Elevate Your Grind

Laura Morarity is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Leafly. She leads the marketing, content, and corporate affairs work at Leafly, a cannabis marketplace that helps millions of people each month learn about and buy the cannabis products they want from licensed retailers and brands around North America.

Gia Morón is the President for Women Grow. She began working with Women Grow headquarters in January 2017 as Director of Communications, after transitioning from the Women Grow New York City market in 2016. With 25 years of experience in public relations, in 2012 Gia launched GVM Communications, Inc., a public relations, brand and business development firm. Her client base ranges from small to mid-sized businesses, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, authors and celebrity clients.  Prior to launching her firm and working with Women Grow, she was a Media Relations Officer in the Corporate Communications department for fifteen years at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

While at Goldman Sachs, Gia oversaw various business areas from Private Equity, Urban Investment, Investment Research and Technology to the firm’s organizational focus on Corporate Engagement, Diversity, Recruiting, Human Resources and Corporate Services.  Before joining Goldman Sachs, Gia was Director of Promotions and Publicity for six years at The Fremantle Corporation, an international television distribution and production company.  Outside of her professional accomplishments, she continuously works with a number of non-profit organizations in New York City and mentors up-and-coming young women entrepreneurs across the country to South Africa.  Gia currently resides in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY, with her daughter.

Betty is a master of marketing with 20+ years of experience working in TV licensing, digital media and music festivals. Along with being well versed in the subcultures of all aforementioned fields, from the community level to a global scale, Betty also holds the title of CMO for digital platform FEVO. When she’s not traveling for business, she spends quality time with her three children. Betty graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Film and B.S. in Anthropology.

Christian Lizardi began in the cannabis industry in 2018 as a medtender. Within a few short months, he worked my way up to Sales Lead and by year's end, I was the Assistant Manager for one of the busiest dispensary locations in the state of Florida. Christian decided to take a different route as retail was not the intended destination, just a quick stop on this road we call life. He got a role with G Pen handling dispensary and headshop accounts in the state of Florida, which is about 500+ doors.  A year later, he was promoted to the Head of Brand Development for G Pen, his role to this day.  G-Pen partners with brands all over the world to not only provide devices for their medicinal consumption, but to also provide a lifestyle.  G Pen is a culture and surrounding that culture is an array of like-minded and completely opposite-minded people, all coming together for the sake of cannabis.  

Tina Ulman is a UNLV graduate and Las Vegas resident of 10 years. She is currently the Brand Manager for Old Pal, the state’s top selling cannabis flower. Old Pal is a multi-state brand under a licensing partnership with Flower One, the largest cultivator in Nevada. Tina recently formed the Chamber of Cannabis with four of her industry colleagues. She resides as President and has been a prominent voice for cannabis reform in Nevada for the past 2 years. Most recently she served as the Director of Development for Las Vegas NORML where she traveled to Washington DC and Carson City to meet with legislatures in 2019 to voice the concerns of Nevadans. Tina was awarded 2020 Cannabis Activist of the Year for Las Vegas and recognized as one of the most influential women in cannabis by Vegas Cannabis Magazine. 

Dani Baranowski is a passionate cannabis advocate and multipotentialite focused on changing the stigma surrounding cannabis. She is currently Lead Sales and Operations Specialist at State Flower Cannabis and Valhalla Confections, a vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator. She has had the opportunity to educate consumers all over the world in her roles in the cannabis industry from Canada, to Columbia, to Croatia. Speaking and sharing her cannabis knowledge across several platforms has allowed her to perpetuate her passion for changing the world with holistic healing.

One of the world's leaders in individual empowerment and creator of "Project Limitless" and "Accessing You". Blessed with the fortitude to be himself in a world that forces us to be what it wants you to be, his personal journey amidst reporters and cameras since his days at the University of Texas. Ricky's ability to question everything has transformed his life as well as everyone that he's come into contact with. It has also helped to create the space for him and others to start creating a world that would actually be fun to live in. Regarded by many as one of the greatest running backs of all time, Ricky now shares tools and techniques that will empower any one along their own personal journey.

Prior to starting Pantry, Scott spent nearly a decade on Wall Street investing on behalf of institutions and private investors at both Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley. During his time on Wall Street, Scott discovered his passion for Impact Investing and fell in love with the concept of doing good for society while also achieving attractive returns. He combines his passion for Impact Investing with his passion for health and wellness and is applying it to make a positive impact in the cannabis industry. Pantry believes food and cannabis is medicine, and when combined together it creates the next generation of healthy CPG products that fuels the body to live a healthier and more fulfilled life.

Flip Croft-Cadero is the Principal at Greenlit, an ad agency that is focused in the cannabis and hemp space. He also runs Goodekind, a family-owned CBD social enterprise creating CBG, CBD, and Delta-8 THC products. Throughout his career, he has worked with brands like Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, Natty Light, Landshark, Beck’s, Estrella Jalisco) Pizza Hut, ESPN, American Express, Caesars Entertainment, Dallas Mavericks, Kiva Confections, Ignite Cannabis Co, and Grav Labs.

Andrew DeAngelo is a visionary leader with a proven track record of enacting systemic social change and developing best practices in cannabis. During his almost 13-year tenure at Harborside, where he serves as an advisor, Andrew has pioneered legal cannabis business processes and provided groundbreaking political engagement and thought leadership to the cannabis community. Andrew also lends his vast cannabis business and political expertise as a consultant for hire to the global community at large. Andrew is co-founder and Treasurer of the Board for the non-profit Last Prisoner Project (LPP). LPP's mission is to free and re-integrate all cannabis prisoners on earth into mainstream society.

Tim Schuler is an accomplished and results-driven professional with 22+ years of experience delivering success through industry-leading sales, marketing, pricing, and sponsorship strategies in domestic and international roles. Tim has a broad knowledge of the consumer products industry, with a solid record of achievement growing sales, distribution and market share while at Anheuser-Busch. He has since gone on to help run the Detroit Fudge Company and Cannalicious Labs to bring high quality edibles and concentrates to the newly-legal state of Michigan.