All Previous Grow Up Speakers
2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Ed Rosenthal
, The Guru of Ganja
2022 Victoria BC
Jim Belushi
Farmer, Belushi’s Farms
2022 Victoria BC
Simon Smit
Founder / Breeder, Serious Seeds
2023 Victoria BC
Tommy Chong
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Aakash Kumar Goyal
CEO & President, RAYN Cultivation Inc
2017
Aaron Salz
Founder & CEO, Stoic Advisory
2022 Victoria BC
Aaron Anderson
VP of Sales - Western Canada & Wholesale, BZAM Cannabis
Abi Roach
Senior Category Manager of Pre-Rolls, Concentrates & Accessories, OCS Ontario Cannabis Store
2017
Adam Greenblatt
Brand Manager, Canopy Growth Corporation
2019
Adam Coates
Chief Commercial Officer, Westleaf Inc.
2019
Adam Brown
Market Development Director, Dematic
2019
Adam Szpakowski
National Sales Manager, Grow Opportunity
2021 Niagara Falls
Adam Szpakowski
Publisher, Grow Opportunity Magazine
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Adam Temple
CEO, Evolved Extraction
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Adam Clarke
CEO, Stratus Designs Ltd.
2022 Niagara Falls
Adam Mandel
, Mission Hill Melts
2022 Niagara Falls
Adam Iwanowski
Master Grower, Pharmhill
2021 Niagara Falls
Adel Zarei
Director of Micropropagation Laboratory, Safari Flower Co.
2022 Victoria BC
Adolfo Gonzalez
Seminar Leader and Co-founder , CannaReps
2023 Alberta
Adrian Everett
Master Grower, Northside Grow Co
2017
Alan Robertson
Director of Special Projects, 7acres (Division of Supreme Pharmaceuticals)
2018
Alan Cooke
, Canopy Growth Corp.
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Alannah Davis
Chief Executive Officer , Dabble Cannabis Co.
2023 Alberta
Alaska White
Manager, FivePoint Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Albert Eppinga
Owner, BC Cannabis Inc
2023 Alberta
Alena Jenkins
President, FivePoint Cannabis LTD
2017
Alex Rea
President, Homegrown Hydroponics
2017
Alex Revich
Educator, Cannabis in Clinical Practice
2017
Alex Blumenstein
Co-Founder, Leaf Group
2018
Alex Revich
Director, Partner Development, Flowr
2018
Alex Blumenstein
Co-Founder, Leaf Forward
2018
Alex Cooley
Co-Founder, Solstice
2022 Victoria BC
Alex MacKay
, Cedar Organics
2017
Alexander Repetski
Chief Communications Officer, strainprint
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Alexandre Gauthier
VP of R&D, Director of Cultivation, Origine Nature
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Alexis Dickson
Founders, Blunts&Beans
2018, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Alexzander Samuelsson
Founder and Chief Research Officer, Havn Life Science
2018, 2022 Victoria BC
Alison McMahon
Founder & CEO, Cannabis at Work
2019
Alison Hayman
Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2018
Amanda Ross
Associate, Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Bergman LLP
2019
Amanda Branch
Associate, Bereskin & Parr LLP
2022 Niagara Falls
Amanda Breeze
Terpene Strategist & Cannabis Educator, Emerald Temple
2019
Amar Nijjar
CEO, Capstack Advisory Services
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Amit Nagi
Business Development , Aja labs
2021 Niagara Falls
Amy Brown
Retail Engagement Specialist; Cannabis Patient Advocate and Media Personality , HASHCO (The Hash Corporation)
2019
Anat Baron
Futurist, Tech Entrepreneur & Former Head of Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Founder & CEO, Stashwall
2019
Andrea Paine
National Director of Government Relations, Aurora Cannabis Inc.
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Andrea Dobbs
Bloomer, Village Bloomery
2022 Victoria BC
Andrea Keddy
Technical Coordinator, Koppert Canada Ltd
2018
Andrew Adams
President & CEO, CALA Inc.
2019
Andrew Wilson
COO, GrowerIQ
2019
Andrew Roche
VP Finance, Poseidon Asset Management, LLC
2021 Niagara Falls
Andrew Muroff
CEO, Strainprint
2021 Niagara Falls
Andrew Kain
Principal & Founder, AMK Advisory Services
2021 Niagara Falls
Andrew Parshad
President & CEO, Cannabis License Experts
2021 Niagara Falls
Andrew Kaszowski
Industry Outreach & Communication Coordinator, Fanshawe Centre for Research & Innovation (CRI)
2022 Victoria BC
Andrew Robinson
Founder , Robinsons Cannabis
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Andrew Nunez-Alvarez
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Andrew Hand
, Formerly Aurora/MedReleaf
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Andrew Freedman
CEO/Co-Founder, Cannabis Tolling Solutions
2023 Victoria BC
Andrew Scott
Director, International Brokerage, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
2018
Andy Buyting
President, Carle Publishing Inc
2021 Niagara Falls
Andy Palalas
CRO, High Tide/Canna Cabana
2021 Niagara Falls
Andy Deonarine
Co-CEO, CannSell
2022 Victoria BC
Angela Fulton
Grow Manager, Whistler Medical Marijuana Corporation
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
Angelina Blessed
Founder, Blessed Edibles
2021 Niagara Falls
Ann Barnes
Founder & CEO, Edica Naturals
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Annaliese Kibler
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Aurora Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Anne-Marie Fischer
Research, Education & Content Development Specialist, CannaWrite
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
Anoo Solomon
Owner/Director of Operations and Education, CannaProtect IPM Solutions
2023 Victoria BC
Antonio Tiergarten
Western Canada Sales Manager, Rubicon Organics
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Antuanette Gomez
CEO, Peak Pharm Labs
2019
Anuja Siwakoti
Director of Global Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Medipharm Labs
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Anuraga Mandava
Chief Consultant, Qualium Consulting
2019, 2022 Niagara Falls
Arjan Roskam
Founder, Green House Coffee Shops & Seed Company
2022 Victoria BC
Arka Lwin
Lead Solventless Extractor, Old Growth Collective / Slurmmm Melts
2023 Alberta
Armaan Hamir
Supervisor, Value Buds
2023 Alberta
Ashish Singhal
CEO and Chief Consultant, CanSat Consulting Inc.
2017
Ashley Walgren
Post Harvest Manager, The Giving Tree Wellness Centre
2021 Niagara Falls
Ashley Chiu
Strategy and Transactions Management Consultant, Ernst and Young LLP
Ashley Keenan
Editor, Canada, Leafly
Ashley Wilde
Specialist – Communications & Public Affairs, High Tide Inc
2023 Alberta
Ashley Newman
Founder | CEO, Queen of Bud
2019
Ashton Abrahams MBA
Co-Founder, Chairman, and COO, Sigma Analytical Services Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2023 Victoria BC
Atiyyah Ferouz
Founder, AgCann Consultancy
2017
Autumn Rose Karcey
President, Cultivo, Inc.
2018, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Dr. Av Singh
Chief Science Officer, PhD, PAg, Adonis Living Soils
Av Singh
Cannabis Cultivation Advisor
2022 Victoria BC
Axel Holin
Business Development and Marketing Manager, CannaReps
2018
Barend Lobker
Growing Consultant, Vortus
2018
Barinder Rasode
President & CEO, Niche
Barinder Rasode
Co-Founder, Grow Tech Labs
2019
Becky Olscher
Legal Counsel, Regulatory Affairs , Auxly Cannabis Group Inc.
