About Us

Jhon J. Betancurt Rendon

Zootechnical Veterinary Doctor

University of Caldas. Master in Agroecology and Sustainable Development. University of Cordoba. Spain. Diploma in medicine and surgery of exotic animals and unconventional pets. V.S. Scientific Director of the Veterinary Medicinal Cannabis Network. Co-founder and leader of the Green Consciousness Corporation. Researcher and consultant in treatments with Phytocannabinoids for pets, domestic, exotic and production animals. Member of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology – SOCLA. Finalist Canon X Israel Tel Aviv. Member of the Editorial and Scientific Council of the Remevet-Vetcann Magazine 2019-2020-2021-2022. ISSN 2448-8968 Mexico. (Veterinary Medicine Journal). Researcher in the Line of Rural Development and Territorial Planning at the Javeriana University. Scientific disseminator.

Mish Castillo

Veterinary Doctor Cannabis specialist

Doctor in Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico; with experience in clinical ethology of dogs, cats and other felines, animal welfare, bioethics and uses of medical medicinal cannabis in veterinary medicine.

Diploma in Medicine and Management of Domestic and Wild Felids, UAEH 2018.
He has three certifications in medical cannabis, including the certification
as Veterinary Cannabis Counselor (Veterinary Cannabis Counselor) by Veterinary Cannabis Education and Consulting in Colorado, USA, 2021.

Patrick Devlyn

Founder BENEDEV Health Group

Visionary businessman whose objective is to contribute to closing the gap in access to Health, through alliances that articulate innovative and disruptive models that positively impact the level of well-being of our users and patients.

Pamela Epstein

General Counsel Eden Enterprises

Prior to her current position as the General Counsel and Chief Licensing & Regulatory Officer withone of the State’s pioneering vertically integrated cannabis and hemp operators Eden Enterprises, Inc., Pamela was the Founder of Green Wise Companies – Green Wise Legal & Green Wise Consulting, California’s premiere full-service cannabis consulting company and law firm, providing a range of legal, consulting, business development and application permitting services to every facet of the cannabis industry. Pamela’s diverse background, inclusive of legal, land use, and environmental work, placed her in a unique position to lead and advise her clients and the cannabis community in general.
Pamela has become known as a fearless advocate for local cannabis businesses along the supply chain guiding them through the ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape. Recognized as an expert in her field, Pamela serves as a featured speaker, providing energetic and compelling commentary focused on topics such as land use and zoning, regulatory compliance and environmental issues. Pamela’s mission is to advance industry and foster stability and growth.
Pamela is a trusted resource for local governments looking to effectively regulate cannabis within their jurisdictions and has served as the Special City Attorney for the City of Hollister regarding their Commercial Cannabis Ordinance. Along with providing her clients with exceptional service she is proud to serve as current President of the California Cannabis Industry Association’s (“CCIA”) Board of Directors and a Co-Chair of the Retail and Distribution Committee, a member of the In-house Counsel Subcommittee of the International Cannabis Bar Association (“INCBA”), a Board-member of the California Hemp Council (“CHC”) and Member of American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp (“ATACH”) Chairing the Committee on Standards.

Fernando Cárcamo

Co-founder Paradise

Monterrey businessman, co-founder of Paradise, a leading retail chain in Mexico in the distribution of products related to and derived from cannabis.

David Belsky

CEO and Founder at FlowerHire

David Belsky, CEO and Founder at FlowerHire – David Belsky is a recruiting industry veteran and founder of FlowerHire, an Executive Talent and Human Capital Advisory Firm that has become a core building block of the Cannabis industry. FlowerHire has grown to become the leading bridge-building and talent advisory firm, seeding industry leaders into the companies that are actively shaping the cannabis industry with nearly 1000 placements in 19 states and multiple countries. Advisor, Investor to multiple plant-touching and ancillary cannabis ventures. Dave Graduated Cornell University with a degree in Industrial Relations.

Daniel Radio

General Secretary of the National Drug Board of Uruguay

Dr. Daniel Radío Presta was appointed Secretary General of the National Drug Board, he is a medical doctor and has been linked to the issue of drugs for a long time, both from the exercise of his profession as a doctor, and from his experience as a legislator.

