Elevate Your Grind

Mr. Sandelman is a 30-year veteran of banking and finance, with a history of generating shareholder value. He served as president of Bank of America Securities after building its capital markets businesses through the early 2000s, building Bank of America beyond its roots as a consumer and corporate lender, and subsequently founded and served as CEO of the multi-billion dollar asset manager Sandelman Partners.

Sam Arellano is the Founder of Arellano Brand Co., a multi-disciplinary brand agency that partners with emerging cannabis companies seeking full-service sales, marketing, and brand design. Sam is an accomplished brand builder for B2B and B2C organizations using highly creative, omnichannel growth strategies.

Marc Sampogna  is the Chief Marketing Officer at Tru Green Global where he is responsible for overseeing the planning, development and execution of all branding, marketing and advertising initiatives for Clearfield and the TrueGreen portfolio. Marc is also the Founder of Canopy Brands Group, a full-service agency that has helped grow or reshape a wide range of successful brands from start-ups to established Fortune 100 & 500 companies.

In a rare in-studio conversation, Todd sits down with Doug Kulig, Senior Sales Executive at Boveda Inc. Doug has bee working in the cannabis industry since 2018 and now works throughout the Southeast with the industry leader in two way humidity control.

Nicole Stanton is currently Vice President and General Counsel of Trulieve Cannabis Corp., the largest multi-state operator in the U.S. following a $2B acquisition which Ms. Stanton assisted in closing on October 1, 2021.  She oversees a 9-person legal department, the compliance team, government affairs, risk management and the company’s state medical directors.  Prior to that acquisition, Ms. Stanton previously served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Harvest Health & Recreation since 2019.  She received the Public Company General Counsel of the Year award by the Arizona Corporate Counsel in April 2021. That same year, the Harvest legal department was nominated for Legal Department of the Year. Prior to joining Harvest, Ms. Stanton was employed by the national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP for nearly 20 years.

We sat down with CEO of Kush Rewards, Angelo Anzalone. Angelo is a seasoned professional in the cannabis, debt, and referral industries and is building the first centralized loyalty and rewards program for the cannabis industry.

With the vision of building an education company that would change the world’s perception of cannabis, Max Simon co-founded Green Flower in 2014. Green Flower has since become the industry leader in cannabis education, producing thousands of hours of premium content; bolstering a network of over 700 top cannabis experts; and building the largest library of cannabis education content in the world. Today, Max leads an incredible 30 person team united around the mission of becoming the global leaders in cannabis education.

Richard Carleton is the CEO of CNSX Markets Inc. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Canadian Securities Exchange. Prior to this appointment, Richard served as Vice-President Corporate Development with responsibility for the technology, operations and trading sales teams for the CSE. Prior to joining the exchange, Richard worked as a business development consultant, after spending twelve years with the Toronto Stock Exchange, serving most recently as a member of the exchange’s senior management team. Active in industry affairs, Richard served two terms as chair of the market data industry’s global trade association in the late 1990's, is a frequent panelist at market structure and trading technology events and serves as a member of the TMX Information Processor Governance Committee.

Cristobal Rivera is the Senior Vice President of Retail Marketing and Store Development at Cresco Labs. Prior to joining Cresco, Rivera worked as the Senior Director at MillerCoors and focused on media planning, positioning, and communications in the Hispanic market. He also worked at PepsiCo as an Associate Brand Manager, and holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business (Class of '08).

Jesse Channon joined Columbia Care in December 2019 as Chief Growth Officer. Jesse is an accomplished leader with over a decade of experience in digital marketing, consumer targeting, grassroots campaigns and social media, having advised and worked with some of the largest brands and agencies in the world, including Microsoft, AT&T, Honda, Starbucks, NBC, Red Bull and more. A member of the founding team at PageLever, a Y Combinator-backed company, Jesse oversaw all revenue and partnerships, working with companies such as YouTube, Intel and Toyota to build one of the first real-time applications on Facebook’s API and earning certification in the first wave of Preferred Marketing Developers. In 2013, PageLever sold to Unified, a New York City-based Ad Tech company, where Jesse spent six years on the senior management team. After Unified, Jesse served as Chief Revenue Officer for Social Native, a custom content marketplace. He serves on the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board for the Harbert School of Business at Auburn University, the Marketing Board for UJA in New York City and mentors first-time founders of early stage startups.