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GCT100 2023 Nominees: Business

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Commercial cannabis is an arena populated by both celebrated figures and controversial business models. The top scorer in the entire GCT100, Berner, appears in the Business category. But our Select Panel of voters also ticked “none of the above” in the Distribution, Pharma and Public Companies sub-categories at double or even triple the rate they did in any other GCT100 sub-category. What does it all mean? There’s lots of money in legal cannabis, so perhaps it means the industry has arrived.

CPG & Brands Nominees

Loriel Alegrete
CEO, 40 Tons Brand
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Luke Anderson Jake Bullock
Co-Founders, Cann
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tracy Anderson, Irwin Matutina & Imelda Walavalkar
Co-Founders, Pure Beauty
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Brittani Cushman
Senior VP & General Counsel, Turning Point Brands
Louisville, KY, United States

Von Dellinger
Director of Innovation, The HEMP Collect
Portland, OR, United States

Anna Duckworth
Co-Founder & CEO, Miss Grass
Venice, CA, United States

Ron Gershoni
Co-Founder & CEO, Jetty Extracts
Oakland, CA, United States

Harold Han
Co-Founder, Vertosa
San Francisco, CA, United States

Dennis Hunter
Co-Founder, CannaCraft
Santa Rosa, CA, United States

Ali Jamalian
Founder, Sunset Connect
San Francisco, CA, United States

James Kim
Founder, Stiiizy
La Mirada, CA, United States

Ben Larson
Co-Founder, Vertosa
Oakland, CA, United States

Ted Lidie
Founder & CEO, Alienlabs
Sacramento, CA, United States

Thomas Martin
Co-Founder, Raw Garden
Santa Ynez, CA, United States

Brad Melshenker
Co-CEO, 710 Labs
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Gilbert “Berner” Milam, Jr.
Co-Founder & CEO, Cookies
San Francisco, CA, United States

Anna Duckworth & Kate Miller
Co-Founder & CEO, Miss Grass
Venice, CA, United States

Aaron Morris
Co-Founder & CEO, Wyld
Portland, OR, United States

Kristi Palmer & Scott Palmer
Co-Founders, Kiva Confections
Alameda, CA, United States

Susie Plascencia
Brand Partner, Humo
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Neema Samari
Owner & Co-Founder, Cannabiotix & Highatus
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sebastian Solano & Lukasz Tracz
Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Jeeter
Palm Springs, CA, United States

Mike Tyson
Co-Founder, Tyson 2.0
Las Vegas, NV, United States

Tony Verzura
CEO, Blue River Terps
Boston, MA, United States

Deandre “De” Watson
Head of Product, Monogram
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Nancy Whiteman
Co-Founder & CEO, Wana Brands
Denver, CO, United States

Rusty Wilenkin
Co-Founder & CEO, Old Pal
Venice, CA, United States

Ricky Williams
Founder, Highsman
Austin, TX, United States

Maggie Wilson
Creative Director, Fruit Slabs
Long Beach, CA, United States

Caroline Yeh
Co-Founder & CEO, TSUMo Snacks
Oakland, CA, United States

Distribution Nominees

Michael Beaudry
Founder & CEO, HERBL Solutions
Santa Rosa, CA, United States

Jun S. Lee & Vince Ning
Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Nabis
San Francisco, CA, United States

Lawrence Lun
CEO, eCargo Group
Hong Kong, China

Nick Kovacevich
Co-Founder, Greenlane Holdings
Boca Raton, FL, United States

Khaled Naim
Co-Founder & CEO, Onfleet
San Francisco, CA, United States

Jakob Ripshtein
CEO, Humble + Fume
Toronto, ON, Canada

Ryan Smith & Zach Silverman
Co-Founders, LeafLink
New York, NY, United States

Benedikt Sons
Co-Founder & CEO, Cansativa
Frankfurt, Germany

James Storie-Pugh
Co-Founder, Mellow
Southwark, England, United Kingdom

Chris Vaughn
Founder & CEO, Emjay
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Public Company Nominees

Hugo Alves
Co-Founder & CEO, Auxly Cannabis Group
Toronto, ON, Canada

George Archos
CEO, Verano Holdings
Chicago, IL, United States

Charles Bachtell
Founder & CEO, Cresco Labs
Chicago, IL, United States

Jim Cacioppo
Founder, Chair & CEO, Jushi Holdings
Boca Raton, FL, United States

Matt Darin
CEO, Curaleaf
New York, NY, United States

Troy Datcher
CEO, The Parent Company
San Jose, CA, United States

Sam Dorf
Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, Verano Holdings
Chicago, IL, United States

