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Thursday, May 24th, 2018

The California Cannabis Entertainment and Technology Forum

1 PM - 1:45 PM - Herscher Hall - Guerin B

The Modern Cannabis Consumer Experience: Medical, Food/Edibles, Technology and More!

Circe Wallace, Founder and President, Hot Nife/ HN Wellness

Mark Hoashi, founder/CEO, Doja.co

Kate Miller, Co-Founder & CEO, Miss Grass

Aaron Justis, President, Buds & Roses

Emily O'Brien, Owner, MONDO

Brad Davis, Product Category Manager, Acorn Paper Cannabis Packaging (APCP), Moderator

 

Aaron Justis, President, Buds & Roses: At Buds & Roses, Aaron’s goal is, quite simply, to create the ultimate cannabis shopping experience for new and experienced cannabis users. This means consistently cultivating, sourcing and retailing only the safest and highest quality cannabis products available on the market. Further, Buds & Roses takes great care to employ highly-trained, certified, and knowledgeable staff to individually understand and meet the needs of its valued customers.  Since 2010 Aaron and the Buds & Roses team have been recognized for their efforts with consistent customer and revenue growth, as well as being the proud recipients of 26 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup awards. Aaron takes immense pride in the personal relationships

that he has forged over the years with his team, customers, suppliers, members of his local community, and those advancing the safe and responsible use of cannabis nationally and internationally.  As an impassioned trailblazer in the industry, Aaron has made a personal commitment to be an instrumental and educational voice at the local, state, federal and global levels for cannabis users, advocates, and industry players everywhere. As part of this commitment, Aaron holds leadership roles as an active board member of the National Cannabis Industry Association, the National Association of Cannabis Businesses, and the Greater Los Angeles Collective Alliance.

 

Kate Miller is the Founder and CEO of Miss Grass — a premium lifestyle content and e-commerce platform for women and cannabis. Inspired by her stint working at a dispensary in college and powered by a decade-long career in entertainment where she worked alongside Ben Silverman (The Office, Ugly Betty) and most recently ran brand partnerships for Lorne Micheals’ Broadway Video (Saturday Night Live, Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Portlandia), Kate is dedicated to serving the fastest growing cannabis consumer segment by creating the first centralized content platform, community and shop that authentically represents the modern woman.

 

Circe Wallace, Founder and President, Hot Nife/ HN Wellness: Circe Wallace is a successful entrepreneur with a unique background. She hails from the northwest where she had a decade long professional snowboarding career before sustaining multiple injuries. She parlayed her experience into representing talent and established one of the first boutique agencies specializing in surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. Her is range is expansive across long form and digital media having produced some of action sports most critically acclaimed films. She also has extensive experience in merchandising, licensing, content distribution and is a known for her ability to “close”. Today she is committed to her newest venture in Cannabis: HotNife. HotNife is a fun and health conscious brand with a current focus in making the best co2, single origin, full spectrum ambers and distillates. Having been a lifetime Cannabis enthusiast she has a deep appreciation for health, wellness and all the beauty the plant provides. She is also committed to ensuring HOTNIFE is a conscious company rooted in California and supports small farmers.

 

Brad Davis, Product Category Manager, Acorn Paper Cannabis Packaging (APCP): Brad Davis leads a division of Acorn Paper Packaging dedicated to meeting the consumer packaged good needs of the cannabis industry. Acorn Paper Cannabis Packaging (APCP) is a single source solution for packaging, logistical supply chain, brand marketing and compliance consultation from seed to sale. A trailblazing senior sales, marketing and business development executive, Davis has a proven record leveraging innovation to drive revenue and market share growth. Davis’ background includes several C-suite corporate sales executive posts, at major digital media organizations including Disney, AOL and Comcast. He also brings substantial experience with entrepreneurial initiatives, most recently holding the position of Head of Sales and Business Development at the start-up Enjoius- a digital lifestyle brand for “everyday” parties, event and celebrations. A recognized “lifestyle brand expert” in fashion, events, and now cannabis, he was recently recognized by Angeleno Magazine as one of Los Angeles’ “Modern Men.”

 

Mark Hoashi, Founder/CEO at Doja.co: Doja is a platform of community reviews and recommendations that connects cannabis brands with consumers. Doja’s mission is to help brands grow while empowering consumers to make educated decisions on cannabis products. While completing his M.S. in IT at Rochester Institute of Technology, Mark Hoashi founded a digital entertainment company in 2001. When Mark exited the company 15 years later, he had grown the company to over 90+ employees with offices in San Francisco, New York and Barcelona. Since that time, Mark has been actively involved in groups such as the LBCA who wrote the 2016 ordinance legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Long Beach and has launched several startups in the cannabis space.