Lynnette Shaw

Lynnette Shaw

Jan 4, 2018

Lynnette Shaw is the founder and CEO of Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana (MAMM), a medical cannabis dispensary in Fairfax, CA. She was a founding staff member of the San Francisco Cannabis Buyer’s Club in 1991 and later founded the Cannabis Buyers Club Marin in 1992. When she started MAMM in 1996 she worked with the Town of Fairfax to invent the first dispensary license in the nation and was granted that in...
Jennifer Culpepper

Jennifer Culpepper

Jan 4, 2018

Jennifer Culpepper founded the Maryland-based branding agency, Brand Joint, after identifying a need for specialized brand strategy and sophisticated design in the emerging cannabis industry. With over 20 years of experience designing successful brands, Jenn is an exceptional brand strategist and advisor to cannabis entrepreneurs who are looking to grow successful cannabusinesses. In addition to Brand Joint, she is the Principal and Chief Creative of branding agency, Peppermill Projects. Her award-winning work for a wide variety of food and beverage, medical, non-profit and retail clients have been featured in several design publications. Jenn and her team develop brands from the ground up — building a brand foundation and designing logos, websites, packaging and interior spaces. Jenn often shares her cannabis branding knowledge at Women Grow Signature Speaking Events, national conferences and expos. She has been featured on CBS This Morning, in Forbes, Washington Post, Baltimore Business Journal and MG...
Renee Gagnon

Renee Gagnon

Jan 4, 2018

She is a serial startup founder, skilled at survival, stress and team building. She is both the first Transgender Publicly traded marijuana company CEO and the first female one – Thunderbird Biomedical Inc (now EMH.v) was the 5th licensed Federally sanctioned Medical Marijuana company in Canada (and one of a handful on the planet). Renee built the core team, created and executed on the business plan and raised $3.7 M in funding then took the company public ($25M Valuation at IPO)… She went on to use this insight to create a diverse workforce with strong female leadership across the HollyWeed North Cannabis Inc ™. organization. After exiting Thunderbird Biomedical Inc in Jan 2015 as founding CEO and Board member, she has chosen to focus on US-based infrastructure and supply delivery for the Cannabis Industry with HollyWeed North Cannabis Inc...