2018
Ben Adams
, Phylos Bioscience
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Ben Miner
Host/Comedian, Joint Ventures Cannabis Radio on SiriusXM
2018
Benoît Séguin
Associate Director of Operations, Office of Medical Cannabis: Health Canada
Benoit Lautru
, Mineva
2023 Alberta
Bernardo Castro
CFO, Green Team Solutions
2021 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Beth Rider
Director of Quality & Compliance, Serenus Global (Conscious Compounds)
2017, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Bill MacDonald
Professor, Niagara College
2018
Blaine Favel
CEO, Kanata Earth
2018
Bobbie-Jean Young
Senior Grower, Good and Green
2023 Alberta
Bobby Safaei
Director of Sales, ePac Flexible Packaging
2021 Niagara Falls
Boniface Dube
CEO, Bionominal Coefficients Group (BCG)
2017
Brad Rogers
C.O.O and President , CannTrust
2019
Brad Martin
Pancake Nap
Brad Quevillon
, West Blvd
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Bradie Sparrow
National Sales Manager, Pistol and Paris
2022 Victoria BC
Branden Walle
Senior Manager, Research and Development, Kapoose Creek
Branden Walle
Head Cultivator , Kapoose Creek Wellness
Brandon Giberson
OwnerOwner, HighCraft Farms
2023 Alberta
Brendon Roberts
Cannabis Horticulture Development Specialist, Sugar Cane Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Brennan Roher
Master Grower - extractor , Brindle Farms Inc
2019
Brent Williams
Managing Member, Highwater Financial, LLC
2019
Brent Johnson
, Hoban Law Group
2017
Brett Allan
Executive Vice President, The Green Organic Dutchman
2023 Alberta
Brett Johnson
, Bio Quality
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Brian Coutts
Biz Dev Manager "Food & Pharma", A&L Canada Labs
2019
Brianna Martyn
Co-Founder, Director of Operations, Starbuds Co.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Bridget Hoffer
Co-Founder, Marigold Marketing & PR
2023 Victoria BC
Brishna Kamal
President, Whistler Therapeutics
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Bruce Linton
Executive Chairman, Gage Growth Corp.
2019
Bryan Woodruff
President and General Manager, Channel M
2021 Niagara Falls
Bryan Box
President, Mineva Water
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Bryan Grasdal
Master Grower, Rocky Mountain Farms
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Brytany Melville
Founder, Cannabis Retail Strategist, The Grown Group
2019
Buck Young
Executive Director and Co-Founder, CannTx
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Caitlin McIlhone
Co-Founder, High Fidelity Solventless
2017, 2018, 2019
Cam Battley
Chief Corporate Officer, Aurora Cannabis Inc.
2019
Cameron Brown
Communications Officer, The Hunny Pot Cannabis Co.
2022 Victoria BC
Cameron Lutz
Marketing Manager, Reliable Controls
2022 Victoria BC
Cameron Scott
Plant Pathologist, Simon Fraser University
2023 Victoria BC
Cameron Gallacher
Co-Founder, Latched
2019
Carla Nawrocki
VP, Investor Relations, Auxly Cannabis Group Inc.
2023 Alberta
Carmen Kinshella
Owner, BOXX
2021 Niagara Falls
Carolyn Burek
M.S. Biochemist, M.S. Biochemist
2019
Caryma S'ad
Lawyer & Notary Public, [s]advocacy
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Casey Hiltemann
CEO, Budtenders Association
2022 Niagara Falls
Casey Rivero
, Fluence
2018
Chad Morphy
Master Grower and Chief of Operations, Green Seal Cannabis Company
2019
Chad Finkelstein
Partner, Dale & Lessmann LLP
2021 Niagara Falls
Chad Finkelstein
Partner, Dale & Lessmann LLP
2023 Alberta
Chantal Dorval
Master Grower, Greenjoy
2017
Charlie Alovisetti
Senior Associate, Vicente Sederberg
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Che LeBlanc
Founder, Rosebud Cannabis Nursery Ltd.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
Chef Jordan Wagman
Bestselling Author & Cannabis Advocate
Cherry Blossom Belle
Director of Manufacturing, Heritage Hash Co
2018, 2021 Niagara Falls
Cheryl Shuman
CEO & Founder, Beverly Hills Cannabis Club
2021 Niagara Falls
Chris Besenyoi
Owner, CSB Security
2021 Niagara Falls
Chris Jones
, CANNABIS XPRESS
2023 Victoria BC
Chris Crosbie
COO, Atlantic Cultivation
2023 Alberta
Chris Mayerson
CEO, Black Rock Cannabis Company Ltd.
2023 Alberta
Chris Felgate
Co-Founder/Owner, Small Town Buds / Head of Operations, IRCC , Small Town Buds and IRCC
2023 Alberta
Chris Alessandrini
Master Grower/B2B Sales, Natural History (a division of Atlas Growers)
2023 Alberta
Chris Johnson
Coach, Big League Genetics
2019
Christian Blyth
Sales Specialist, 3M
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Christina Michael
Founder & CEO, Marigolds Cannabis/The Entourage Collective
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Christina Clark
CEO , Songhees Development Corporation
2018
Christine Stein
Regional Sales Manager, Central & Western Canada, PL Light Systems
2021 Niagara Falls
Christoph Buchmann
Account Manager, Dematic
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Claude Robert
Supervisor Cannabis Division, Anatis Bioprotection
2019
Clayton Babcock
Technical Representative, ATS-Scientific Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
Cody Coulson
Grower/Solventless Extraction Specialist & Founder of Coulson Cannabis, Coulson Cannabis
2021 Niagara Falls
Colin Yates
PhD - Chair, Fanshawe College Centre for Research & Innovation
2022 Victoria BC
Colin Davison
President, McIntyre Creek Cannabis
2023 Victoria BC
Colin Bambury
Founder, ADCANN
2022 Victoria BC
Collier Queinten
Co-founder and Master Grower, Weathered Islands Craft Cannabis
Connor McNamee
CEO, West Blvd Cannabis
2018, 2019
Corey Herscu
Founder & CEO, RNMKR Agency
2022 Victoria BC
Cory Firth
Executive Director, Canadian Psychedelic Association
2023 Victoria BC
Cory Russell
Grower - Nursery, Resinate Cannabis
2023 Victoria BC
Cory Waldron
, Retail Cannabis Council of BC (RCCBC)
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Cy Williams
CEO, Psychedelic Canada Magazine
2019
Dale Overton
CEO, Overton Environmental Enterprises Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Dale Sky Jones
Executive Chancellor, Oaksterdam University
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Dallas Devam
President CEO, CROPSIFY LTD.
2017
Damian Kettlewell
CEO, Bliss Co.
2018
Dan Gustafik
Founder, HybridTech
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Dan Sutton
CEO, Tantalus Labs
2023 Victoria BC
Dan Heaton
Hash Maker + Dab Master
2019
Dani Hao
Head of Communications, Procurify
2018
Daniel Sax
Founder & CEO, Sensi Properties Ltd.
2019
Daniel Kerr
Marketing Manager, Agronomic IQ
2019
Daniel Hochman
Cultivation Coordinator, TerrAscend Corp.
2019
Daniel Kain
Consulting Manager, GrowerIQ
2021 Niagara Falls
Daniel Hochman
Consultant, Habitual Hobbyist
2022 Victoria BC
Daniel Penny
COO, Sugar Cane Cannabis
2022 Niagara Falls
Daniel Lirette
Founder , GrowDoc
2023 Alberta
Daniel Torres
Master Grower, TorrCann Craft Cannabis
2023 Victoria BC
Daniel Penny
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sugar Cane Cannabis
2018
Danielle O'Beirne
Director of Licensing & Strategic Initiatives, Auxly Cannabis Group, Inc.
2023 Alberta
Danielle French
Proprietor / General Manager, Enlightened Herb Cannabis
2018
Danny Brody
VP of Investor Relations, The Green Organic Dutchman
2022 Victoria BC
Danny Motyka
, Psygen
2021 Niagara Falls
Danya Dixon
VP Programming, Grow Up & O'Cannabiz Conference
2019
Danyka Dunseith
Founder and Lead Farmer, Canna Collective Inc.