He was Deputy Director and Deputy Director at the Jardines del Hipodromo Health Center, a first-level care center located on the northeastern outskirts of Montevideo, where he worked particularly in relation to people with problematic drug use, and even participated in a device of treatment with therapeutic companions, which constituted an interesting experience that took place in the area.

Gerardo García

Director of Translational Research TecSalud

Biologist graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He later completed a doctorate in biomedical sciences at UNAM / Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez CDMX, later did a postdoctoral stay in the department of physiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison WI. He is currently Professor-Researcher at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Leader of the Research Group with a Strategic Approach: Cardiovascular Medicine and Metabolomics and Leader of the Research Unit in Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies “The Institute for Obesity Research”, Director of Translational Research , Tec Health at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. His research laboratory is located at the Zambrano Hellion Hospital, in the city of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León.

Servando Cardona

National Director of TecSalud Clinical Research

Director of Clinical Research, TecSalud, Surgeon and Obstetrician graduated from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, specializing in Oncological Surgery from the Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Germany in the area of oncology (German Center Cancer Research, DKFZ) CONACYT Scholarship. Later he did postdoctoral studies at the Melanoma Clinic, California Pacific Medical Center. In the clinical field, he completed his General Surgery residency at the Mexican Institute of Social Security, Specialty Hospital number 25 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Later he completed his training in Breast Surgery at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
FIRST PHASE 3 CBD clinical study in Latin America.

Later, he was repatriated by CONACYT to join for more than 10 years as Full Professor A, in the General Surgery Service of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. He has two books published in Mexico and book chapters abroad. In addition to 30 publications in indexed journals. He received the 2018 Research Award from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. He developed the Popular Insurance program at the San José Hospital with care in breast cancer, cervical cancer and childhood cancer (2010-2019).

María Fernanda Arboleda

Doctor Expert in Medical Cannabis

Physician and surgeon, from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá; anesthesiologist and specialist in pain medicine and palliative care, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, and the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City; Clinical Fellowship in Regional Anesthesia, Anesthesia for Spine Surgery, and Interventional Pain Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; postdoctoral studies in research in Cancer Support Care and Medical Cannabis, at McGilly Santé Cannabis University, a leading clinic specializing in the prescription of medical cannabis in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Currently, Dr. Arboleda is the Associate Director of Research at Santé Cannabis, and she has extensive experience in the responsible and safe prescription of medicinal cannabis in different clinical contexts.

Heidy Alexis Sancén

CEO Don Pipa Dom y Revolución con Flores

CFO and Co-founder of Revolución con Flores, CEO of Don Pipa Dom, Ambassador of Trichome Institute Mx Specialist in Business and International Relations, as well as in good practices in the cannabis industry.

She graduated from UVU Utah, UIC, and University of Santiago de Compostela. Entrepreneur, opinion leader and activist of the Mexican cannabis industry with more than 8 years of experience.

Ryan Early

CEO Blue Green Ventures

CEO and Founder of Nayr Holdings, a fully integrated technology, product and thought leadership development program. He is also the CEO and founder of Can-Tek LabsTM, Oklahoma’s first FDA-registered manufacturing facility providing Hemp oil-infused products since 2016 nationwide. Launched as a single-person operation, Nayr Holdings companies now employ over 40+ people.

Tania Zertuche

Director of Wellness and Prevention

General Practitioner from the Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Medicine.
Master in Palliative Medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid; Palliative Medicine clinical stay at Hospital San Pau Barcelona.
Specialty of Internal Medicine Tecnologico de Monterrey Multicentric Program and SSNL.
Certified in Functional Medicine by the Institute of Functional Medicine.
Studying Doctorate in Clinical Research Tecnologico de Monterrey: intestinal microbiota thesis in COVID 19
Currently studying the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine.
COVID Team Doctor until September July 2020 to September 2021.
Director Specialty Internal Medicine 2017-2021.
Director of Wellness and Lifestyle Medicine of the Tecsalud system March 2021-February 2022.

Julio Sánchez

President ALó ProScience Latam

In March 2011 he joined the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) as Coordinator of Advisors to the Federal Commissioner, a position he held until July 2012 when he was elected Commissioner of Sanitary Development and in March 2016 he was appointed Federal Commissioner COFEPRIS, a position he held until November 2018.
Currently, he is the founding president of the Latin American Association of Regulatory Affairs Professionals, “ALó ProCiencias”, an international non-profit academic organization focused on the promotion of Good Regulatory Practices and Regulatory Convergence in Latin America. Additionally, since 2019 he is a professor of the Health Law specialty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for the period 2020-2025.

