Stephen Eigenman – Moderator
Nangela Divine Knox – Owner of The Divine Group
Sara Walsh – Co-Founder of Higher State Marketing
Angela L’Esperance – Founder of Ms. Jane Accounting
Elliot Ginsburg – Partner at Garner, Ginsburg, & Johnsen
01:01:10 Panel 02: Education is Key: Increase Your Knowledge
About Minnesota Cannabis Products
Kayla Fearing – Moderator
Michael Gawlik – CEO of Natreum
Brock Friesen – Director of Sales at Northstar Hemp
Cara Schulz – Owner of The Flower Pot
Jesse Ventura – Former Minnesota Governor and Cannabis Advocate
2:16:42 Panel 03: What’s Next for Minnesota? Grow Your Knowledge of Minnesota Cannabis Legalization
Laura Monn Ginsburg – Moderator
Charlene Briner – MN Office of Cannabis Management Implementation
Leili FatehI – Principal at Blunt Strategies
Shawn Weber – Managing Partner at Crested River
03:11:33 Panel 04: How Minnesota Cannabis Legalization
Affects Your Business
Rachelle Gordon – Moderator
Paula Collins – Cannabis Law & Tax Specialist
Mark Waller – Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Morem & Waller
Sue Sindt – Freedom Grow
Alexandra Ruby – Founder & CEO of Happy Gnome HR
Canna Connect is a welcome, accessible, and inclusive event series designed to connect Minnesotans through a love for cannabis and our state’s growing cannabis industry. With cannabis now legal in the state of Minnesota on top of a thriving hemp industry, we aim to help attendees navigate, connect, and grow.
Above all, Canna Connect events are designed to be fun. They are informative, educational, and curated to be different from a typical industry conference. We are proponents of educating and learning with everyone from longtime cannabis users to those who are canna-curious or looking to become new cannapreneurs.
At Canna Connect 02, taking place in Minneapolis on July 29, 2023, we are building on our first event to bring attendees more panels, more opportunities to network, more space to see and interact with vendors and specialists, and more time together. Attendees will be able to ask questions, attend a variety of expert-led panels, and make new connections in a cannabis-welcoming space.