2017
Dario DiCarlo
Principal & Partner, The Hidi Group
2018
Darren Weiner
Manager – Excise Duty Operations – Cannabis, Canada Revenue Agency
2021 Niagara Falls
Darwin Millard aka. The Spock of Cannabis
Owner/Founder, TSOC LLC
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Darwin Douglas
CEO & Co-Founder, All Nation
2019, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Daryl Patterson
Manager, A&L Canada Laboratories
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Dave Auger
The Commissioner, Big League Genetics
2023 Alberta
Dave Dormer
Founder, CANNANASKIS
2017
David Perruzza
Director, Strategic Partnerships North America, Rouge Media
2017, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
David Hyde
CEO, Hyde Advisory and Investments / CannaNavigators
2018
David Arkell
President & CEO, 360 Energy
2018
David Sutton
President, COO and Co-Founder, NanoSphere Health Sciences and Evolve Formulas
2018
David Marcus
Founder, Natural Hemphasis
2019
David Brough
Co-Founder and CEO, Klonetics
2019
David Kjolberg
Master Grower, Grow Consultant
2019
David Cohlmeyer
Business Plan and Farming Operations Specialist, dicentra Cannabis Consulting
2019
David Brott
Co-Founder & Director, Culinary Cannabis Association
David Wood
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Psygen Industries Ltd.
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
David Brown
Founder, StratCann
David Kessler
Chief Science Officer, Agrify Corp
2023 Alberta
David Falkins
Director of Cultivation, Dunn Cannabis / Bzam
2023 Victoria BC
David Hume
Assistant Deputy Minister and General Manager, Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, Public Safety and Solicitor General, Province of British Columbia
2023 Victoria BC
David Moses
, Six Nations Cannabis Commission
2023 Victoria BC
David Ward
, Gastown Genetics
2022 Victoria BC
Dean Jessop
CEO, D’Anterior Corp
2018
Deepak Anand
Vice President of Government Relations, Cannabis Compliance Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Deepank Utkhede
COO, Vantage Hemp Co.
2021 Niagara Falls
Denis Gertler
Senior Regulatory Advisor, CannDelta Inc.
2017
Derek Riedle
Founder & Publisher, Civilized
2018
Derek Lynch
Director of Sales, Dematic
Derek Edwards
Award-Winning Comedian
2023 Alberta
Dia Malik
AQAP; QA Specialist
2018
Dineh Benally
President, Navajo Nation Farm Board
2022 Victoria BC
Dominique Laverdure
Vice-President of Marketing, Origine Nature Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Donna Johannson
Founder , Canadian Women in Cannabis (CWIC)
2017
Dooma Wendscuh
Co-Founder & CEO, Province Brands
Dr. Andrew Judge
Assistant Professor of Anishinaabe Studies, Algoma University and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig
2022 Victoria BC
Dr. Anita Sanan
Medical Team, Entheomed
2018
Dr. Blake Pearson
M.D., Greenly Health | Greenly Medical Consulting
2018, 2019, 2022 Victoria BC
Dr. Brigitte Simons
President and CEO, Safari Flower Co
2023 Alberta
Dr. Celine Nicole-de Groot
Senior Plant Scientist, Philips
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Daniel Bear
Professor, Humber College
2017
Dr. Darryl Hudson
, Inplanta Biotechnology
2018
Dr. Darryl Hudson
Chief Innovation Officer, GoodCap Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2022 Niagara Falls
Dr. David Joly
Professor, Université de Moncton
2022 Niagara Falls
Dr. Dedi Meiri
Principal Investigator, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
2022 Niagara Falls
Dr. Donald Smith
Distinguished James McGill Professor, McGill
2022 Niagara Falls
Dr. Dongmei Lyu
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Plant Sciences, McGill University
2022 Victoria BC
Dr. Earl Oliver
CEO, GrowTech Labs
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Erika Dyck
Professor/Canada Research Chair, History of Health & Social Justice
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Florina Truica
CTO & Co-Founder, Cold Plasma Group
2017
Dr. George Mammen
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research & Beleave
2018
Dr. Greg Gerdeman
Chief Scientific Officer, 3 Boys Farm
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
Greg Patterson C.C.A., P. Ag
CEO & Founder, A&L Canada Laboratories
2022 Niagara Falls
Dr. Gregory L. Smith
MD, MPH , Healthway Education Services
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Dr. Hyder Ali Khoja
Chief Scientific Officer, Serenus Global, Inc
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. John MacKay
Founder, Synergistic Technologies Associates, LLC
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Jon Thompson
Founder & CEO, extraktLAB
2017
Dr. Jonathan Cachat
PhD - Chief Executive Officer , CCV Research
2018
Dr. Jonathan Vaught
Founder & CEO, Front Range Biosciences
2017
Dr. Jose Casaretto
Plant Biologist, Molecular Science Corp.
2018
Dr. Joseph Rosado
Medical Director, Coastal Wellness Centre
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Kaveh Kahen
CEO, Advion-Interchim Scientific
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Dr. Lucas McCann
CSO & Co-Founder, CannDelta Inc.
2018
Dr. Lydia Hatcher, MD, CCFP, FCFP, CHE, D-CAPM
Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine Professional Corporation
2023 Alberta
Dr. Manoj Kulkarni
Research Scientist, Consultant
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Michael Verbora
Medical Director, Field Trip Health
2019
Dr. Olga Chernoloz
, Omnica Biotech
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Dr. Pamela Kryskow
Founding Board Member, Canadian Psychedelic Association
2017
Dr. Rahul Kushwah
CSO & Co-Founder, Anantlife
2018
Dr. Richard Clark Kaufman
Chief Science Officer, NanoSphere
2017, 2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Shane Morris
CEO, Morris and Associates Consulting Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Dr. Sherry Boodram
CEO & Co-Founder, CannDelta Inc.
2018
Dr. Terry Lake
VP of Corp Social Responsibility, HEXO
2018
Dr. Tim Sharbel
Professor, Dept. of Plant Sciences, Kanata Earth Genetics
2021 Niagara Falls
Dr. Tom Dupree
Vice President of Technology, Delic Labs
2022 Niagara Falls
Dr. Youbin Zheng
Environmental Horticulture Professor, University of Guelph
2019
Dr. Yu Seon Gadsden-Chung
Patent Lawyer, Torys LLP
2017
Dr. Uma Dhanabalan
MD, MPH, FAAFP , Uplifting Health & Wellness
2021 Niagara Falls
Drew Emmer
Strategic Relationships, Boveda
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Dustan McLean
Master Grower, Nine Lions
2017
Dusty Shroyer
COO, Board of Directors, Revolution Cannabis, LLC
2023 Alberta
Dwayne Bisson
Cannabis Ambassador/ Consultant/ Product Development, Certified Ganjier - Consultant
2022 Victoria BC
Dylan Sherlock
Director of Policy, BC Cannabis Secretariat
2017
Ed Pintwala
Partner, CPG Executive Search
2017
Ed Warpinski
EVP, Director of Facilities, Revolution Cannabis, LLC
2019
Egle Adomaityte
Director of Cultivation/Consultant, Indiva
2022 Victoria BC
Ehren Richardson
Owner , Sunrise Cannabis
2018
Ehsaan Moosa
BPA, International Cannabis Solutions
2017
Eileen McMahon
Partner, Torys LLP
2022 Niagara Falls
El Hasho
, BIG
Elad Barek
Co-founder & CEO, Voyager Prodcuts Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Elad Barak
Co-Founder & CEO, Voyager
2021 Niagara Falls
Elissa Molino
Regional Director of Sales, Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS)
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Elizabeth Becker
CEO / Founder, HiBnb
2019
Ellen Brown
Director of Cultivation & Education, CannaCollective Inc.
2023 Alberta
Emily Kirkham
President, National Laboratory Services Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Eric Akbar
President, CannaPiece Corp.
