CannaCon St. Paul 2026 Exhibitor List

Cat Cora is a world-renowned chef, best-selling author, restaurateur, contributing editor, television host and personality, avid philanthropist, health and fitness expert, lifestyle entrepreneur and proud mother of six. Cat is best known for her role as the first female Iron Chef on Food Network’s Iron Chef America.

Wayne Green is co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Elevate Technologies, a formulations company specializing in science-driven technologies. He is co-creator of Trinity Terpenes and his career in biotechnology spans over 20 years.

Orion Inskip, a senior attorney at Gleam Law, is one of the country’s leading CBD authorities. He represents numerous US and international clients including farmers, brokers, public companies, major dietary supplement manufacturers, to name a few.

Kayla Rau brings to the industry a history of education for beginners of all kinds.

Jared Mirsky and his award-winning branding agency, Wick & Mortar have been featured in 15 magazines including Entrepreneur, Forbes, Huff, CNN, Geekwire, The Dieline, HighTimes, MJ Venture and more.

Carly Culin holds a wealth of knowledge in cannabis cultivation.

Sandy Suchoff CPA is the founder of The Canna CPAs ( Lefstein-Suchoff CPA & Associates, LLC ) which was formed in 1997. She has been featured on FOX News and MSNBC as a tax advisor, and has appeared on podcasts, in newspapers and is currently co-authoring a book on tax planning strategies with an emphasis on cannabis tax. In addition to being a licensed Certified Public Accountant, Sandy Suchoff CPA is also a Certified Tax Planner, QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and Certified Tax Resolution Specialist. She is a national speaker on 280E for shows such across the country and has been on Cannabis Radio. Purple Haze Radio, & writes articles for magazines such as the National Marijuana News on 280E tax & accounting.

Neil Juneja is the founder of Gleam Law, a cannabis-focused law firm with offices in Washington, Oregon, and California. His practice focuses on trademark and patent law for cannabis brands and inventions.

Meagan is an advisor at Seattle Children’s Hospital and core staff for Seattle Hempfest. author of Just Breathe, Baby. this year filed a lawsuit against the WALCB regarding the marketing and advertising laws and our constitutional right to hear information

In 2009, Mike interned on an organic farm in Gravel Switch, Kentucky and founded Growing Warriors—the first veteran-oriented food security project with a mission to equip, asset and train military veterans in production agriculture to feed themselves, their families, and their communities. In 2014, Lewis began farming hemp as part of the Kentucky Pilot Program. With the support of Fibershed and Patagonia, Lewis became the first federally permitted hemp farmer in the U.S. since prohibition. He has won numerous awards for his work in agriculture and farming,—the 2013 and 2014 Local Food Hero Award, the 2015 Wendell Berry New Agrarian, Kentucky Colonel Award, the 2014 Yahoo People That Made the World a Better Place award, and the GRIST 50 award. In 2017, Lewis co-founded Third Wave Farms—an industrial hemp company-based Livingston, Kentucky. He also serves as Board Director of Growing Warriors, serves as Board Member of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), is a former member of the KY Hemp Commission, where he was instrumental in crafting Kentucky and Federal legislation surrounding the newly passed 2019 Farm Bill.

CEO of the Cannabis Horticultural & Agricultural Consulting Co. (CHARCCO) & Gov. Walz’s subject matter expert on cannabis cultivation to the Office of Cannabis Management. Bryant is experienced as Chief of Horticulture in large scale commercial ops. Also, authoring MN cannabis policy, curriculum, regulations and applications 2019 Mahmoud ElSholy Award recipient. Plant Scientist (U of M) with a focus in plant production systems, breeding and genetics specializing in the cannabis species.

Born and raised in Minneapolis, MN, Ventura is a former Navy UDT/SEAL, professional wrestler, WWE Hall of Famer, actor, and former Governor of Minnesota. He is a long-time advocate for the legalization of cannabis and currently operates Jesse Ventura Farms and Retro Bakery.

Scott has thirty (30) years of experience in business consulting, management, administration, and operations. Although non-practicing, he graduated Brooklyn Law School and became a partner a NYC corporate reorganization and bankruptcy law firm. Thereafter, Scott served as Executive Vice President of an LA based merger & acquisition firm specializing in acquiring, improving, and successfully selling companies in a variety of industries. Most notably, Scott was President of a Honduran knit apparel maker overseeing EBITDA growth from $0 to $7.0m in 4 years and was responsible for over 1,500 employees. Scott acted as Chief Operating Officer for a startup sustainable textile mill in Louisiana and currently provides business development services for The Caputo Group – a family-owned professional employer organization. Approaching all such projects from an owner/operator perspective, he is intimately familiar with sourcing and managing staff, financial and administrative matters, as well as operations.

Jeff manages Sapphire Risk’s Phase 3 projects, including SOPs, security employee training, on-site risk assessments, and critical incident awareness. Jeff has experience in the Security/Asset Protection field for over 30 years in high-risk retail and has helped train over 10,000 employees in safety/security throughout his career. He also helped create MySapphireTraining, the first cannabis safety/security training LMS (learning management system) to aid dispensaries in training their employees on safety/security.