Women Grow 2025 Leadership Summit Features Brittney Griner

The Women Grow 2025 Leadership Summit will feature WNBA star and three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Brittney Griner

The Women Grow 2025 Leadership Summit calls on women and their allies to fight for women’s fundamental healthcare rights, especially the right to use cannabis as medicine. Additionally, the Summit is a call to action across all sectors to strive to revive the cannabis industry.

The Summit will take place from Monday, February 17, through Tuesday, February 18, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland (minutes from Washington, DC).

Women Grow’s event will feature six-time Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) all-star Brittney Griner. Her story of resilience and alignment with the Cultivating Change: Empowering Women through Personal Leadership movement underscores the conference’s mandate.

Cultivating change involves proactively encouraging and supporting women to take on leadership roles by fostering their personal development, confidence, and skills, subsequently creating positive change within their communities and workplaces. Often, through mentorship, coaching, and promoting self-awareness, women can overcome societal barriers and gender biases. Women Grow aims to create this vital environment at the Leadership Summit. 

Established in 2014, Women Grow is the largest global network of women in the cannabis and hemp industry. Based on the principles of inclusivity and leadership, It provides a platform for women to connect, learn, succeed, and shape the future of the cannabis industry.

 Through events such as the Women Grow Leadership Summit, the organization brings together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and advocates, championing a diverse and equitable cannabis community. 

A Call to Band Together for Legalization, Women’s Rights, and Progress

As the Cannabis Industry expands globally, it holds immense potential to support medical innovation, economic growth, and social equity. The Women Grow Leadership Summit aims to create an ecosystem. 

“This summit is about more than women fighting for cannabis legalization and women’s fundamental right to medicine. It is a sisterhood of power that intentionally supports and trusts In one another for the betterment of our country,” said Dr. Chanda Macias, CEO of Women Grow. 

“Together, we can advocate for policies that empower women to make informed choices about their health while pushing for a more inclusive and forward-thinking nation. Let’s unite for a future where cannabis reform catalyzes equality, opportunity, and prosperity for all,” Macias continued. 

What to Expect from the Summit
The Women Grow Leadership Summit is a collaborative conference designed to educate, connect, and empower women to lead the future of cannabis legalization. Women can shape the future through political reform, entrepreneurship, investing and funding, and career development.  

People who are new to the industry will be offered the opportunity to learn about the benefits and uses of cannabis and hemp, how to start a cannabis and hemp business, broaden career opportunities by exploring various industry roles, and meet the sector’s leaders and innovators.