2021 Niagara Falls
Eric Johnston
Comedian & Grow Up Day Host
2022 Victoria BC
Eric Janusson
Lead Chemist, Delic Labs
2019
Erin Lapansky
Director of Production & Head Cultivator, Cascadia Gardens LLC
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Erin Butler
VP of Corporate Development , Canadian Cannabis Exchange
2017
Eugenio Garcia
CEO, Cannabis Now Media
Eyal (Al) Mishori
Head of Global Business Development, BOL Pharma
2019
Fady Kamel
Managing Partner, Cannabis Insurance Solutions by All-Risks Insurance Brokers Limited
2021 Niagara Falls
Fady Kamel
Managing Partner, All-Risks Insurance Brokers Limited
2019
Farrell Miller
Director of Legal Affairs, dicentra Cannabis Consulting
2017
Fiona Brown
Associate, Aird & Berlis LLP
Francois McAllister
Grow Consultant, TheBadGuys' Garden
2022 Victoria BC
Fraser Johnston
CEO & Co-Founder , Entheo Tech
2018
Fred Khalichi
Account Executive, CWB Group
2019
Frenchy Cannoli
Master Hashishin, Frenchy Cannoli Brand
Gabriel Rodriguez
Partner, Risk Advisory, Deloitte
2023 Victoria BC
Gagan "GG" Rakhra
, Gasgodz
2022 Victoria BC
Gary Abbott
Founder/CEO, Thunderbird Spirit
2018
Gavin Clark
Chief Operating Officer, Medz Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Geeta Passi-Shourie
Founder & CEO, Mantra Cannabis
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Genevieve Newton
Head Grower & Director of Cultivation, Stewart Farms
2023 Alberta
Genevieve Dumont
Trimmer, Green Team Solutions
2017
Geoff Lawrence
Account Executive, Security, Convergint Technologies
2018, 2019
Geoff Brown
Director, Agronomic IQ
2017, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
George Dickinson
Founder, CannaPro
2022 Niagara Falls
George Smitherman
President & CEO, Cannabis Council of Canada
2019
Georges Routhier III
CEO, PipeDreemz Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Gillian Vandermeirsch
Director of Research, Development & Lab, Pure Sunfarms
2022 Victoria BC
Gina Rodriguez
Senior Consultant, Deloitte
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Gord Nichol
Owner and President, North 40 Cannabis Limited
2017
Graeme Murphy
Greenhouse IPM Specialist, BioLogical Control Solutions
2019
Graham Hood
Senior Associate, Trademark Agent, Smart & Biggar
2019
Greg Patterson
Owner, A&L Canada Laboratories
2021 Niagara Falls
Greg Hillier
2021 Niagara Falls
Hadi Feltham
VP Business Development, Pur Life Carbon Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Hajira Sajjad
Cannabis Industry Recruiter, Cannabis Industry Recruiter
2022 Niagara Falls
Hana Ansari
COO, Mission Hill Melts
2023 Alberta
Hannah McMenemy
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Harpreet Kaur
Vice President- Research , PharmAla Biotech
2018
Harrison Jordan
Consultant, MNP
2022 Victoria BC
Harry Resin
COO, Chroma Global/Western Extraction
2022 Niagara Falls
Hartley Prosser
RP AQAP, Lady Jane Labs
2018
Heather Segal
B.A. LL.B, LL.M, Segal Immigration Law
2018
Heather Weber
Indirect Tax Services Leader, MNP
2018
Hilary Black
Director of Patient Education and Advocacy, Canopy Growth Corporation
2018, 2019
Hilda Gan
President , People Bright Consulting
2022 Victoria BC
Hovan Baghdassarian
Executive Director, BC Cannabis Secretariat
2017, 2019
Hugo Alves
President & Director, Auxly
2022 Niagara Falls
Hugo Leon de Gante
Co-founder, Lady Jane Labs
2019
Ian Davidson
Chief Marketing Officer, Segra
2021 Niagara Falls
Ian Kwechansky
CEO & Co-Founder, LOOP/POOL
2017
Ilya Strashun
Director of Business Development, Cannascribe
2019
Isaac Maurice
Eastern Canada Sales Representative, My Green Planet
2021 Niagara Falls
Ishan Rastogi
Ph.D. - Manager, Fanshawe College Centre for Bioeconomy
2018, 2023 Alberta
Ivan Ross Vrana
Managing Partner, Diplomat Consulting
2017
Ivan Ross Vrana
VP, Public Affairs, HK Strategies
2023 Victoria BC
J.J. Murray
Farmgate Manager, Victoria Cannabis Company
2021 Niagara Falls
Jack Lloyd
Cannabis & Psychedelics Lawyer, Lewin & Sagara LLP
2017
Jackie Subeck
CEO, Hey Jackpot
2023 Victoria BC
Jaclynn Pehota
Executive Director, The Retail Cannabis Council of BC
2022 Victoria BC
Jacqueline Menezes
Advocacy Consultant , Cannabis Council of Canada
2017
Jae Park
Director of Business Development, Ample Organics
2017
James Eaves
Professor, Laval University
2018, 2021 Niagara Falls
James Eaves
Agricultural Economist, Professor of Management, Université Laval
2019
James Jesty
President, The Friendly Stranger Holdings Corp.
2021 Niagara Falls
Honourable Mayor Jim Diodati
Mayor, City of Niagara Falls
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Jameson Welbourn
Founder, The Banyan Tree
2017
Jamie Nagy
Co-Head of Canadian Mergers & Aquisitions, Canaccord Genuity Corp.
2018, 2022 Victoria BC
Jamie Shaw
Chief Strategy Officer, Charlie’s Pharmacy
2021 Niagara Falls
Jamie Kunkel
Franchise Owner, Smoke Signals Dispensary
2019
Jan Buijk
CEO, AB Energy Canada Ltd.
2022 Niagara Falls
Jan Chechalk
, Signify
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Janeen Davis
National Director of Sales , Joint Venture Craft Cannabis Inc
2017
Jared Mirsky
CEO & Founder, Wick & Mortar
2023 Victoria BC
Jarred Hollingworth
Key Accounts Manager, BC Black
2019
Jasdeep Johal
International Tax Partner, Deloitte
2017
Jason Moscovici
Lawyer/Biochemist, Robic LLP
2019
Jason Talmage
Master Grower, BMF Washington
2019
Jason Guttridge
Co-Founder, 7 Farms Down
2021 Niagara Falls
Jason Lupoi
Editor-in-Chief, Terpenes and Testing Magazine/Extraction Magazine
2023 Alberta
Jason Diodati
Territory Sales Manager, MediPharm Labs
2023 Alberta
Jason Bend
Plant Lead Technician, Bzam Cannabis
2018
Jay Rosenzweig
Founding Partner, Rosenzweig & Co
2018
Jay Rosenthal
Co-Founder & President, Business of Cannabis
2021 Niagara Falls
Jaylee Thompson
Owner/Founder, Primordial Mycology - Research and Development
2017, 2019
Jayson Goodale
Sr. Cultivation Consultant, Cannabis Compliance Inc.
Jazmin Pirozek
Consultant, Boom Bay Integrative Healing
2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Jeanette Vandermarel
Cannabis Consultant, Entrepreneur & Advocate, Cannabis Consultant, Entrepreneur & Advocate
Jeff Ord
VP of Accounts & Relationships, Cannabis At Work
2021 Niagara Falls
Jeff Hannah
Principal Consultant and Founder, JH & Associates
2021 Niagara Falls
Jeff Goldenberg
Co-Founder, Dodi Blunts & Abacus Growth Agency
2022 Victoria BC
Jeff Hayward
The Organic Mechanic, MIIM Horticulture
2022 Victoria BC
Jeff Tek
Cannabis journalist
2023 Victoria BC
Jeff Curtis
Owner / CEO, Boro and Beyond
2017
Jeffrey Lizotte
Founder & CEO, Next Wave Brands
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Jen Meyers
CEO + Co-Founder, Zelca Ltd
2017
Jenn Larry
President, CBD Strategy Group
2023 Alberta
Jenn Bocking
, Hwy 560 Cannabis
2017, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls
Jennifer Maccarone
COO, Final Bell Corp.
