April Pride co-founded The High Guide with Ellen Scanlon in 2019. A serial creative entrepreneur, April spent time in the worlds of architecture, fashion, and design before finding her way to cannabis.

Elizabeth started her career in the alcohol industry in 2004 and made the switch to Cannabis packaging and branding in 2015 when she Co-Founded a Cannabis specific design studio with Jason Foraker.

Jeffrey Welsh is a partner at Vicente Sederberg LLP, where he focuses his practice on advising companies, brands, entertainment and media properties, other law firms, and investors on how to navigate the California cannabis marketplace.

Frenchy Cannoli is a California-based teacher, consultant, artisan, and activist dedicated to the production and appreciation of traditional cannabis concentrates.

Dahlia Mertens is the founder and CEO of Mary Jane’s Medicinals, one of the leading cannabis topicals companies in the country. Dahlia established her company in 2009 and was one of the very first brands to create cannabis infused topical products.

Karim Webb is an Entrepreneurial Activist and CEO of 4thMVMT, a Los Angeles based firm that vets, trains, facilitates funding, and partners with individuals from underserved communities to own and operate competitive retail businesses.

Austin is the Chief Innovation Officer at Vertosa. He leads all commercial activities, including technical sales, tactical marketing, and new business development. Prior to joining Vertosa, Austin leveraged his bio-tech experience building the regulatory Hemp/CBD testing program for Eurofins Scientific - a world leader in food, environment, and product testing services – where he built and designed quality testing protocols for CVS and other retailers who carry Hemp/CBD products.

Nuka CEO and Cofounder Peter Barsoom has an extensive career experience in finance and business strategy, holding a variety of senior management positions at leading institutions including American Express, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Blue Mountain Capital and Intercontinental Exchange.

Alfred Miranda is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience, including four years in the cannabis industry. Known for his exceptional leadership, technical knowledge, and alignment capabilities, Alfred designs and delivers technology solutions to allow companies to make data-driven decisions while maintaining a technology portfolio assuring success and growth.

Chris Ball is the Founder of Ball Family Farms, Inc., the first vertically integrated, minority-owned, Social Equity commercial cannabis facility in Los Angeles. Mr. Ball is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovative cultivator. The Southern California native began selling cannabis as a teen to put himself through college where he played Division 1 football.

After touring nationally for years in a fun, but mediocre, college band, Will Read made the decision to hit the right-hand turn signal and merge into a slower lane of life - beginning, what would be, a transformational career with Apple. There, Will would not only understand basic principals in sales (and why people liked certain brands + products), but the importance of the "retail experience" and how that drives consumer loyalty.

Nathaniel Pennington, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Humboldt Seed Company, has been breeding cannabis for more than twenty years. He believes creative breeding is the way forward for craft farmers and is passionate about ensuring cannabis remains a plant for the people and not a corporate commodity.

Joel Allcock has been a licensed cultivator of Cannabis in his native state of Rhode Island since 2006, where he was a licensed medical marijuana caregiver tasked with providing medical grade Cannabis for his registered patients. In 2009, Allcock co-founded a group applying for the first state licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Rhode Island. In the course of preparing the application for operation of a dispensary, Allcock traveled to California, Colorado and other states with medical marijuana programs to observe large scale, commercial cultivation operations and learn from master cultivators in the field.

Jack Grover is the founder and CEO of Grove Bags, a provider of cannabis packaging specifically tailored for the unique physiology of the plant to create the perfect climate for cannabis preservation.

Kimberly Dillon is the founder of Frigg, a wellness line that tackles the impact of stress on the hair and skin, as well as conditions like Psoriasis and Eczema that flare up due to stress. The first three products include a hair potion, a face potion, and a calming sleep tea.

Mr. Utkhede has 22 years of experience in formulation and process development with a proven track record for solving difficult to formulate and manufacture products within aggressive timelines. He has extensive experience developing robust and commercially scalable manufacturing processes.

Josh Weiss is an IT visionary with more than a decade of experience in the technology and entrepreneurial/startup worlds. His love of technology itself is exceeded only by his passion for delivering IT solutions to empower artists, creators and entrepreneurs.

2019 National Law Journal “Finance, Banking, & Capital Markets Trailblazer” award winner, Senior Counsel Steve Schain chairs global cannabis law firm Hoban Law Group's Pennsylvania and New Jersey practice and chairs its Financial Services Group. With 17 offices and 52 lawyers, Hoban Law Group is only practice 100% devoted to cannabis and hemp law.

Franny is an inspiring farmer that rocks the hemp scene across the country. She is the first female farmer in North Carolina to plant hemp and has entered the hemp scene with a force behind education and collaborations, She is a founding member of Women in Hemp non-profit, been keynote speaker and presenter across the country.

Bosco Ramirez Sr. has been in the analytical testing industry for the last 30 years. The majority of the time in the Environmental Testing space and also food testing. He recently moved into the nascent Cannabis testing industry this year working for CannaSafe.