Laurie Parfitt Fractional Chief Marketing Officer for the Cannabis Industry, Consumer Products, Food & Beverage, Retail
LKP Impact Consulting
https://lkpimpact.com/

Laurie Parfitt is an accomplished executive, leader & coach who inspires companies with her vision for what’s possible and her ability to execute and drive results. Through her company, LKP Impact Consulting, Laurie works with cannabis and consumer products companies on brand strategy/design, consumer insights and commercial go-to-market strategy. Parfitt served as the Vice President of Customer Engagement and Marketing for Mission Dispensaries, which currently owns or manages nine retail locations in six states. In addition, Laurie is a recognized speaker at Cannabis Conference, Cannabis Beverage Expo and The Hatchery. https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurieparfitt/

Allen Reminick
Youtube: Allen Reminick Market Cycles and Forecasts
http://blueappletrends.info/

Emily Pennington
brazenbackpacker.com
Instagram: @brazenbackpacker


Allen Reminick is a mathematician who has studied cycles for 50 years (starting with Reimannian geometry on Hilbert Spaces....long ago, in another universe). For 40 years, he's applied time cycles to various investment markets, and for more than 30 years has identified cycles in Vedic astrology. Allen Reminick creates weekly videos that forecast the markets on his self-titled Youtube channel. He publicly predicted accurately last year's bear market and has been privately selling correct forecasts to professionals and institutions for 30 years. He is also now teaching a Unique Course on how you can forecast the markets. https://blueappletrends.info/


Emily Pennington is Outside Online’s parks and travel columnist. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Adventure Journal, REI, and Backpacker, to name a few. FERAL: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s NationalParks (Little A; February 1, 2023) is Pennington’s raw and insightful spiritual travelogue—a candid and eloquent memoir that heralds a millennial Cheryl Strayed. https://www.instagram.com/brazenbackpacker/

Howard Yaruss
Book: Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know
Website: https://howardyaruss.com/

Adam Davis
VP of Financial Health, Inclusion and Liquidity at Capital One
Website: https://www.capitalone.com/


Howard Yaruss is an economist, professor, attorney, businessman, and activist who greatly enjoys explaining complex issues in a clear, interesting and easily accessible way. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Radian Group, one of the largest guarantors of debt in the world. His book, Understandable Economics is an entertaining and informative guide that breaks down our economic system in a straightforward way, avoiding jargon, formulas, graphs, and other technical material so common in books on this subject. https://howardyaruss.com/


Adam Davis is Vice President of Customer Liquidity within Retail Bank at Capital One. He leads a team that is responsible for developing solutions to help customers meet their liquidity needs and improve their financial health. He oversees consumer overdraft for Retail Bank as part of his team’s responsibilities. Adam is a 22-year veteran of Capital One and has been with the company his entire career. https://www.capitalone.com/

Marilyn Moss Rockefeller
https://www.marilynmmoss.com/

Marilyn Moss Rockefeller is the author of the book Bill Moss: Fabric Artist & Designer, which won an IPPY Silver Medal, as well as shorter work in publications such as Orbis, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Espazio, and Louisville Literary Review. Marilyn co-founded Moss Tent Works with Bill Moss in 1975 and served as president and CEO of Moss Inc. until she sold the company in 2001. While president of Moss Inc., Marilyn was recognized by New Hope for Women for establishing supportive workplace policies for domestic violence victims. Her latest book, Mountain Girl: From Barefoot to Boardroom (an Islandport Press paperback, on sale December 11, 2022) is Marilyn’s fast-paced and engrossing account of how she transformed from a “hillbilly tomboy” to the cultured and accomplished owner of the iconic Moss, Inc. https://www.marilynmmoss.com/

David Muchow is the author of The 7 Secret Keys to Startup Success. David an award-winning, thirty-year serial entrepreneur and lawyer, who teaches Law, Business, and Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University, gives you practical business advice and legal tips covering every aspect of entrepreneurship. It includes all the basics of building and growing a business. David has helped turn ideas into publicly traded companies and was an officer of a one-billion-dollar publicly traded mutual fund. https://www.davidmuchowauthor.com/


L. Michelle Smith is the CEO/founder of No Silo's Communications LLC, a media and consulting company that blends talent development and strategic communications to develop high-performing, women executive leaders. She is an ICF-certified executive and personal coach at her private practice. L. Michelle is also the author of No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself: A Guide to Rockstar Leadership for Women of Color in the Workplace, a best seller in a few categories on Amazon. She is the creator, executive producer, and host of The Culture Soup Podcast® which is heard in 38 countries. https://www.lmichellesmith.com/

Ryan J Guedel, CPA
Partner
https://cjbs.com/cannabis-tax-accounting-services/

Lisa Forbes,
National Speaker & Author of I Can Take It From Here: A Memoir of Trauma, Prison and Self-Empowerment
http://www.lisaforbesspeaks.com/

Ryan Guedel has been a dedicated member of the CJBS (Cannabis Accounting Services) team for nearly a decade. Joining the firm as a staff accountant in 2009, he worked his way up through the ranks to his current position as member. Ryan coordinates due diligence engagements, carries out audits and reviews, and works on business development and taxation for the firm. He serves clients primarily in the real estate, manufacturing, construction, and distribution industries and specializes in professional athlete and entertainer taxation. https://cjbs.com/cannabis-tax-accounting-services/