2018
Jennifer McKenzie
Partner and Leader of Regulatory, Advertising & Marketing, Bereskin & Parr LLP
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Jennifer Caldwell
Owner, Jennifer Caldwell Consulting Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Jennifer van Dijk
Business Development and Project Manager, Inhuis Contrived Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Jenny Luong Hassing
COO, LiquiMedLock Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Jeremy Baker
2017
Jesse Stanley
CEO, Stanley Brothers
2022 Victoria BC
Jesse Lavoie
Founder, Toba Grown
2022 Victoria BC
Jesse Cole
Vice President , Cannametrics
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Jesse Norsworthy
Founder, Symphony Co.
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Jessica McColeman-Moran
Principal & Founder, JESSCO
2023 Alberta
Jessica Eadie
Director of Quality, Woody Nelson Inc.
2017
Jim Pelton
Executive Director, Training Services , Cannabis Compliance Inc.
2017, 2019
Jim Diodati
The Honourable Mayor, City of Niagara Falls
2021 Niagara Falls
João Gama
Founding Partner, Gama Glória
2023 Victoria BC
Jodee Dick
CEO, Khowutzun Development
2017, 2023 Victoria BC
Jodie Giesz-Ramsay
Owner, Cannabis Culture and Jodie’s Joint
2018
Jody Vukas
Design & Operational Specialist, Smart Grow Pros
2022 Niagara Falls
Joe Davis
, The Loud Plug / Benny Blunto
2023 Alberta
Joel Darichuk
CEO/GM, CannaGreen Packaging
2017
John Perricone
Founder & CEO, Double Clef Management
2017
John Prentice
CEO, Ample Organics
2017
John MacKay
Founder & President, Synergistic Technologies & Associates, LLC
2017
John Fowler
President & CEO, Spreme Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2018
John Prentice
President & CEO, Ample Organics
2019
John Ryan
Key Accounts - North America, California Lightworks
2021 Niagara Falls
John Salmas
VP of Business Development, Labstat
John Chen
, Thar Process
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Victoria BC
John Slaughter
Founder & CEO, High North, Inc.
2023 Victoria BC
John Kaye
CEO & CoFounder, Burb
2023 Victoria BC
John Berfleo
CEO, I Green Planet Store Ltd / BERFELO
2018, 2020
John A MacKay
Founder & President, Synergistic Technologies Associates, LLC
2018
Jon W. Watson
CEO, GQA (Grower's Quality Assurance)
2017
Jonathan Sherman
Lawyer, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2018
Jonathan Kozlowski
Regional Sales Representative, East Coast, North America, Surna
2018
Jonathan Bloom
Founding Partner & CEO, McGrath/Power Public Relations
2018
Jonathan Stemeroff
Director of Cultivation, Medz Cannabis Inc.,
2018
Jonathan Hirsh
Influencer , Weedstagram416
2019
Jonathan Vaught
Founder & CEO, Front Range Biosciences
2019, 2022 Niagara Falls
Jonathan Hirsh
Influencer, Weedstagram416
2019
Jonathan Stemeroff
General Manager of Cultivation and Master Grower, Edenbrooke
2021 Niagara Falls
Jordan Rodness
Commercial & Product Strategy, Aleafia Health
2022 Niagara Falls
Jordan Dickinson
Co-Founder, LadyJane Labs
2023 Alberta
Jordan Scott
Manager, Northern Lights Supply
2019
Joseph Fida
Co-Founder and CTO, Blade Filters Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Josh Udala
Director/CEO , Organnicraft
2022 Victoria BC
Josh Beckett
, Magi Cannabis
2023 Alberta
Josh Sarvis and Kelly Dunn
Owners, Dragonfly Earth Medicine
2017
Joshua Crossney
President, CEO & Founder, jCanna Inc. & Cannabis Science Conference
2021 Niagara Falls, 2023 Victoria BC
Joshua Reynolds
Partnership Director, We Can Capital Inc.
2023 Victoria BC
Joshua Beckett
Director/Master grower, Magi Cannabis
2019
Joya Halls
Director, Customer Engagement, Strainprint Technologies
2021 Niagara Falls
Julie Rajnak
Master Grower, Thrive Cannabis
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Julie Domingo
CEO, CannaReps
2017
Justin Pintwala
Partner, CPG Executive Search
2022 Niagara Falls
Justin Statton
, Bluenose Labs
2023 Alberta
Kala Sanmartin
Registered Nurse and Certified Holistic Cannabis Nurse Coach, The Cannabis Nurses
2023 Alberta
Kam
2018
Karen Parent
Chief Quality & Compliance Officer, Zenabis
2019
Karen Lauriston
VP, Corporate, Micron Waste Technologies
2018
Karina Lahnakoski
VP, Pharmaceutical Cannabis Services, Cannabis Compliance Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Kate Browning
2017
Kathleen Hokanson
President & CEO, Koan Energy Consultants
2017
Katie Iarocci
Plant Biologist & Horticulture Manager, Up Cannabis Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Katie Pringle
CEO & Co-Founder, Marigold PR
2019, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Katy Perry
Owner, Toke Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Katy Connelly
Co-Owner & Master Grower, Sea Dog Farm
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Kaya Arai
Senior Account Manager, Nine Point Agency
2023 Alberta
Kayla Mann
Chief Financial and Revenue Officer, Cake & Caviar
2022 Niagara Falls
Kelly Smith
Technical Sales Representative, BioBee Biological Solutions
Kelsey Breure
Clinical Operations, AltMed
2023 Alberta
Kelsey Cannabis
Cannabis Educator, Kelsey Cannabis
2018
Kendra Dyer
TV, Radio & Event Host
2019
Keri Wang
Biological Services Director, Senior Scientist, A&L Canada Laboratories
2022 Victoria BC
Keri McBrien
, She Whispers to Plants
Kerry Atha
Chief Quality, Risk and Compliance Officer, Jamaican Medical Cannabis Collective
2017, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Kevin Cullum
Commercial Manager, Koppert Biological Systems
2018
Kevin Hall
CEO, International Cannabis Solutions
2018
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman O'Shares ETFs, Shark Tank's Mr. Wonderful, bestselling author, O'Shares ETFs & ABC's Shark Tank
2018
Kevin Carlin
Pacific Northwest Manager, Advanced Nutrients
2018
Kevin McKernan
CSO & Founder, Medicinal Genomics
2019, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Kevin Jodrey
Founder, One Log Cookies R & D Facility
2019
Kevin Mehr
Vice-President, Sales, Segra
2021 Niagara Falls
Kevin Budhoo
Director, Solutions Design & Continuous Improvement, Metro Green Logistics
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Kevin Lee
VP of Business Development, ND Supplies
2023 Victoria BC
Kevin Varner
Founder, Royal Harvest
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Kieley Beaudry
Cannabis M&A Specialist , Hyde Advisory
2018
Kim Wright
VP, Municipal Affairs, HK Strategies
2017
Kimberly McManus
Patent Agent/Partner, Aird & McBurney LLP
2022 Niagara Falls
Kimberly Hooks
CEO, Frenchy Cannoli Brand
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Kirk Tousaw
CEO, Great Gardener Farms, Ltd.
2022 Victoria BC
Kirk Dressler
Director of Legal and Corporate Services/CEO, Williams Lake First Nation/Unity Cannabis
2018
Kirsten Gauthier
Chief Marketing Officer, 48North Cannabis Corp.
2022 Niagara Falls
Klea Vrapi
Founder & CEO, SESH CLUB
2021 Niagara Falls
Kris LeBlanc
, The Green Organic Dutchman
2021 Niagara Falls
Krista Raymer
Co-Founder, Vetrina Group
2019
Kristina Shea
Marketing & Communications Director, Rapid Dose Therapeutics (RDT)
2022 Niagara Falls
Kyle Primeau
Cultivation Manager, Lune Rise Farms
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Kyra Horvath
Founder/Master Grower, Pineapple Buds
Lachlan Cheng
Founder, Cannabinerd Consulting
Laine Keyes
Founder/Director of Cultivation, Habitat for Life
2018
Laleh Bighash
President and Dean of Scientific Affairs, AAPS
2022 Niagara Falls
Landon McDowell
President, Aelius LED
2019
Larry Dodson
Chief Technology Officer, Urban-Gro Inc.
