Health Care Executive with over 25 years of experience in the following areas: Cannabis/Hemp investments, Operations, Rules/Laws, Regulation, Compliance and Management, Pharmacy management, Skilled Nursing, Laboratory, Therapy, Home Healthcare, and Healthcare analytics. Michael is a subject matter expert in the Global Cannabis/Hemp Industry with Gerson Lehrman Group and Guidepoint. Mr. Patterson has educated many law/regulatory bodies including the FBI National Academy, Florida State Troopers, Florida Sheriffs, Oklahoma legislature, Oklahoma Banking Commission, Oklahoma Tax Commission, and Florida State Legislature. Michael has spoken at numerous conferences including the 2019 UBS Global Consumer Conference in Boston, MA, 2019 Europe CBD Expo in London, England, and the 2019 World CBD Awards in Barcelona, Spain.
Mr. Patterson is an Editorial Board Member for the American Journal of Medical Cannabis (AJMC), medical cannabis contributing writer for Florida MD Magazine and Orlando Medical News Magazine, Board member of the Medical Cannabis Society, Tourette’s Syndrome Awareness Foundation, and World CBD Awards, and licensed Occupational Therapist and Nursing Home Administrator in 4 states.
Brianna Martyn Brianna Martyn is the Director of Operations and one of the Co-Founders of Compass Cannabis Clinic. Previously, she worked for large retail chains including Walmart and Best Buy in corporate management. She draws upon experience working in the franchise model from time spent at WATCH IT! and Petland Canada as the national Director of Training for each. Her retail management expertise allows Compass to provide a customer service driven experience for their patients.
Annaliese has been a consumer for over 20 years, she is a plant scientist, and an avid ambassador of Cannabis. Annaliese completed a BSc. and MSc. in the Plant Biotechnology & Agriculture from the University of Guelph, with a focus on medicinal and endangered plant species.
She began her career in cannabis production & research when the MMPR first came into effect in 2014.
In 2015 she started at Aurora Cannabis supervising the Client Care department and since 2017 has been focused on Regulatory Affairs for the organization and is currently the Director of Regulatory Affairs.
Annaliese is a former co-chair of Women Grow in Vancouver, a co-founder and VP of Operations at CaneXions, hosting and supporting events for womxn in the cannabis industry. She sits on advisory boards for ACMLA, CWIC and volunteers at MCC. She is an international speaker and has presented at a variety of events on the topics of regulations, compliance, plant sciences and patient advocacy.
In 2020 she purchased a 7-acre farm with her husband just outside of Edmonton, AB and they received their Industrial Hemp Licence to become a certified Canadian Hemp Farmer!
Becky Olscher is Legal Counsel, Regulatory Affairs at Auxly Cannabis Group. Becky handles various regulatory matters for Auxly, its subsidiaries and partners, in Canada and abroad with respect to regulatory strategy, licensing, compliance and promotion. Prior to joining the cannabis industry, Becky was a litigator at a leading Toronto law firm, working on competition, pharmaceutical and commercial files. Becky brought her experience in complex regulatory matters, risk management and advocacy to Auxly in 2018.
Mr. Crooks, a neuropharmacologist by education, brings more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in product and brand development across food & beverage, natural health products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Recognized in 2017 as one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs, Mr. Crooks has successfully led a multi-disciplinary team of chefs, food scientists, marketing professionals and product developers to become Canada’s leading food product development center. In his career he has overseen the development of over 2,100 products. He also has been involved in the conceptualization, design and build of three Maritime-based innovation and applied research centers and currently advises several Federal departments on the future of food and innovation. Peter, in his role as the Chief Product Innovation Officer for Dosecann Cannabis Solutions, now applies his experience in the design and development of a large portfolio of cannabis derivative products.
John is a graduate of the University of Hawaii’s Sustainable Engineering program who has focused his efforts on product development, energy efficiency and clean water technologies. A third generation Cannabis grower, John has turned his focus toward the future of horticultural lighting. Along with the team at California LightWorks, he is pushing the limits of what’s possible in the world of LED lighting for cultivation projects throughout North America.
Malay Panchal is the founder and CEO of Pure Global Cannabis and PureSinse Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Pharmacy and has gained vast experience across the pharmaceutical sector having owned and operated retail pharmacies, founded a pharma logistics IT company, and having operated a company that provided patient adherence
solutions to the pharmaceutical and clinical trials industries.
His success and entrepreneurial drive have given him experience and expertise in brand marketing, sales, logistics, project management, technology implementation, pharma manufacturing, clinical trials, and healthcare management. He looks to bring pharma best practices into the cannabis sector and is dedicated to improving the lives of patients and
consumers by developing and deploying the world’s most trusted cannabis brands.
Kristina Shea is a founding team member of Rapid Dose Therapeutics, senior marketing executive, single mother, and a medical cannabis patient herself. Kristina is a passionate advocate — with a mission to support ending stigma that surrounds cannabis use. She is also a proud feminist supporting inclusivity within corporations for equal representation in leadership roles and a voice at the table.
Kristina also has a personal medical story — she suffered from a serious brain cyst resulting in debilitating migraines and subsequent health conditions — including the undesired side-effects from prescription pain killers. Kristina then discovered the medical benefits of CBD — as a non-smoker, she desired a precisely dosed, non-smoking, delivery system other than smoking or vaping. This prompted her journey with Rapid Dose Therapeutics.
Rapid Dose Therapeutics is a Canadian life sciences company public on the CSE: DOSE. QuickStrip™, is their flagship delivery system and product. QuickStrip™ is a sublingual thin dissolvable film delivery system — providing a discreet and Smoke-Free Choice™ for cannabis consumers.
A No Smoke. No Smell. No Stigma solution.
Kristina now shares her personal story, and educates the public on the smoke-free delivery system, to support the normalization and education of medical cannabis applications.
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