2026 SPEAKERS:

  • Eric Brewer

    SVP of Government Relations and Public Affairs, Total Wine and More

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  • Seng Robertson

    Director, Cannabis Research and Development, The Boston Beer Company

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  • David Klein

    CEO, COO, CFO, Constellation Brands & Canopy Growth

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  • Rebekah Stevenson

    Head of Packaged Beverage, Circle K

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  • Rebecca Maisel

    Chairman of the Board, NBWA & SVP, Gulf Distributing

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  • Lisa Jacobson

    Author, Intoxicating Pleasures

    Professor, University of California Santa Barbara

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  • Jon Halper

    Owner / CEO, Top Ten Liquors

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  • Dave Larue

    EVP, Sales & Purchasing, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits

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  • Lila McKinley

    Cannabis Control Division Director, State of Connecticut

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  • Steve Jabour

    Spec’s Wine, Spirits, and Food

  • Lonnie McQuirter

    Director of Operations, 36 Lyn

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  • Diana Eberlein

    Chair, Coalition for Adult Beverage Alternatives

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  • Ryan Lake

    Managing Director, Beverage Investment Banking, J.P.Morgan

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  • Michael Hermann

    Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Allied Beverage Group

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  • Sara Harmelin

    Vice President, Portfolio Development, Allied Beverage Group

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  • Austin Sawyer

    CEO and Founder, Counter Measures Corp

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  • Justin Ashby

    Chief Administrative Officer, Southern Crown Partners

  • Ben Larson

    CEO, Vertosa

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  • Norm Birenbaum

    Founding President, Cannabis Regulators Association (‘20-‘21)

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  • Michelle Bodian

    General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Nowadays

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  • Rick Schepp

    General Manager, Beverage, Green Thumb Industries

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  • Dan Fabricant

    CEO & President, Natural Products Association

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  • Emily Heintz

    Founder & CEO, Sechey

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  • Peter Berg

    President, Frontier Risk

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  • Dawson Hobbs

    EVP, Government Affairs, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America

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  • John Bodnovich

    Executive Director, American Beverage Licensees (ABL)

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  • David Vaillencourt

    Board Chair & Co-Founder, S3 Collective

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  • Ryan Moses

    CEO, Best Brands

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  • Jake Bullock

    CEO, Cann

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  • AnnaRae Grabstein

    CEO, Wolf Meyer

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  • Graham Rigby

    President & CEO, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)

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  • Melissa Vonder Haar

    Chair, CSP C-Store Cannabis Board

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  • Brittany Somerset

    Sr. Global Drug Policy Analyst, United Nations

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  • Grant Bleecher

    Head of Business Development & Growth, TruAge

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  • John Lynch

    CEO, KushTRAX

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  • Jason Zelinski

    VP North American Retail, NielsenIQ

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  • Thomas Winstanley

    EVP, General Manager, Edibles.com

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  • Will Shearer

    SVP, Business Strategy & General Counsel, United Distributors

  • Dave Moore

    Owner/Sr Director of Government Affairs, Climbing Kites & EVP for U.S. Hemp Roundtable & Board of Directors, U.S. Hemp Authority 

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