Justin Dye
CEO, Schwazze
Denver, CO, United States

Graham Farrar
President, Glass House Brands
Long Beach, CA, United States

Leo Gontmakher
CEO, 4Front Ventures
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Robert Groesbeck
Co-CEO, Planet 13 Holdings
Las Vegas, NV, United States

Boris Jordan
Executive Chair, Curaleaf
New York, NY, United States

David Klein
CEO, Canopy Growth
Smith Falls, ON, Canada

Ben Kovler
Founder, Chair & CEO, Green Thumb Industries
Chicago, IL, United States

Abner Kurtin
Founder & CEO, Ascend Wellness Holdings
New York, NY, United States

Miguel Martin
CEO, Aurora Cannabis
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Alexander Rabinovitch
CEO, InterCure
Tel Aviv, Israel

Kim Rivers
Co-Founder, Chair & CEO, Trulieve
Tallahassee, FL, United States

Gary Santo
CEO, TILT Holdings
Boston, MA, United States

Larry Scheffler
Co-CEO, Planet 13 Holdings
Las Vegas, NV, United States

Kurt Schmidt
Former CEO, Cronos Group
Long Valley, NJ, United States

Irwin Simon
Chair & CEO, Tilray Brands
Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Nicholas Vita
CEO, Columbia Care
New York, NY, United States

Jason Wild
Executive Chair, TerrAscend
Mississauga, ON, Canada

Pharma Nominees

Daniel Carcillo
Founder & CEO, Wesana
Chicago, IL, United States

Eric Cosky
Co-Founder, Tresco Labs
Frankfurt, Germany

Bruce Cozadd
Chair & CEO, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Palo Alto, CA, United States

Fabian Friede
Co-Founder, Sanity Group
Berlin, Germany

Dr. Geoffrey Guy
Founder & Chair, GW Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Finn Age Hänsel
Co-Founder, Sanity Group
Berlin, Germany

Deb Kimless
Chief Medical Officer, PG Pharmaceuticals
Sarastoa, FL, United States

Joel Latham
CEO, Incannex Healthcare
Sydney, Australia

Oludare Odumosu
CEO, Zelira Therapeutics
Newton Square, PA, United States

Guillermo Moreno Sanz
Global Scientific Director, Khiron Life Sciences
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Thomas Ziegler
Co-Founder, Tresco Labs
Frankfurt, Germany

Retail & Dispensaries Nominees

Ebony Andersen
COO, Josephine & Billie’s
COO, Ball Family Farms
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Whitney Beatty
Founder & CEO, Josephine & Billie’s
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Greta Brandt
President, TFS Brands
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Mitch Britten
CEO, Thrive
Las Vegas, NV, United States

Andrew DeAngelo
Industry Consultant, Co-Founder, Harborside Health
Oakland, CA, United States

Zachary George
CEO, Sundial
Calgary, AB, Canada

Alan Gertner
Co-Founder, Tokyo Smoke
Toronto, ON, Canada

Lorne Gertner
Co-Founder, Tokyo Smoke
Toronto, ON, Canada

Raj Grover
CEO, High Tide
Calgary, AB, Canada

Wanda James
Founder & CEO, Simply Pure
Denver, CO, United States

Fabian Monaco
CEO, Gage Growth
Toronto, ON, Canada

Pierre Sarembock
Founder, Cannibisters
Cape Town, South Africa

Eivan Shahara
Co-Founder, President & CEO, Mint Cannabis / Brightroot
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Adam Thomarios
Founder & CEO, Klutch Cannabis
Akron, OH, United States

Stéphane Trudel
CEO, Fire & Flower
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Vapes, Accessories & Packaging Nominees

Adam Cahan
CEO, Pax Labs
San Francisco, CA, United States

Mike Forenza
Managing Partner, Acorn-East
Miami, FL, United States

Garrett Fortune
Founder, FunkSac
Rock River, OH, United States

John Hartsell
Co-Founder & CEO, DIZPOT & DOSS Carts
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Sam Jurist
Co-Founder & CEO, SHO Products
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Josh Kesselman
Founder & CEO, RAW Papers
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Mike Simpson
CEO, Omura
Venice, CA, United States

Justin Tidwell
CEO, Green Rush Packaging
Irvine, CA, United States

Roger Volodarsky
Founder & CEO, Puffco
Los Angeles, CA, United States

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