Cannabis Is Coming To Town

Join the Canadian Cannabis Chamber for an informative evening session to find out more about how the legalization of Cannabis in Canada will impact your municipality. Hear first hand what worked and what didn’t work from industry/municipal/indigenous experts from the across the United States. SPEAKER BIOS Justin Jones is the Owner of Cannabis Business Consulting in Colorado. As a successful entrepreneur, Justin brings more than twenty years experience in startups, product acquisition, sales and cannabis cultivation and dispensing. He is also co-owner of Kush Bottles Colorado, DANK, and Elm Properties. Dustin McDonald is the Vice President of Government Relations for Weedmaps, where he leads the effort to engage Congress, the Administration and state and local governments on marijuana policy reforms. Dustin joined Weedmaps in 2016 after serving for three and a half years as the Director of the GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center, where he led advocacy on municipal finance issues for the Public Finance Network, a coalition of state, county and city government associations. Kevin M. Acebo has more than 30 years of experience working in the areas of public policy, public affairs and politics. Having served as a key advisor to elected officials, political campaigns, and fortune 500 companies, Kevin has helped shape California’s political landscape, public policy and the framework for cannabis in the state. Deni Leonard is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon, and in addition to serving as a First Nations advisor for the Canadian Cannabis Chamber, he sits as the Chairman of the Multi-Ethnic Economic Coalition, International Operations Director of the World Indigenous Economic Council, and Chairman of the World Indigenous Economic Summit.