Thinking Outside The Bud

Rob Mejia, Adjunct Professor, Stockton University, Cannabis Studies Department

Rob Mejia is an Adjunct Professor at Stockton University where he teaches the Introduction to Medical Cannabis and Preparation for Cannabis Internship classes. As one of the leads for the hemp/cannabis internship program he has helped place dozens of students in valuable internships. He is also creating new curriculum for the cannabis studies department focusing on social justice and cannabis and integrated cannabis media. He is often called upon to speak about cannabis at events and to diverse audiences.

In addition to his teaching duties, Rob is President of Our Community Harvest: A Minority-Owned Cannabis Education company and is an established author. His company provides cannabis education to the public, business owners, and governmental officials. His authorship includes The Essential Cannabis Book: A Field Guide for the Curious, The Essential Cannabis Journal: Personal Notes from the Field and numerous magazine articles.

He recently helped establish CHRIS -the Cannabis & Hemp Research Initiative at Stockton- as a hemp and non-medical research hub and cannabis education center. One of the first events that CHRIS hosted was a Cannabis Curriculum Convening which attracted over 30 cannabis professors from across the country.

www.ourcommunityharvest.com

https://stockton.edu/cannabis-hemp-research-initiative/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-mejia-60a591173

www.CannabisArtAndDesign.com

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Max Goldstein, CEO, Union Electric

Launched one day after the Covid-19 lockdown, Union Electric has rapidly become one of California’s hottest cannabis brands (partnering with the most exclusive distributor in the state), offering premium flower fairly priced to everyday working-class consumers who have been priced out of top-shelf brands.

Union Electric not only smells and tastes great, but it champions the people, the evolution of the industry, and the social acceptance of legal cannabis in local communities through a 2% giveback program, political advocacy and industry leadership.

Max has led Union Electric successfully through their first year in business. Union Electric is offering their first crowdfunding campaign as an extension of their thesis: Letting the average cannabis consumer own shares in their favourite weed brand for just $100 (something that’s unheard of in the space — UE's the first cannabis brand of this stature to ever do this).

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https://republic.co/union-electric

https://unionelectric.co/

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Stuart Tomc, Vice President of Science, Regulation & Education at CV Sciences™

Stuart Tomc is Vice President of Science, Regulation & Education at CV Sciences™, makers of PlusCBD™. With over 30 years of experience in the nutritional health industry, Stuart is regarded as an authority on functional foods and dietary supplements. Prior to joining CV Sciences, Stuart was Spokesperson and Global Educator for omega-3 market leader, Nordic Naturals, and Vice President of North American Herb and Spice. Stuart joined CV Sciences in 2014 to help launch PlusCBD and the hemp CBD evolution.

https://www.facebook.com/CVSciences

https://www.instagram.com/cvsciences/

https://twitter.com/CV_Sciences

https://www.youtube.com/CVSciencesInc

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Robert Davis, Co-Founder, ALT

Robert is a sales and marketing specialist whose career was previously focused on successfully bringing luxury real estate brands to market across North America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

After returning from a decade of living and working overseas, Robert felt it was time for a change in his personal and business life. A passionate believer in the healing and elevating powers of cannabis and other forms of plant medicine, Robert decided to join the cannabis movement. Shortly thereafter, Robert co-founded ALT, a cannabis and lifestyle platform backed by science.

ALT's mission is to Enhance Human Potential through premium forms of liquid cannabis developed using the company's proprietary nanotechnology processes. ALT's revolutionary beverage enhancing products are available across California delivering consumers completely unique and elevated cannabis experiences.

In addition to retail, ALT's technology empowers 3rd party beverage and edible products through the company's wholesale and white-label business.

https://altlife.com/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertbrooksdavis/

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When Tyler got out of the Army as a 23 year-old, he witnessed Cannabis save the life of his grandmother, who was unable to treat her back pain with opioids. He then began working for one of the first licensed vertically integrated cannabis companies in Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Kind Care. He helped them relocate and build their cultivation facility, including equipment selection and installation.

For a few years he worked his way through almost every one of the positions across the cannabis vertical. He has held cultivation management positions, dispensary positions, and eventually was the director of compliance for Boulder Kind Care. After helping a couple other local vertically integrated companies transition from Medical to Dual/Medical & Recreational companies in the Colorado market, he then went to work for MJ Freeway as an Operational Implementation Specialist. Having been a beta user of MJ Freeway and the only one with perspective on “both sides” of the software, he was responsible for the implementation and “go live” of well over 400 operations in the cannabis industry, across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Spain, Including the first 4 dispensaries in 4 states (NV, MN, AK, FL). He has spoken at countless conferences and events, trained thousands of operators on both Cannabis plant/product knowledge, compliance, tools/software, and helped create a lot of their educational content and SOP documentation.

After 3 years, he then went to work for Canna Advisors (one of the most prestigious, professional, and successful consulting companies in the industry) as their Director of Client operations, advising both pre-license and post-license clients on operational set-up and efficiencies. He also created their Strategic Partner Program, negotiating deals for their high-quality clients with vendors of ancillary cannabis products. He even represented a client as an expert witness in an appeals case where he spent over an hour taking questions from the State AG, they got the license. Since then, he has helped multiple start-ups as Director of Operations and Chief Strategy Officer, primarily in the California Market.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-stratford-7ab7b254/

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David Paleschuck, Author and CPG Branding and Marketing Consultant