2019
Larry Kropf
Director of Marketing, ALink Computer Systems Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Laura Ramos
Director & Journalist, CannaReporter/Portugal Medical Cannabis
2022 Niagara Falls
Laura Bradley
Founder, Owner , The Bend Cannabis Co. & Behind the Bend Café and Lounge
2022 Victoria BC
Laurie Zuber
, Niagara College - Commercial Cannabis Program
2022 Niagara Falls
Laurie Zuber
Horticultural Technologist, Niagara College
2017, 2021 Niagara Falls
Laust Dam
Founder/Owner/COO, Medisun Inc.
2019
Lei Liu
Senior Associate, Patent Agent, Smart & Biggar
2023 Alberta
Leighton Morrison
Owner, Kingdom Aquaponics llc
2019
Les Bryan
Vice President - Sales and Business Development, Gaia Water
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Liam Buirs
IPM Specialist, Pure Sunfarms
2019
Lincoln Johnson
Co-Founder and CTO, Encann Solutions
2022 Niagara Falls
Lindsay Labelle
Founder, Guerilla Solventless
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Lindsay Dawson
Lead Cultivator and Soil Consultant, Blue Fox Soil Solutions
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Lisa Campbell
CEO, Mercari Agency
2023 Alberta
Lissa Skitolsky, PhD.
, CANNABISJEW.com
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Logan Dunn
CEO, DUNN CANNABIS INC
2018
Loretta Eldridge
Director of Marketing, Ample Organics
2018
Lori Bailey
Head of Retail, Canopy Growth Corporation
2023 Victoria BC
Mackenzie Bentley
, Marigold
2022 Niagara Falls
Mahad Mohamed Ali
Chief Executive Officer, The Legacy Market Inc.
2017
Maira Alos
Medical Cannabis Specialist, Cannascribe Inc.
2019
Malay (Mel) Panchal
Co-Founder and CEO, Pure Global Cannabis Inc.
2019
Mandeep Khara
Chief Marketing Officer, Zenabis Global Inc.
2022 Victoria BC
Mandesh Dosanjh
President & CEO, Pure Sunfarms
2017
Mandy McKnight
Advocate for Safe Access to Medical Marijuana
2019
Manjit Minhas
Judge on Dragons' Den, CEO & Founder, Minhas Breweries
2018
Mara Gordon
Co-Founder, Aunt Zelda’s, The Oil Plant, Calla Spring Wellness, and Zelda Therapeutics
2017
Marc Solby
, Lighthouse Consulting
2017
Marc-Andre Bergeron
Business Development Manager, Genetec
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Marco Fretes
Co-Founder / Sales and Marketing Director, Cannapulse Magazine / Partake Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Marcus "BubbleMan" Richardson
Founder and Head of Extraction , Embark Health inc
2017
Margaret Nelligan
Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP
Margaret Madden
Podcaster and Certified Ganjier
2023 Alberta
Marie Sweeney
Cannabis & Psychedelics Team Advisor, Cannabis License Experts
2018
Mark Doherty
Vice President of Cultivation Technologies, urban-gro
2019
Mark Spear
Founder & CEO, Wildfire Collective
2021 Niagara Falls
Mark Haden
Director of Clinical Research/Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia, Psygen
2021 Niagara Falls
Mark Unterbach
Founder & CEO, Procan Labs
2022 Victoria BC
Markus Roggen
President, CSO, Delic Labs
2018
Marly Tweedledoob
Cannabis Enthusiast, Tweedledoob
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Martin Boerema
Plant Specialist Cannabis, Signify
2019
Mary Durocher
Owner & Principal Consultant, Fox D Consulting
2019
Mat Vaughn
Principal Planner, Norfolk County
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Mat Beren
Chief Cultivating Officer, Great Gardener Farms
2017
Matei Olaru
CEO, lift.co
2017
Matt Rogge
Director of Research & Development, 7Acres/Supreme Pharmaceuticals
2018
Matt Shalhoub
Managing Director, Green Acre Capital
2021 Niagara Falls
Matt Lamers
International Editor, Marijuana Business Daily
2023 Alberta
Matt Cherkas
Co-Founder, Sheesh Hash Sodas
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Matthew Jerome
Founder & Chief Consultant, Meristem Cannabis Consulting
2023 Alberta
Matthew Don-Carolis
Director of Sales, Segra
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Matthew Scallion
Master Grower / B2B Sales, Palm Gardens
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Max White
Co-Owner/Director of Cultivation, Aroma
2019
Max Cherney
Reporter, MarketWatch
2021 Niagara Falls
Max Unterbach
VP Operations, Procan Labs
2017, 2019
Maxim Zavet
, Robes Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Maxime Guérin
Partner, Groupe SGF
2023 Victoria BC
May Khatib
CEO, Merit Compliance
2018, 2019
Megan Henderson
Director of Marketing & Business Development, HelloMD
2018
Mehdi Nouraei
Research Associate, University of Toronto Chemical Engineering Department
2018, 2019
Melanie Yelton
Vice President, Research, LumiGrow Inc.
2018, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Melinda Rombouts
President, CEO & Director, Eve & Co.
2018
Melissa Lantsman
VP, Public Affairs, HK Strategies
2019
Meurig Murray
Mother Supervisor, Zenabis
2017
Michael Lickver
Executive VP of Strategy, Cannabis Wheaton
2017
Michael Elkin
Vice-President, Partner Channels, Cannabis Compliance Inc.
2017
Michael Harvey
VP, Security Services, Investigative Solutions Network
2017
Michael Garbuz
Corporate Strategy & Legal Counsel, CannaRoyalty
2018
Michael Varty
Director, Environment, WSP Canada Inc.
2018
Michael Nashat
President & CEO, TerrAscend Corp.
2019
Michael Foy
Director of Business Development, Inmar
2019
Michael Dean
President, Gaia Green
2019
Michael Patterson NHA, OTR/L, CEAS
CEO, US Cannabis Pharmaceutical Research and Development LLC
2019
Michael Klump
VP Marketing, Purafil, Filtration Group
2021 Niagara Falls
Michael Kydd
Principal, Kydder Group Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Michael Dean
Director & Founder, Gaia Green Organics
2021 Niagara Falls
Michael Fenwick
Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP
2021 Niagara Falls
Michael Patterson
CEO, US Cannabis Pharmaceutical Research and Development
2022 Victoria BC
Michael West
QAP, Antidote Processing
2023 Alberta
Michael Janz
Councillor, City of Edmonton
2018, 2019
Micheline Gravelle
Managing Partner and Co-leader Cannabis Group, Bereskin & Parr LLP
2019
Michelle Miller MSc, MBA
General Manager, Neogen Canada
2019
Mika Unterman
Senior Business Analyst, Lead for White-label Products, Medipharm Labs
2018
Mike Lickver
Executive Vice President of Strategy, Auxly Cannabis Group Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Mike Watt
Director, Training & Innovation, Avmor Ltd. - Professional Cleaning Solutions
2022 Victoria BC
Mike Hofman
, BZAM
2022 Niagara Falls
Mike Strange
Councillor, City of Niagara Falls
2023 Victoria BC
Mike Schilling
President & CEO, Community Savings Credit Union
2023 Victoria BC
Mike Farnworth
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier
2019
Mitchell Kennedy
Founder, Humboldt County Laboratory Nutrients
2023 Alberta
Mitchell Gorgichuk
CEO, Visionary Hydroponics
2019
Myles Omand
Technical Sales, BC Northern Lights
2018, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Myrna Gillis
Chief Executive Officer, Aqualitas Inc.
