StaffMarch 6, 2020
In honor of International Women’s Day, we are releasing our annual “Most Important Women in Weed” list for 2020. This list includes women in the industry that have collectively moved the industry forward with all of their hard work, continuous dedication and effort.
This year we opened up the list for nominations and received almost a thousand nominees. After consideration of each, we have developed what we feel is one of the most inclusive and carefully curated lists of the most accomplished and impressive women in the cannabis industry.
As we could not name them all, we would like to thank and celebrate all of the women who have dedicated their precious time to the advancement of cannabis globally.
It is because of each one of these ladies that this industry remains in the lead above all others as far as female leadership is concerned.
This list is in no special order. Each one of these women provide a great contribution to the cannabis industry in their own unique and badass way.
Thank you to every one of you for all that you do!
The “List”
Dr. Chanda Macias
Yvonne DeLaRosa Green
Mara Gordon
Rosie Mattio
Shawna McGregor
Lori Ferrara
Gaynell Rogers
Stormy Simon
Trista Okel
Lori Ajax
Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran
Kim Rivers
Amanda Soens
Dona Frank
Kat King
Sara Payan
Hannah Daphna
Sandra Castaneda
Erin Gore
Wendy Kornberg
Kristin Nevedal
Wendy Turner
Parisa Rad
Brittany Nicholson
Emily Paxhia
Jessica Billingsley
Gia Moron
Andrea Brooks
Tahira Rehmatullah
Tracey Mason
Lindy Snyder
Jasmine Rose Gunderson
Shannon Hattan
Adelia Carrillo
Karen Petersen
Wanda James
Barbara Blaser
Ophelia Chong
Amanda Ostrowitz
Pamela Nicole Epstein
Melissa Mentele
Jamie Cooper
Sarah Remesch
Jessie Gill
Erica Daniels
Lizzy Jeff
Lelehnia DuBois
Whitney Beatty
Dr. Michele Ross
Manndie Tingler
Chef Lauren Gockley
Kyra Reed
Jamie Evans
Kristin Jordan
Ellie Siegel
Sara Brittany Somerset
Linda Marsicano
Heidi Groshelle
Amber Senter
Nique Pichette
Jennifer Price
Molly Peckler
Bonita Money
Susan Hwang
Judy Yee
Julie Chiarello
Leah Heis
Leslie Andrachuk
Terra Carver
Nancy Whiteman
Luna Stower
Karen Paull and Wendy Robbins
Beth Stavola
Alison Gordon
Penny Green
Sara Gullickson
Dr. Lakisha Jenkins
Pamela Hadfield
Jessica Peters
Dr. Rachel Knox and Dr. Jessica Knox
Tiffany Bowden
Mary Jane Gibson
Michelle Janikian
Dr. Uma Dhanabalan
Taylor Blake
AC Braddock
Kerri Accardi
Heather Sobel
Betty Aldworth
Cathy Jordan
Suzanne Sisley
Nina Parks
Eliza Nova Maroney
Selena Xochitl Martinez
Angelika Penuela-Ruiz
Sarah Mitra Payan
Gretchen Gailey
Nikki Lastreto
Ann Lawrence
Sheena Shiravi
Christina Ianuzzi
Kassandra Frederique
Shannon Buyers
Celia Tapp
Kelly Archer
Katie Field
Randi Sether
Shannon Reed
Katrina Yolen
Ngiste Abebe
Brooke Westlake
Courtney Maltais
Katrina Tso
Anne Don0hoe
Alicia Rose Kelley
Dr. Jacqueline Harding, PhD
Mary Pryor
Dr. Uma Dhabalan
Olivia Mannix
Heather DeRose
Libby Cooper
Leslie Hoffman
Yvonne Perez Emerson
Again, thank you to all of the women who do so much in our industry day in and day out. Your work does not go unnoticed and is deeply appreciated.
Happy International Women’s Day to all women around the world!
Special shout out to our Green Market Report co-founders Debra Borchardt and Cynthia Salarizadeh on this day!
Cynthia Salarizadeh