Lisa Forbes is a national speaker & author of I Can Take It From Here: A Memoir of Trauma, Prison and Self-Empowerment. She is an advocate for restored citizens, counsels employers, landlords, and other private entities on how to best interact with the formerly incarcerated who wish to work their way back into society. Previously the State Communications Director for the League of Women Voters of Colorado, Lisa now edits her local county League's monthly newsletter, The Voter. Additionally, she is a Colorado co-coordinator of Braver Angels, a national citizens' movement to bring liberals and conservatives together at the grassroots level. https://www.lisaforbesspeaks.com/

Dr. Lauran Star (pron. Laur-Ann)
BOOK: Evidence Based Inclusion – It's Time to Focus on the Right Needle
https://www.drlauranstar.com
TWITTER/IG: @lauranstar

Clay Morris
https://agsportsnet.com/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@agsportsnet3697

Dr. Lauran Star is a Corporate Inclusion Strategist & DEI Psychologist and author of Evidence Based Inclusion – It's Time to Focus on the Right Needle. With over two decades of driving evidence-based inclusion, diversity, and equity in STEM, Healthcare and Finance, Dr. Star has worked with executive / senior leadership, human resource management and employees with several Fortune 500 companies; helping them create an inclusive organizational culture that thrives in today’s business. Besides being a woman, she is veteran of the United States Armed Forces, serving in Desert Storm, has a learning disability and was raised in a multicultural family. https://www.drlauranstar.com/


Clay Morris is a recently retired police officer from the city of Boston where he served the community for 31 years. After Tom Brady left New England to join the Buccaneers, Clay launched a website called the Buccaneer Buckaroos which later morphed into the Amazing Grace Sports Network. Their mission statement promises "to give you the best in Sports and Wellness information with no ideology or politics. We want to disseminate humor, positivity and spirituality to the world though Sports and Wellness information. Our aim is to impress all who we touch that YOU are important." https://agsportsnet.com/

Richard Friesen
https://conversations.money/

Friday,January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

Deborah Dash Moore
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/deborahdashmoore/
https://www.posenlibrary.com/

Richard Friesen author of A Private Conversation with Money has spent 30 years in the financial world, trading on the floors of major exchanges, building a trading firm, as a therapist reviewing over 1000 financial assessments, and coaching hundreds of clients in groups and private sessions. Richard's training as a therapist opens the door to the deeper drivers of financial and money behaviors that no longer serve us, yet we repeat them over and over again. https://conversations.money/

Deborah Dash Moore is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of several books, including GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation. Deborah is also the Editor-in-Chief of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization. The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization consists of The Posen Digital Library (PDL) and the 10-volume print anthology of Jewish culture published by Yale University Press. The Posen Library is a collection curated by leading Jewish Studies scholars offering unprecedented access to thousands of primary sources reflecting Jewish creativity, diversity, and culture worldwide, spanning biblical times to the twenty-first century. https://www.posenlibrary.com/teachingclips/

Marbue Brown
https://www.CustomerObsession.net

Julie E
www.JulieEHealth.com

Marbue Brown M.S. is an accomplished customer experience (CX) executive with a track record of leadership and signature business results at some of the most iconic companies on the planet, including JP Morgan Chase, Amazon, Microsoft Corporation, and Cisco Systems. He is a sought after speaker and published author on customer experience, business strategy and economic policy. Marbue is author of the new book, Blueprint For Customer Obsession. https://www.customerobsession.net/


Julie E is a licensed dietitian and functional medicine expert with a passion for helping people improve their health with her infinite tool chest of remedies. For over 3 decades Julie has been working with individuals of all ages to help find the root of their health ailments and treat them naturally. An anti-Aging expert, Julie has reversed her telomeres & cellular health to that of a 12-year-old. www.JulieEHealth.com

Dr. Holly L. Geyer
https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/product/ending-the-crisis-mayo-clinics-guide-to-opioid-addiction-and-safe-opioid-use/


Walter Wolf
https://www.therightrehab.com/#

Holly Geyer, M.D., author of Ending the Crisis, is an Addiction Medicine Specialist at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Her work is directed toward helping people with complex illnesses who are in the hospital, with special attention to addiction screening, evaluation and treatment for patients and families with concerns about substance use disorder. She is well published in high-impact scientific journals and book chapters and maintains an active international lecture schedule. She additionally serves as a Physician Director of the Mayo Clinic Physician Assistant Fellowship program. https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/product/ending-the-crisis-mayo-clinics-guide-to-opioid-addiction-and-safe-opioid-use/


Walter Wolf is the pen name of a 30-year veteran of the movie and television industry who produced studio and independent films and television throughout the United States, Australia, and South Africa. That all changed in 2010 with one 3 A.M. call that a family member was in crisis due to addiction. Today, he is an interventionist who matches adults and adolescents with the right rehabs throughout the U.S. for their particular diagnosis, demographics, financial and personal needs. https://walterwolf.medium.com/