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Nafisa Subedar
Director of National Sales - Canada, Canna Brand Solutions - Authorized CCELL Distributor
2019
Narbe Alexandrian
President and CEO, Canopy Rivers
Natalie Wawzonek
Co-Founder, Capital Now Inc and Capital Now Cannabis
Natalie Nimchand
Marketing Manager, Americas, Dematic
2022 Victoria BC
Natasha Raey
, Skye Cannabis
2022 Niagara Falls
Yeggrowgirl
2018, 2023 Alberta
Nathan Mison
President, Diplomat Consulting
2022 Niagara Falls
Nathan Knechtel
, Black Swallow Living Soils
2023 Alberta
Nathaniel Garneau
Cultivation Manager and Master Grower, Freedom Cannabis
2019
Nav Sidhu
QA/RA Manager, Motif Labs
2022 Victoria BC
Necole Hines
Founder & CEO, Faded Living
2017
Ned Mikasin
Chief Business Development Officer, Beleave
2017
Neil Price
Educator & Community Advocate, Humber College
2018
Neil Yorio
Exec VP, Agricultural Lighting, BIOS Lighting
2018, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Neill Dixon
Co-Founder, Grow Up Cannabis Conference & Expo
2023 Alberta
Nic Digiuseppe
Owner/Operator, Spiritleaf Sherwood Park
2021 Niagara Falls
Nicholas Nedin
Product Development and Quality Assurance Manager, Greenway Greenhouse Cannabis Corp.
2018
Nick Pateras
VP of Growth, Lift.co
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Nick Sanders
Founder & CEO, Highdeal Solutions Inc
2023 Alberta
Nico Hache
Co-Founder, Hache Kloet Consulting
2023 Alberta
Nicolas Bertoni
IPM Technical Specialist, Bioline Agrosciences
2019
Nicole Kenny
Vice President, Portfolio Management & Technical Services, Virox Technologies Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Niki Kolokotronis
VP of Sales & Marketing, Capcium
2023 Victoria BC
Niki Nickel
Compliance Manager, Remo Brands Inc.
2022 Niagara Falls
Nikki Lawley
, Nikki and the Plant, LLC.
Nina Acka
, Freedom Cannabis
2023 Alberta
Nina Ackah
QAP, Freedom Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Oana Cappellano
President , Eggs Canna
2021 Niagara Falls
Oisin Tierney
, Monument Scientific
2023 Alberta
Oliver Corea
Director of Applied Genomics, Segra International
2018, 2021 Niagara Falls
Omar Khan
Senior VP of Corporate & Public Affairs, High Tide
2022 Niagara Falls
Oscar Jofre Jr.
Co-Founder President/CEO, KoreConX
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Otis Jasper
Founder, Sacred Circle
2023 Victoria BC
Owen Smith
Founder, Ethical Growth
2019
Oxana Asapova, CBDO
Director of Special R&D Projects Development for Emerging Quantum Dots Technologies, IQDEMY
2019
Pari Nejatie, BSc
Principal Consultant - Healthcare Recruitment, People Bright Consulting
2023 Victoria BC
Paris Chong
2018
Pat Crocker
Culinary Herbalist & Author, Crocker International Communications Inc.
2019
Pat Scanlon
Production Manager, Master Grower & Co-Founder, CannTx
2019
Pat Newton
Head Chef & Creative Director, Munchy Brothers Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Pat Scanlon
Head of Cultivation, Entourage Health Corp.
2018
Patricia Owl
Executive Director, Ontario First Nations Economic Development Association
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Patrick Page
Master Grower, MTL Cannabis
2019
Patty Comeau
Alt Master Grower, AMP
2019
Paul Pederson
CEO, Next Leaf Solutions
2021 Niagara Falls
Paul Lewin
Cannabis Lawyer, Lewin & Sagard LLP
2022 Victoria BC
Paul Gonzalez
Sales & Marketing Manager - Greenstar Brands , Hydrofarm Canada
2022 Victoria BC
Paul Dhillon
National Sales Director, Adastra Labs
2023 Victoria BC
Paul Farrell
Co-Founder, Afterglo Wellness Society Ltd
2017
Peter Shearer
Director, Product Development & Planning, Supreme Cannabis Company
2017
Peter Thurley
Principal and Chief Writing Officer , Peter Thurley Communications and Consulting Services
2019
Peter Crooks
Chief Product Innovation Officer, Dosecann Cannabis
2019
Peter Guo
, MNP
2021 Niagara Falls
Peter Reitano
Founder, Gwella
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Peter Shearer
Founder & Principal Consultant , Shearer Consulting
2022 Niagara Falls
Peter Brewer
Research Associate, HESIC
2023 Alberta
Peter Jennings
President/Owner/Operator, Vibes Cannabis
2021 Niagara Falls
Phil Wong
Producer/Blogger/Journalist
2022 Victoria BC
Phil Floucault
President & CEO, Costa Canna & United Greeneries Ltd.
Philip Wolf
CEO & Founder, Cultivating Spirits
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Philippe Lucas, PhD
President, SABI Mind
2022 Victoria BC
Philippe Henry
Chief Medicated Officer, Propagation Station
2021 Niagara Falls
Pierre Killeen, LL.B LL.L
Vice-President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Cannabis Council of Canada
2019
Pranav Sood
Founder, Trellis
2019
Priyanka Mehra
Quality Assurance Manager, Aqualitas Inc.
2017
Rachel England
Technical Consultant, Koppert Biological Systems
2018
Rachel Colic
VP, Brand & PR, Pure Global Cannabis Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls
Raine Maida
Co-Founder & Director, LoopPool
2018, 2019
Randy Flemming
Cannabis Cultivation & Facility Design Advisor, Flemming & Singh Cannabis Inc.
2018, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Randy Rowe
President, Grow Up Cannabis Conference & Expo
2021 Niagara Falls
Randy Daigneau
Senior Vice President - Supply Chain, Aphria
2019
Rathi Param
President & CEO, International Medical Cannabis Association
2021 Niagara Falls
Rebecca Llewellyn
Shamanic Practitioner | Energy Medicine | Breathwork Practitioner, Shamanic Practitioner
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta
Rebekah Brooks
Compliance Consultant , Qualium Consulting
2019
Reena Rampersad
, High Society Supper Club
Reena Rampersad
Founder, High Society Supper Club
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Remo Colasanti
President, Remo Brands
2022 Victoria BC
Renee Gagnon
Founder Exec Chair, Freedom Energy Holdings
2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Rich Navarro
Manager Budtender Education & Engagement , Canopy Growth Corporation
2019
Richard Butler
Partner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
2019
Richard Naiberg
Partner, Goodmans LLP
2021 Niagara Falls
Richard Butler
Partner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
2022 Niagara Falls
Rick Moriarity
CIO / COO, High North, Inc.
2017
Riley Cote
Ice Hockey Player, Athletes For Care
2023 Victoria BC
Ro Fernando
Director, Heavenly Daze
2022 Victoria BC
Rob Baldwin
VP, Cultivation & Greenhouse Operations, Pure Sunfarms
2023 Alberta
Rob Cherry
Retail Executive | Merchandising Expert | Consultant, Independent Retail Cannabis Collective
2023 Victoria BC
Rob Sealey
Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist, Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist
2017
Robert Cook
Senior VP Market Development, Canadian Securities Exchange
2018
Robert Heikens
Project Manager, AAB Int
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Robert Laurie
President, Barrister and Solicitor, Ad Lucem Law Corporation
2018
Robyn Rabinovich
VP, Business Strategy, TerrAscend Corp.
2018
Rod Elliot
Senior Vice President, Global Public Affairs
2019
Rodrigo Correa
Head of Canadian Operations, ORANSYS
2021 Niagara Falls
Ron Berkhout
Founding Partner, Inhuis Contrived Inc.
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Ron Herrington
Founder, Goldhatseeds
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Ron Sam
Chief, Songhees Nation
2017
Rory Jonathan
Head of Grower Support , Advanced Nutrients
2018
Rory Jonathan
Head of Grower Support, Advanced Nutrients
2019
Rosanna DiLabio
Senior Client Manager, Emissions Reduction & Compliance, Pinchin
2021 Niagara Falls
Rosanna DiLabio
Senior Client Manager, Emissions Reduction & Compliance, Pinchin Ltd.