Janet Jackim

Partner Zuber Lawler

Named one of the Best Lawyers in America®, is an experienced leader for all kinds of matters related to the cannabis industry. She handled the acquisition of cannabis operations across the nation and represented clients in relation to cannabis dispensary certificate applications, buyout transactions, business restructuring, and partner dispute resolution. Ms. Jackim’s clients include multistate operators, dispensaries, producers, cultivators, investors, lenders, landlords, tenants, and vendors. She serves on the Board of Directors of Arizona Cannabis Chamber of Commerce and in leadership roles in other notable cannabis-related organizations. Ms. Jackim obtained her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and her B.A., with honors, from Indiana University.

Erick Ponce

CEO ICAN

Businessman, investor and entrepreneur focused on the health sector. Founder and Executive Director of ICAN, a company focused on the medical cannabis market in Latin America; ICAN is one of the few companies that have the accreditations and licenses to operate in the Mexican medicinal cannabis market and that have achieved the legal and ethical importation, maquila, sale and dispensing of cannabinoid-based medicines in the country, including the use of molecules such as CBD, CBG, THC, among others.

Tomas A. Ortiz

Counsel Zuber Lawler

Offers 20 years of litigation experience. His practice focuses on bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy asset sales, domestic and international restructuring, and insolvency. Mr. Ortiz represents a wide range of stakeholders, including creditors, debtors, trustees, creditor’s committees, franchisors, real estate enterprises, and corporate/institutional interest. He has worked with banks and non-institutional lenders, commercial entities, and real estate professionals. Mr. Ortiz is currently focused on helping clients meet restructuring challenges in the cannabis space. He obtained a J.D. from USC School of Law.

Carla Pareja

Associate Zuber Lawler

She focuses on corporate transactions and regulatory matters, often in relation to Europe and Latin America. She’s been representing cannabis companies for most of her legal career. After graduating from a top university in Spain, she earned her LL.M from USC School of Law. She works in Spanish and Portuguese.

Andrew DeAngelo

Cannabis Industry Consultant and Strategic Advisor, Co-founder of Harborside & Last Prisoner Project

Is a unique leader who builds organizations from the ground up. He is the co-founder of Harborside Inc., a publicly traded cannabis company. He is the co-founder and current chair of the board of directors for the non-profit, Last Prisoner Project. And he is the co-founder of the California Cannabis Industry Association trade organization. In addition, Andrew is one of the few people to have owned and operated cannabis companies in the legacy, medical, and adult-use markets on both coasts of the United States. As an activist for the last 35 years, Andrew helped legalize medical and adult-use cannabis in California and Washington, D.C. He is the very definition of a trailblazer and someone known as a pioneer in the industry.

Israel Madrid

Director of the Mexican Council of Cannabis and Hemp

Entrepreneur and professional in the financial sector, in 2020 he founded, with 11 other members, the Mexican Council of Cannabis and Hemp, a Civil Association with the mission of collaborating in the construction and consolidation of a competitive and well-founded Mexican cannabis industry, based on a new business culture of fair trade and good practices, leading the world market by repositioning Mexico on the international plane. In 2021 he assumes the General Directorate of the Mexican Council of Cannabis and Hemp, the same year in which he begins to participate as a partner and member of the board of directors of Herbomed, Green Door Consulting and Centro Cultural Studio Berlin.

Vicente Fox

President of Mexico (2000 – 2006) Cannabis Activist

President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, the first opposition member to hold office in 70 years. He was governor of his home state of Guanajuato, he is also a farmer and worked at Coca Cola for 14 years, where he came to hold the position of regional president of Latin America, he is currently a businessman and philanthropist who continues to fight for Mexico through his Central foundations. Fox and Let’s Go Mexico Foundation.

An ardent cannabis activist, he is also the founder of the CannaMéxico forum, which, since its first edition in 2018, promotes cannabis legislation in Mexico and throughout Latin America. In addition, he is one of the most important business partners of the CBD and hemp products store, Paradise.

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