Speaker Highlights: Lift Cannabis Business Conference & Expo Programming
David Lobo
President & CEO
Ontario Cannabis Store
Andrea Dart
Founding Partner & Managing Director
Sister Merci
Nicholas Sanders
CEO/President
High Deal Solutions
Shakir Tayabali
Chief Executive Officer
Independent Retail Cannabis Collective
Jaime Lipowitz
Founder
High Buds Club
Maxime Guérin
Lawyer
Groupe SGF
Spensir Sangara
Founder
THC Canada
Hiral Mistry RN
Certified Cannabis Educator
Mistry healTHCare
Niel Marotta
CEO & Founder
INDIVA
Nick Riebel
Principal
CannaTech Advisors
Pranav Sood
Founder
FNF Cannabis
Mark Suan
Art Director
Bobaverse NFT, MILK+T
Mike Schilling
CEO
Community Savings Credit Union
Joyce Hayne
Publisher
Cannabis Retailer
Gabriel Bélanger
Founder
Origami Extraction Inc
Jaipaul Massey-Singh
General Manager Canada
Cann Beverage
Deepak Anand
Cannabis Industry Management Advisor
ASDA Consultancy Services
Dave Marino
President
Spirit Leaf Ontario & Superette Ontario
Dave Marcus
CEO & Founder
Natural Emphasis and ABIDE+WholeHemp
Cody Hicks
Founder & President
grnhouse agency
Brishna Kamal
President
Whistler Therapeutics
Anna-Sophia Kouparanis
Co-Founder
Bloomwell Group
Andrew Fischer
CEO
Protonify
Andrew Gaudry
Business Development Associatee
Broderick Capital
Oscar Jofre
CEO & Founder
KoreConX
Rob Cherry
COO
Independent Retailers Cannabis Collective
Heather Huff-Bogart
Owner & Operator
The Green Bouquet Cannabis
Donald Gauvreau
CEO
Conscious Mind
Dave Barton
Founder & Creative Director
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Karina Bershteyn
Co-Founder
ElionMED
Angelina Blessed
Founder & Edibles Formulator, Blessed Edibles
and Co-Founder, Gallery Brands
Sean 'The Snoboisseur' Stewart
Founder & CEO, Supercraft™
and Founder, Hundred Pound Hauling Distribution
Guillermo Delmonte
Founder
NDLATAM
Jenna Valleriani PhD
Senior Manager, Social Responsibility
OCS Ontario Cannabis Store
Tom Doran
Founder
Jupiter Cannabis
Vanathy Paranthaman RN
Clinical Educator
TheraPsil
Matt Cherkas
Co-Founder
Sheesh Hash Soda
Ram Davloor
Grower
Muskoka Grown and Dank Craft
Gagan Grewal
Founder & CEO
Mindset Beverages
Andrew Leber
Founder & CEO
Strainbrain
Trina Fraser
Partner
Brazeau Seller
Jeanne Sullivan
Chief Investment Officer
The Arcview Group
Abi Roach
Head of Marketing CX & Merch
Mera Cannabis
Dany Lefebvre
CMO
Bleuh
Dave Auger
Commissioner
Big League Genetics
Hadi Feltham
President & Founder
SQFT Grow Systems
Kelly Beker
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Cannabis Education Guild
Shan Mei Young Tai
Nurse Practitioner
Ontario
Alexandre Gauthier
Master Grower
Origine Nature
Katy Perry
CEO
TOKE Cannabis
Carlo DiCarlo
Partner
Stockwoods LLP
Gerald Chan
Partner
Stockwoods LLP
Jamie Bonthron
Co-Fouder, Cannabis Content Marketing Strategist
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Shakir Tayabali
EVP Sales
Merrco Payments
Lissa Skitolsky PhD
Author, Grower, Advocate
Jay Morzaria
CEO
Sports Cannabis
David Schwede
CEO
Heritage Cannabis
Marcie Kiziak
CEO
Nova Cannabis
David Goldstein
CEO
Stoke Inventory Partners
Adam Temple
CEO
Evolved Extraction Solutions
Colin Bambury
Founder & Editor
ADCANN
Cody Hicks
Founder & President
grnhouse agency
Bethany Gomez
CEO, Managing Director
& Co-Founder, Brightfield Group
Alan Bell
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Av Singh PhD, PAg
Cannabis Cultivation Advisor
Flemming & Singh Cannabis
Josh Creighton
Director of Marketing
Fume Rolling Papers
Annie Manjuran
Founder & CEO
The Klaws Inc
Nathan Mison
President
DIPLOMAT Consulting
Jenn Larry
Founder
Cannabis Education Guild
Antuanette Gomez
Founder & CEO
Peak Pharm Labs
Stacey Duffy
Director of Retail
All Nations Cannabis
Anna Li
Cannabis Recipe Developer
The Cannabinista
Karen Young
President & Founder
Wovven
Daniel Klompstra
Ingredient Specialist Cannabis
Boston Beer
Ryan Pinsky
VP Sales
Vertosa
Necole Hines
Founder
Faded Living
Chef Romain Avril
Owner, Romain Avril Inc.
