We held the globinar "Global Cannabis Market Opportunities Update" with keynote speaker Lezli Engelking, founder/CEO at Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards (FOCUS). We also had the pleasure of featuring Farard Darver, CEO at Healthcare International Research.
The program was a comprehensive conversation about the current state of the cannabis market in the United States, the UK and worldwide, and Lezli shared opportunities and challenges. Watch HERE.
Lezli is a global leader in cannabis who has her finger on the pulse of opportunity, standards and developments in the global cannabis market, and here she provided a 2023 global update.
Join us to get caught up and to see a view of the future for your personal and business interests.
Speaker
Lezli Engelking - Founder/CEO at FOCUS. Lezli is the founder/CEO of the Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards (FOCUS), created in 2014. Lezli’s keen understanding of quality and safety, gained during her 12-year tenure in the pharmaceutical industry with Eli Lilly, prompted her to pivot and apply her expertise to the burgeoning cannabis industry. Bringing her over two decades of experience in the healthcare and nonprofit sectors to cannabis, in 2012 Lezli opened the first chain of vertically integrated cannabis licenses in Phoenix, Arizona. During her time in this role, she gained a comprehensive understanding of the extensive quality and safety issues involved when producing and manufacturing cannabis at scale. The lack of understanding within the cannabis industry around producing safe, quality, and consistent cannabis products caused Lezli to pivot the direction of her work in the cannabis industry. In 2014, Lezli sold all financial interest in anything related to cannabis to found FOCUS: The Cannabis Health & Safety Organization. FOCUS is an independent, 501c3 non-profit organization that develops cannabis specific standards and provides third-party accredited certification and related services to the public and private sectors globally. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communications and Statistics from Arizona State University.
Farard Darver - CEO at Healthcare International Research. Read more HERE.
Moderator
Doug Bruhnke, CEO of Global Chamber®
Doug is a global entrepreneur, speaker and author dedicated to helping members of Global Chamber® reach new markets across metros and borders. He is a two-time expat with Dupont in Tokyo and Singapore with 36+ years of global business experience in nearly all countries and segments. Doug is a member of the Arizona District Export Council and dozens of collaborating global business organizations. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah, an EMBA from Michigan State University and is co-inventor on 5 patents. Born in Mount Kisco, New York, Doug is a German-Polish American who lives with his Greek-American wife of 41+ years in Scottsdale and Palo Alto, and they are proud grandparents of baby Luca. Connect with Doug here.
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