
ANDY SINGH
Founder | Nuvata
DANIELLE JACKSON “MIZ D”
CEO | Dvibz
MIKELINA BELAINEH
Dir, Criminal Justice Law & Policy | Last Prisoner Project
JAKE BULLOCK
Co-Founder & CEO | Cann
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We’re expecting over 5,000 participants for this highly anticipated event.
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WHAT
3 days. 4 subject tracks. Over 30 sessions. More than 50 exhibitors. 5,000+ attendees. PLUS: The Cannabis CLIO Awards and the USA CBD Expo are included!
WHEN
Winter 2020 Emerge Live Kickoff begins Tues., Dec. 15, through Thurs., Dec 17, 2020. Utilize the environment for 90 days.