Wendy Berger

Wendy Berger is principal of WBS Equities, LLC. WBS Equities specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development, sale lease back

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Toi Hutchinson

Toi Hutchinson served as an Illinois Senator, representing the 40th District from 2009 to 2019. During her time in the Senate, Hutchinson

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Ryan Crane

Ryan Crane is an entrepreneur and advocate for cannabis, with particular expertise in CPG startups and institutional finance. Ryan has a passion

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Jim Higdon

Jim Higdon is a book author, cannabis journalist, and co-founder of the Cornbread Hemp Company, named after his first book, the Cornbread Mafia,

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Edgar Ramon

I have been an advocate and lobbyist for legal, fair and a normal cannabis market for 3 years. I am a member of and sit on the banking and

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Heather A. Steans

Heather Steans has represented Illinois’ 7th District in the Senate since 2008. She chairs the Appropriations I and Medicaid Managed Care

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Steven Gough

Steven Gough, a lifelong Entrepreneur has focused heavily on bringing to market and supporting the sale of technology driven heating solutions

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Joseph Friedman

Seasoned professional with more than 25 years of expertise in sales, marketing, business development, and relationship management in the health

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Mauricio Consalter, MD

Dr. Mauricio Consalter is an internal medicine MD with a large practice across the state of Illinois. Founder of Medici Health Care in 1999, he

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Luba Andrus

Luba T. Andrus, RPh., B.S., M.J., Patient Advocate, Clinical Educational Coordinator and Pharmacist in the state of Illinois. Founder of Mature

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William Moss

Over 25 years experience in horticulture. Author of Any Size, Anywhere Edible Gardening. Co host of Discovery’s Rally Round the House,

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Andy Poticha

Andy has more than 25 years of sales, client management, trade and supplier negotiation, system development, and production process management

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Richard Gilbert

Richard Gilbert is an attorney, compliance expert, and the Founder of Stoker Consulting, LLC. In late 2019, his company was among the first

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Rick Mosca

Internationally known and Award Winning breeder Mosca Negra (known as Mosca Rick) is the driving force behind Mosca Seeds. Mosca is known for

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Sparky Rose

Since the early stages of the Internet, in the mid-1990s, Sparky Rose has grown from a cutting-edge designer into a leading branding and

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Sam Dorf

A cannabis industry veteran and architect of some of the most impactful deals in the space, Sammy Dorf, Esq., serves as Verano Holdings’

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Pamela Althoff

With more than 25 years of experience in Illinois state and local government, Pamela Althoff became the Executive Director of the Cannabis

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Joanne Caceres

Joanne counsels clients in the cannabis and hemp industries to attain their business objectives while avoiding legal risks in this rapidly

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Amanda Ostrowitz, Esq

Amanda Ostrowitz is a regulatory attorney and entrepreneur whose identified a need for a user-friendly, scalable platform to research regulations

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Aja Nicole Atwood

As a mechanical engineer-turned-cofounder of an agri-tech startup focusing on the cannabis industry,Aja uses her 15+ years of experience in

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Mike Richards

Michael Richards holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Holistic health and Wellness from Northeastern Illinois University. He has been in the

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Kelsey Middleton

Kelsey Middleton is a Regulatory Specialist at Vicente Sederberg, where she focuses on licensing and regulatory compliance. Recently she has

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Kirsten Velasco

Kirsten Velasco is a veteran of cannabis education and outreach. She has served on the board of Illinois Women in Cannabis since 2015 and

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Dina Rollman

DINA ROLLMAN is GTI’s SVP of Government & Regulatory Affairs. In this role, she represents GTI in governmental and regulatory affairs

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Richard Wallace

Richard Wallace, Founder of Equity and Transformation (EAT), whose mission is to build social and economic equity for Black chicagoans engaged in

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Toriano Sanzone

Toriano Sanzone Principal Officer, Chief Financial Officer of Dendera 5 Ever since Toriano The Wolfkeeper Sanzone was young boy growing up in

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Christopher J Berry

The Illinois Hemp Growers Association has been consulting with and educating hemp growers since 2018. The IHGA represents over 400 grassroots

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