2022 Niagara Falls
Ross Melvin
Founder, Alchemy Genetics
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Rosy Mondin
Director, CannaWorld Ventures Inc.
2019
Russell Cole
Founder, CEO, Organic Grow Solutions
2021 Niagara Falls
Russell Bennett
Lawyer/Author, Cannabis Law, Barristers & Solicitors
2017
Ryan Krelove
Manager, Cannabis Supply Co.
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Ryan Wankel
Grower Liaison, Heliospectra
2023 Alberta
Ryan Yablonsky
COO, Betralif Corp. / Green Joy
2023 Alberta
Ryan Rinsma
Co-Founder and Director of Cultivation, Sweedies Cannabis Inc
2022 Victoria BC
Sabine Schwirtz
Senior Marketing Manager, BZAN
2017
Sabrina Gherbaz
Partner, Torys LLP
2022 Victoria BC
Sabrina Ramkellawan
, MAPs
Salimeh Tabrizi
Clinical Counsellor, Founding Member, Canadian Psychedelic Association
Sam Andras
EVP of Professional Services, Urban-Gro
2021 Niagara Falls
Sam Riches
Reporter & Producer, Postmedia
2018, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Samantha Roman
President, Credible Cannabis Consulting
2021 Niagara Falls
Samantha Strauser
Energy Product Manager, Thar Process
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Samantha Scagliotti
Director of Operations, Toke Cannabis
2022 Victoria BC
Sami Micelli
H.E.R. & #PsilliMicelli at THeCo.Space, THeCo.Space
2023 Alberta
Sami Majadla
CEO, CertiCraft
2018
Sarah Leamon
Barrister & Solicitor, Sarah Leamon Law Corporation
2018
Sarah Bain
VP, External Affairs, Auxly
2019
Sarah Tahor
Founder & CEO, Can Innovation Finder
2021 Niagara Falls
Sarah Seale
CEO, Seale & Garland Consulting
2022 Victoria BC
Sarah Campbell
Director, Craft Cannabis Association of BC
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Sarah Dawson
Head of Cultivation, Living Soil Collective
2023 Victoria BC
Sasha Millette
Store Manager, Kiaro Cannabis
2017, 2019
Scott Belton
Professor, Niagara College
2019
Scott Dutchyn
Head Grower, Sun Parlour Ventures
2022 Victoria BC
Scott Locke
Senior Director of Licensed Partner Sales, The Valens Company
2022 Victoria BC
Scott Swail
, Boveda
2022 Victoria BC
Scott Bernstein
Executive Director, MAPS Canada
2021 Niagara Falls
Sean Maher
2022 Niagara Falls, 2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Sean Macdougall
Master Grower, EastCann
2023 Alberta
Sean the Snoboisseur Stewart
CEO and Founder, Supercraft™ & 100LBS
2023 Victoria BC
Sean Curley
Director of Sales, All Nations
2018
Sebastien Jacob
Professor, Niagara College
2023 Alberta
Selena Wong
CEO & Co-Founder, Medical Cannabis Wellness Advisor, Flower of Life Integrative Health
2019
Selina Jane Eckersall
Director of Marketing & Communications, Kanata Earth
2023 Alberta
Shakir Tayabali
Chief Executive Officer, Independent Retail Cannabis Collective (IRCC)
2021 Niagara Falls
Shamar Beverly
Entrepreneur, Green Eatery Co.
Shami Patel
CEO, LumiGrow Inc.
2023 Victoria BC
Shan Mei Young Tai
Clinical Director / Nurse Practitioner, Charlie’s Pharmer’s Market
2023 Alberta
Shane Thomas
Social Media Content Manager , Budtender, Smokey’s
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Shane Beltramo
Co-Founder and Director of Sales, Life Cycle Botanics
2017, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Shane Christopher Neal
Radio Personality & Television Host
2017, 2023 Alberta
Shannon Kloet
Director of Training Services, Cannabis Compliance Inc.
2023 Alberta
Shannon Hope
Head of Procurement for North America, Cannaray Limited
2023 Victoria BC
Shannon Dames
Chair of Psychedelic Therapy Programming, Vancouver Island University and Roots to Thrive
2023 Victoria BC
Sharan Sidhu
VP, Scientific Research, Innovation and Laboratory Operations, Numinus Bioscience
2019
Shaun Gray
Senior Business Development Manager, Inmar
2021 Niagara Falls
Shauna Levy
Founder & CEO, MADGE AND MERCER
2023 Alberta
Shauna Feth
President & CEO, Alberta Chambers of Commerce
2022 Victoria BC
Shaye Donald
Technical Services Manager - Horticulture, Hawthorne Gardening Co.
2017
Sherri Altshuler
Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP
2019
Shlomo Booklin
Master Grower, GrowerIQ
2017
Shon Williams
Director of Business Development, Project Management, & Design, MJardin
2023 Victoria BC
Siobhan McCarthy
CEO, Blyssful ALCHEMY
2018
Solange Castillo
VP of Northern Lights, Advanced Nutrients
2019
Sonny Brar
VP, Member Relations & Education, Retail Council of Canada/le Conseil Candien du Commerce de Detail
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Spencer Hawkswell
President & CEO, TheraPsil
2023 Victoria BC
Spensir Sangara
President, THC Canada
2019, 2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Srinivasa Reddy
CSO, Cube Psytech Corp
2017, 2019, 2021 Niagara Falls
Stacey Hickman
Entomologist, Natural Insect Control
2023 Alberta, 2023 Victoria BC
Stacey Duff
Director of Retail, All Nations
2021 Niagara Falls
Stacie von Kaitz
Cultivation Technician & Product Specialist, SESS Holdings
2022 Niagara Falls
Stacie Hollingworth
Master Grower, Safari Flower Company
Steph Martens
Marketing Director, Adastra Holdings Ltd.
Stephanie Bauman
, Healius Naturals
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Stephanie Ostrander
International Sales Director, Flow Scientific
2022 Niagara Falls
Stephanie Pow
Global Recruitment Consultant
2023 Alberta
Stephanie Bach
Senior Associate, Diplomat Consulting Inc.
2019
Stephen Longo
Partner, Walker Longo & Associates LLP
2021 Niagara Falls
Stephen Doyle
Cultivation Engineer, VoltServer
2017
Steve Naraine
CSO, CannaVida
2022 Niagara Falls
Steve Gaul
, Jazz Cabbage Gardens
2023 Victoria BC
Steve Clark
CEO, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
2023 Alberta
Steve Sissons
COO/HOC, Distinkt
2023 Victoria BC
Steve Gaul
Head Grower, Jazz Cabbage
2019
Steven Newmaster
Professor, Botanical Director, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
2021 Niagara Falls
Steven Bennett
Founder/Chief Scientific Officer, Prescott Logic Technologies Ltd.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC
Steven Tan
Principal Consultant, 4Plant Corporation
2023 Alberta
Surender Khatodia
Chief Tissue Culture Scientist, Klonetics Plant Science Inc.
2019
Sybil Taylor
Chief Marketing Officer, Medipharm Labs
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Sylvain Gaudreau
Master Grower, CANASYGA
2023 Alberta
Sylvester Aigbe
, BZAM
2019
Tabitha Fritz
Co-Founder & CEO, Fritz's Cannabis
2023 Alberta
Tabitha Davis
Director, Regulatory and Government Relations, SNDL
2019
Tamara Lilien
Founder, Canna Lilly Consulting
2021 Niagara Falls
Tamara Hirsh
President, Tripmaps Inc.
2021 Niagara Falls, 2022 Niagara Falls, 2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Alberta
Tanner Stewart
CEO, Stewart Farms
2019
Taylor Carr
Cultivation & Horticulture Manager, WeedMD RX
2021 Niagara Falls
Taylor Kirk
Horticulture Service Specialist, Fluence
2022 Victoria BC, 2023 Victoria BC
Taylor Kirk
Horticulture Service Specialist, Fluence
2022 Victoria BC
Taylor King
Cultivation Manager, Otoka Holdings