Winter Emerge 2020 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 Emerge 2020 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 Emerge 2020 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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WHAT
3 days. 3 subject tracks. Over 30 sessions. More than 50 exhibitors. 2,500+ attendees.
WHEN
Spring Emerge 2021 Live Kickoff starts Tues, March 16, through Thurs, March 18, 2021. Utilize the environment for 90 days.