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Donovan Edwards has extensive experience working in the international cannabis industry. He has had dialogue with various governments on the future of drug policy and trade relations. He has also consulted on cannabis regulatory issues, including legalization, and standard operating procedures on four continents. Donovan has more than 20 years of experience working under Health Canada’s MMAR & MMPR.

Dr. DeVlaming has over 25 years’ experience treating addictions, with 10 years spent serving as head of Addiction Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital. He has served 8 years as Medical Director for Vancouver Coastal Health’s Inner-City Clinics. He is also extensively published and presented in the areas of HIV, Hepatitis C and Addiction. Currently, Dr. Devlaming is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer for Vancouver Coastal Health Community and a practicing physician in a Downtown Vancouver East side Medical Clinic

Andrew Pike has a B.A. from the University of Victoria, and is a Juris Doctor from the University of Windsor. He is founder and former Senior Director of Opportunitas Aequa – registered charity using soccer as a peace building tool. Pike was called to the bar in British Columbia and is practicing corporate and commercial matters as well as real estate conveyancing.

Nameer Ramzan is a serial entrepreneur who has helped create multi-million dollar business ventures in North America and globally. He has built production and cultivation facilities as well as successfully opened retail dispensaries. Ramzan’s international ventures also included a founding partner of Yom Chai, an International Clinical Trial company.

Innovation in medicine and governance is Amber’s passion. Her clinical practice applies evidence-based research to support patients. Content marketing and education has allowed her to reach a global audience. Leadership and capacity building in diverse communities around issues of mental health inform the work she does today. Generating resilience through peer support and harm reduction are foundational to her approach. Amber graduated with high honours and is licensed in British Columbia.

Mark Epping-Jordan is a neuroscientist with over 30 years experience in behavioural pharmacology, addiction research and drug development. He was a co-founder and the Chief Scientific Officer of Addex Therapeutics, a Swiss pharmaceutical company. In that role, he was responsible for directing all preclinical behavioural testing, numerous multinational collaborations and was the behavioural lead for co-development projects with large pharma partners including Janssen and Merck. He was integrally involved in raising more than $100 million in venture capital and in the company’s IPO on the Swiss Stock Exchange, which raised over $110 million. Epping-Jordan is the author of numerous scientific publications including in high-impact journals such as Nature and Nature Neuroscience, and is an inventor on multiple patents.

Duncan Penn is a 4 time New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, and an early Investor in Lyft, SpaceX, Tesla, Superette, and Loan Pal. He has lectured at TEDx, Harvard Law, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and over 100+ North American Colleges and Universities. Penn has been featured on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Fortune.

Drummond Munro is an investor, Brand Adviser and Chief Brand Officer of Superette, an award winning cannabis retailer and lifestyle brand. He has spent the last ten years working with some of North America’s top retail brands on strategy, design, real estate selection, and international expansion strategies. These include: Tokyo Smoke, Herschel, Kit + Ace, Nike to name a few and has been featured in Forbes, NYT, BrandingMag, Globe and Mail and many others.

Most recently, Munro helped build the retail program at Tokyo Smoke, and led its expansion efforts until its sale to Canopy Growth in 2018 for $500 million.

Suzanne Wood has over 30 years’ experience in financial and corporate sectors, specializing in small cap management and regulatory compliance assistance. She has worked with Revenue Canada’s Business Audit Division, as well as serving as Senior Executive for both private and publicly listed companies on exchanges including the TSX-V, TSX, CSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, and the OTCBB.

Dr. Linnell Malinson Edwards has been a 35 year Research Scientist for the Government of Canada (Retired), Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie University (Retired), and Board of Governors member for the University of Prince Edward Island (Retired). Dr. Edwards is a current Member of the Farm Practices Review Board and Environmental Advisory Council for the Government of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Edwards has an extensive background and expertise in Agronomy (Crops and Soils) with focus on practical application of field and laboratory scientific research. He has national and International private sector experience performing Environmental Impact Assessments, Industrial Land Reclamation, and Agricultural Diversification Planning in Alberta, Quebec, Nigeria, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Algeria, and St. Lucia.