Renee Gagnon

Renee Gagnon

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...
Lauren Rudick

Lauren Rudick

Lauren Rudick is a Member of the boutique business law firm, Hiller, PC, in Manhattan, New York. A “recovering litigator,” Lauren practiced litigation exclusively for ten years, during which time she successfully represented clients in a wide variety of business, intellectual property, and Internet/media disputes while contributing to the Firm’s land use and zoning practice. With a trained and sensitive eye for keeping clients out of litigation and a penchant for deal-making, Lauren has refocused her career on start-up law, regulatory compliance, and commercial and secured transactions. Lauren has also developed a niche in salvaging deals that have turned south, mitigating against legal exposure, and identifying and remedying abuse or misuse of corporate power and form. In 2015, Lauren was named a Rising Star among Top New York Metro Attorneys, as featured by Superlawyers®. Lauren is also the co-founder of Hiller, PC’s cannabis law practice. What started as a passion project in patient rights during a brief residency in California, Lauren has become one of the nation’s preeminent attorneys providing legal services to cannabis industry players in the “Green Rush.” Lauren has extensive knowledge and familiarity with cannabis law, including trends and upturns in the industry. With her diverse background in corporate law, litigation, and land-use and zoning, she provides clients with the most up-to-date information necessary to operate and invest in successful cannabis and ancillary businesses. Lauren is also a regular contributor to Marijuana Venture Magazine and provides pro bono legal and advocacy services to the Drug Policy Alliance. Lauren enjoys an extensive network of cannabis professionals nationwide, enabling her to provide full legal and business services to...
Carrie Hudson

Carrie Hudson

CEO and Founder of Carrie Hudson Media, LLC. CEO and Founder of Carrie Hudson Media, LLC. Carrie is a Health Promotion Strategist providing consultation and resources for all aspects of a healthy, WHOLE lifestyle. Carrie is a cancer survivor and supports the belief that disease can be cured with a proper pH balance, correct nutrition, movement, spirituality and natural healing including Medical Cannabis. She is a speaker, blogger, consultant, health coach, educator and mother of 3 as well as an advocate for legalization in her home state of MO and...