Cannabis Industry Interviews

Alex Rogers is an American medical cannabis business owner and founder of the International Cannabis Business Conference.

Milan Patel is the founder and CEO of PathogenDx, the biotechnology innovator behind the leading microbial testing kits available to cannabis testing labs.

Keith Burkard is the founder and CEO of Last Leaf, a gourmet cannabis-infused foods company in California.

Matt Garippa is Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Order.co, a spend efficiency platform that helps cannabis businesses simplify how they purchase and finance growth.

Caroline Yeh is the co-founder and CEO of TSUMo Snacks, which offers savory infused snacks in California.

Matt Noestheden is Market Development Manager for SCIEX, a leader in mass spectrometry for 50+ years.

Nidhi Lucky Handa is the Co-Founder and CEO of LEUNE, a lifestyle cannabis brand available in California, Arizona, and Maine.

Carlos “Los” Arias is the CEO of Green Horizons, an upcoming Coachella, California-based cannabis cultivator with a brand-new cultivation campus.

Emily Gant is a cannabis and alcohol beverage attorney for Foster Garvey PC based in Washington state.

Lilli Keinaenen is the Founder and Designer at Changemaker Creative, a sustainability-focused cannabis branding and packaging firm.

Arshad Lasi is CEO and co-founder of The Nirvana Group, a vertically integrated Oklahoma cannabis company.

Josh Wurzer is Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of SC Labs, a cannabis testing laboratory chain operating in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon.

Martine Pierre is the Founder and CEO of Cannalution, a community platform built to support and connect Black and brown cannabis entrepreneurs.

TaJanna Mallory is CEO of CannAssistants, a virtual assistant agency that provides support to midsize cannabis companies, founders, and executives.

Kara Bradford and David Murét are Co-Founders (and CEO and COO, respectively) of Viridian Staffing, the cannabis industry’s original and oldest recruitment firm.

Niklas “Nik” Kouparanis is CEO, Co-Founder, and Board Member at The Bloomwell Group, a cannabis brand ecosphere based in Germany.

Mattie Mead is co-founder & CEO of Hempitecture, a Public Benefit Corporation and sustainable hemp building materials company based in Idaho.

Kim Stuck is the founder of Allay Consulting, a hemp, cannabis, and psychedelics compliance consultant firm.

Judy Yee is the CEO and co-founder of K-Zen, a cannabis beverages company based in California.

Cree Robinson is the Co-Founder of touCanna, a software platform linking cannabis dispensary operations, data, and team management.

Matthew X. Lowe, Ph.D., is the Research Director for Realm of Caring — a cannabis non-profit focused on increasing access to cannabis medicine — and Research Director for Unlimited Sciences, a psychedelics research non-profit.

Alejandro Rodriguez is an Adjunct Professor at The Cannabis Law Clinic at the Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, which teaches students about cannabis history, law, and regulatory compliance.

Tammy Pettigrew is founder of The Cannabis Cutie — an online, education-focused cannabis platform and community — and co-host of 106 & Spark, a cannabis-infused hip-hop countdown show.

Jesse Parenti is the Program Director and Kirk Miller is the Executive Producer for Nine Point Strategies, an insurance and human resources consulting firm dedicated to the cannabis space.