Bryan Passman is the Founder + Head Hunter at the retained executive cannabis search firm Hunter + Esquire.

Jerry Abiog currently serves as a Co-Founder and CMO of Standard Insights - an AI as a Service growth marketing platform. Their solution helps companies worldwide across many different verticals address the challenges of leveraging customer data to drive growth.

Hart is the CEO of Green Check Verified, the leading provider of cannabis banking solutions and expert advisory services for financial institutions.

Darwin Millard is an active member of ASTM International’s technical committee D37 on Cannabis which is an international group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry.

New York City-based entrepreneur Steven Phan has been an activist in the cannabis space for nearly a decade, where he also spent time working for a CBD company and noticed a need for peer-to-peer interaction.

Matthew received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin and has since worked on developing methodologies for transferring bench scale research to manufacturing production.

Delano Phillips serves as General Counsel and Head of Business Development/Compliance at Hana, a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Tempe, Arizona.

Bryan McLaren is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zoned Properties, a publicly traded, strategic real estate development firm for emerging and highly regulated industries.

Jon Purow is Counsel in the New York law office of Zuber Lawler. Jon specializes in cannabis regulatory and transactional matters, as well as general intellectual property litigation and transactions.

Eric is a media sales professional & leader specializing in interactive, programmatic, mobile, and ad tech with 25 years of CPG & retail experience. Having worked in both start-up environments and some of the most recognizable media and digital companies in the world, Eric founded Good Harvest Co. in 2018 to transition his expertise and help innovate the way cannabis brands reach their desired consumers, and the way non-endemic brands reach cannabis consumers.

Launched in early 2020, Sleepy Bear was born with one idea in mind: to provide a natural nighttime option that customers could trust to not only be effective, but most importantly safe.

James Yi founded Leaf Trade in 2016 after seeing firsthand the inefficiencies in the cannabis supply chain. Since then, he has led company strategy and execution to ensure that Leaf Trade delivers innovation, value, and happiness to its stakeholders.

Max Armstrong is a Founding Member and General Manager of Learn Brands, an educational platform built for the cannabis industry. He specializes in product and business development. His goal is to make quality education and cannabis knowledge easily accessible to all industry employees and consumers.

Following a decades long career in the securities business, Matt came to LEVIA with a desire to be part of something from the very beginning. In early 2018 he met the Brosnans and Rogers through a former colleague and was quickly wrapped up into the ever changing world of recreational cannabis, and the vision of bringing superior cannabis infused beverages to Massachusetts.

Erik Paulson grew up in San Diego, CA, and received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside. He continued his studies in Riverside to obtain a teaching credential, and then taught high school chemistry in Burbank, CA for five years.

Russell Thomas is the Founder and CEO of LifeTonic, a division of Natural Extraction Systems. Instead of solvents, LifeTonic uses a proprietary Evaporative ExtractionTM process that uses heated air to gently extract CBD and terpenes from hemp.

Bethany Moore is NCIA’s Deputy Director of Communications, responsible for member-facing communications including blogs, newsletters, video projects, and NCIA’s weekly podcast.

Dana is the co-founder and CEO of Triminator, the global leader in cannabis and hemp processing equipment.

Matt brings an extensive background in building large alternative investment firms and scaling the companies he invests in. In 2014, Matt had a vision to create the leading private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Prior work highlights:

Kieve is a successful entrepreneur and innovation executive with a proven track record of success in cannabis, music, digital marketing and media technology.