Author and Michelin star-trained chef
Matthew Jerome
Founder & Chief Consultant
Meristem Cannabis Consulting
Milka Subotic
Marketing Director
Bhang Chocolate
Connor McNamee
CEO, West Blvd Cannabis
+ Farm & Florist
Chef Jordan Wagman
Author
Culinary Cannabis Pioneer
Nadav Eyal
CEO & Co-Founder
Eybna
Chef Pat Newton
Head Chef & Content Creator
Chef Pat Newton Inc.
Matthew Ravenscroft
Vegetable Chef
Chef Josh Karbelnik
Karbs Catering
and Finalist, Top Chef Canada
Chef Erica Karbelnik
Karbs Catering
and Winner, Top Chef Canada 2021
Carson MacDonald
Founder & Executive Chef
Cannabis Cuisine Catering
John Gilchrist
Communications & Training Specialist
TheraPsil
John Slaughter
CEO & Founder
High North Laboratories
Paul Farrell
Co-Founder & Director
AfterGlo Wellness
Michaela Freedman
Global Cannabis Business
Consultant
MF Cannabis Consulting
Jessica Ng
Director Policy & Government Affairs
Tourism Industry Association of Ontario
Sami Majadla
Co-Founder & CEO
CertiCraft
Bijan Christoph Hezarkhani
Business Consultant, BijanChristoph.com
Jessica Fung
Head Copywriter, Sushi & Doodle
and Cannabis Blogger,
Very Jessica Fung
Alex Revich
Strategy & Partnerships,
Loosh Brands
and Board Chair, Global Cannabis Trade Association
Shari Margolese
Patient Advocate
Co-Founder, Cannabiscotti
Akwaski Owusu-Bempah
Author, Associate Professor, Sociology, U of T and Director,
Campaign for Cannabis Amnesty
Steven Fish
Principal Advisor
Rawlings Fish
Christopher Budd
Sales Director
Isolocity
Marcie Kiziak
CEO
Nova Cannabis
Olga Chernoloz PhD
President, Phoenix Ukraine
and Professor, University of Ottawa
Owen Allerton
Founder & CEO
Highland Cannabis
Elad Barak
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO
Djot
Arjen Melis
Co-Founder & President
Djot
Bridget Watson-Favaro,
Nurse Practioner & CEO,
Watson-Favaro Cannabis Consultants
Spencer Charlton
Artist/Founder,
CraterCrater
Michelle Parrotta
CEO
Mimi Cannabis
Dario Jeginovic
Senior Consultant
CannDelta
Akeem Gardner
CEO
Canurta
Michael Langburt
President
Groove Cannabis Co
Danica Kelly
President
Soul Rebel Cannabis
Tamara Lilien
Subject Matter Expert
CannSell
Susan Dupej
President,
CCTA: Canadian Cannabis Tourism Alliance
Daniel Safayeni
VP Policy
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Eric Van Dam
Consultant
Former VP of Sales of WYLD and INDIVA
Tabitha Fritz
Founder & CEO
Level UP Budtender Education Program
Tyler Mosher
Chief of Business Development
Kinloch
Reena Rampersad
Founder
High Society Supper Club