With 15+ years of brand-building and consumer marketing experience serving American Express, MasterCard, PepsiCo and Microsoft, David has participated in developing and marketing many of today’s best-known brands. His career focus has been on brand strategy, brand development, brand management and integrated marketing. He has developed, activated and led comprehensive marketing programs designed to connect brands with relevant communities in consistent, credible, and meaningful ways. Since entering the cannabis industry in 2012, David has created profitable partnerships while working as the VP, Licensing & Brand Partnerships at DOPE Magazine and crafted award-winning, cannabis-infused products as the Chief Brand Officer at Evergreen Herbal. David is perhaps best known for his writings and thought-leadership on cannabis branding and marketing. His writings have been featured in Forbes, Kiplingers, The Brookings Institution, The Green Report, Green Entrepreneur, Dope Magazine, High Times, PROHBTD, Cannabis Dispensary Magazine, MG, The Cannabis Industry Journal, A Different Leaf, Skunk Magazine, and New Cannabis Ventures, among others. David’s book, “Branding Bud: The Commercialization of Cannabis” – the first book on cannabis branding – released in April 2021 and ramped to be the #1 best-selling book on Amazon in the “Branding & Logo Design” and “Green Business” categories. As Founder of PALESCHUCK, LLC, David consults to those wanting to enter or already in the legal cannabis industry on product development, branding & brand licensing, positioning, packaging and promotions.  

https://www.brandingbud.com

https://www.paleschuck.com

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Brian Holler, Managing Consultant, Value Integrators

Brian worked in media, education, business development, marketing, technology, and entertainment for many years before launching Value Integrators. Now, Brian advises business owners, entrepreneurs, and independent contractors on how to manage their outreach, sales, customer service processes, marketing, advertising, and communication strategies in efficient and cost-effective ways.

Essentially, Brian is an advisor, educator, and strategist who has a strong inclination towards motivating others and making a difference. He is part of an awesome collective of talented and experienced people, and together, they create and unlock incredible value for a wide range of industries.

As a result of his experiences, Brian understands the importance of outreach, sales, customer service, marketing, advertising, communication strategies, and of course, being cost and time-efficient. The strongest arsenal of tools in his Success Toolbox are also Value Integrators’ key assets – their creative team of techies and think-tankers who analyze, build, and implement top-level solutions.

Brian's life purpose is: Helping people see that they are much more powerful than they realize.

https://valueintegrators.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianholler/

https://www.instagram.com/holler1012/

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Rob Woodbyrne, Chief Executive Officer at Regrow

Rob Woodbyrne is the Chief Executive Officer at Regrow, based in San Diego, USA. Rob is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of bringing innovative, disruptive technology to market. As a professional with a proven track record in cloud solutions, SaaS, PaaS, Enterprise Software, Partner Management, and Enterprise Architecture, Rob & the Regrow organization are focused on helping cannabis businesses manage their supply chain to grow more cannabis!

https://regrow.io/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwoodbyrne/

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David Feldman, Partner, Hiller PC

As a partner at Hiller PC, David's practice focuses on corporate, securities, and financing matters for public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms, and high-net-worth individuals. He's considered a leading authority on alternatives to traditional initial public offerings, including the new Regulation A+. David published a book on that subject, called Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO (John Wiley & Sons), in 2018. Since 2013 he has also been representing companies and investors in the emerging cannabis industry. In fact, in April 2019 the global guide Chambers & Partners ranked him as a leading US attorney in cannabis law and one of only seven US lawyers in "band 1" for corporate and transactional work in the industry.

In addition, in October 2018 the National Law Journal named him a "Cannabis Law Trailblazer" and in January 2019 Business Insider named him as a top lawyer in the cannabis industry. David also published The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook: 7 Secrets to Venture Funding and Growth Success (2013) and the award-winning Reverse Mergers and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO (First Edition 2006, Second Edition 2009). He also pens the "Blunt Legal Talk" column on cannabis law for Honeysuckle magazine and he's a contributor to Entrepreneur.com on cannabis issues. Additionally, David frequently speaks on cannabis as well as corporate matters and issues that small and mid-sized companies face, and is active on social media. He's also the co-founder, President & CEO of Skip Intro Advisors, LLC, a cannabis consulting firm focused on strategic advisory, financial consulting, branding, and technology.

https://skipintroadvisors.com/

http://www.hillerpc.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/hillerpc/

Twitter: @DavidNFeldman

Instagram: davidfeldman1000

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Dr. Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN

Russell Jaffe (www.drrusselljaffe.com ) has more than 40 years of experience contributing to molecular biology and clinical diagnostics. He pioneered “lymphocyte tests of immune function and hypersensitivity” and is focused on providing functional, predictive tests and procedures designed to improve the precision of both diagnosis and of treatment outcomes.

He received his B.S., MD and Ph.D. from the Boston University School of Medicine, completed residency training in clinical chemistry at the National Institutes of Health, and remained on the permanent senior staff before pursuing other interests, including starting the Health Studies Collegium think tank and MAGique BioTherapeutics. He is Founder and Chairman of PERQUE Integrative Health (PIH, www.PERQUEIntegrativeHealth.com) a company bringing the world scientifically proven, integrative health solutions that are helping speed the transition from sick care to healthful caring. PERQUE Integrative Health combines the premier PERQUE brand of nutraceuticals and the advanced lymphocyte response assay (LRA) for detecting delayed hypersensitivities from ELISA/ACT Biotechnologies.

Dr. Jaffe serves as Clinical Instructor of Clinical Leadership at the George Washington University School of Medical Sciences. He is board-certified in Clinical Pathology and in Chemical Pathology and the recipient of the Merck, Sharp & Dohm Excellence in Research Award, the J.D. Lane Award, and the U.S.P.H.S. Meritorious Service Award. Dr. Jaffe was honored as an International Scientist of 2003 by the IBC, Oxford, England, the UK for his lifetime contributions to clinical medicine, biochemistry, immunology, methodology, and integrative health policy.

https://www.drrusselljaffe.com/

https://www.facebook.com/rethinkhealth

https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-jaffe-7a15693

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