EXECUTIVE TEAM | BOARD OF DIRECTORS | MANAGEMENT TEAM
Executive Team
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Brayden R. SuttonPresident, CEOMr. Sutton has been involved in the legal cannabis sector since 2012, where he held various executive positions with both public and private companies at the leading edge of the emerging cannabis industry. |
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Joe BleackleyChief Operations OfficerMr. Bleackley is a capital markets professional with a talent for building and managing teams. Having been with the company since inception, Joe has been instrumental in transitioning the organization from a startup to an enterprise. |
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Chris RebentischUSA Chief Operations OfficerMr. Rebentisch founded Infused Mfg. after personally developing and crafting each product with the belief in the natural healing properties of cannabis. He is a seasoned cultivator and advocate for the industry in the State of Nevada. |
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Cameron WattVP Business DevelopmentMr. Watt combines over 30 years of successful business negotiation and strategic leadership experience in various industries, with a talent for developing, launching and managing businesses. |
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Ryan MaarschalkChief Financial OfficerMr. Maarschalk is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and candidate for the Chartered Business Valuation (CBV) designation. Mr. Maarschalk has worked with a leading Canadian accounting firm and brings business valuable public and private company experience. |
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Josh TaylorBusiness DevelopmentMr. Taylor is a successful entrepreneur in the legal cannabis space with several years’ experience in business development within the consumer packaged goods industry. Mr. Taylor’s role is establishing further distribution networks for the Company’s branded suite of products, and opening new markets for expansion in North America. |
Board of Directors
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Brayden R. SuttonPresident, CEO and DirectorMr. Sutton has been involved in the legal cannabis sector since 2012, where he held various executive positions with both public and private companies at the leading edge of the emerging cannabis industry. |
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Brian Farrell, CADirectorMr. Farrell is a partner with a public accountancy firm, focusing on taxation and accounting and has served as CFO and director to both privately held and publicly listed companies. |
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Andy RichardsCEO, Spire Global Strategy, DirectorMr. Richards is a seasoned leader in both police services and international private securities for high-risk regulated industries, founding Spire to provide compliance, risk mitigation and security program design for the legal cannabis sector. |
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D. Richard Skeith BA/JDDirectorMr. Skeith is a partner with a large international law firm and has degrees in economics and law from the University of Alberta. |
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Chris RebentischDirectorMr. Rebentisch founded Infused Mfg. after personally developing and crafting each product with the belief in the natural healing properties of cannabis. He is a seasoned cultivator and advocate for the industry in the State of Nevada. |
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Cameron WattDirectorMr. Watt combines over 30 years of successful business negotiation and strategic leadership experience in various industries, with a talent for developing, launching and managing businesses. |
Management Team
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Alexia HelgasonCorporate Communications DirectorMs. Helgason is a Marketing, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations professional with over 22 years’ experience in corporate environments. Ms. Helgason spent 12 years in marketing and business development for TSX and TSX Venture Exchanges and has worked with a number of publicly-traded companies implementing effective communications and IR strategies aimed at increasing visibility, liquidity and profile. |
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Kelsey VanderhorstBrand ManagerMs. Vanderhorst has over a decade of experience in brand development, creative direction, marketing and leveraging the power of social media. She's secured product placements on some of the biggest network TV shows and international publications and has experience in both PR and Celebrity endorsements. |
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Marion McGrathCorporate SecretaryMs. McGrath is the Founder of iO Corporate Services Ltd., and over the last 18 years has served as Corporate Secretary for a number of publicly-listed companies in both the US and Canada. Ms. McGrath oversees all corporate filings for 1933 Industries and liaises with securities regulators. |
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Victoria PekarskyFinance Manager, CanadaMs. Pekarsky serves as the Finance Manager for 1933 Industries, overseeing the Company’s financial day-to-day operations. She is a Certified General Accountant with 20 years’ experience in accounting, administration, management, and analysis for a variety of organizations. Ms. Pekarsky is fluent in Russian and Spanish. |
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Caleb M. Zobrist, EsqUSA Vice President and General CounselMr. Zobrist has been a licensed Nevada attorney since 2009. Mr. Zobrist has handled numerous transactions, including mergers and acquisitions for private and public companies. He has represented marijuana companies in Nevada since the state's launch of its legal medical marijuana program in 2014. |
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Stanleigh "Teddy" SullivanUSA VP of Business DevelopmentMr. Sullivan has been an owner and operator in the THC and CBD business for five years and joined Infused MFG. in the role of VP of Business Development, focusing on evaluating potential business mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, strategic investments, contract negotiations and business operations. |
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Ester VigilUSA VP of SalesMs. Vigil spent more than 17 years in the cosmetics industry before switching her focus to medical cannabis. As VP of sales, Ms. Vigil is responsible for all sales initiatives, including negotiating client accounts, securing product placement in retail outlets, managing sales staff and marketing products across all sales channels. |
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Elissa WyrickUSA VP of MarketingAs Co-Founder of Infused MFG., Ms. Wyrick’s 25 years’ experience in design and deep knowledge of online marketing has been utilized to implement integrated marketing experiences and digital marketing strategies with real results. She creates and implements the branding of the Company’s product lines, and oversees all strategic marketing campaigns for both Alternative Medicine Association and Infused MFG. |
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Natalie RiderUSA VP of FinanceMs. Rider is the Vice President of Finance for 1933 Management Services. She is an accounting executive with over 25 years of experience in a number of fields, gaining a wealth of applicable expertise including budgeting, operations, system design, database management, and financial management. |
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LJ RobinsonUSA VP of OperationsMr. Robinson oversees all aspects of the Company’s operations in the US and brings over 10 years of experience in the cannabis sector as a grower. Prior to entering the cannabis industry, Mr. Robinson spent 10 years in computer programming. |
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Tim SpencerUSA Master GrowerMr. Spencer is a seasoned agriculture specialist with more than 20 years of professional experience, working with some of the largest names in the agricultural industry and specifically in the legal cannabis sector in California and Colorado. Mr. Spencer worked as Director of Cultivation for one of Colorado’s largest cannabis companies, overseeing a large indoor and outdoor production totalling four cultivation sites. Mr. Spencer is responsible for managing all aspects of AMA’s operation, from production planning to cultivation and harvesting, in order to maximize sales, output and profitability. |
Spire Team
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Andrew RichardsSpire Chief Executive OfficerMr. Richards is a seasoned leader in both police services and international private security for high-risk regulated industries, founding Spire to provide compliance, risk mitigation and security program design for the legal cannabis sector. After a diverse thirty-four year career in three separate police agencies, Andy retired in June 2015 as a Deputy Chief Constable in the Greater Vancouver area. As a Deputy Chief and member of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police, Mr. Richards was involved in the dialogue with Health Canada regarding marijuana regulations. He remains an associate member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. |
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Jeff MeyersSpire Chief Operating OfficerMr. Meyers brings 24 years of Canadian law enforcement experience specializing in covert operations, organized crime, and cross border regulation, enforcement, and interdiction. Mr. Meyers has a strong strategic and tactical understanding of organized crime involvement in the marijuana black market based on numerous major drug interdiction operations. He has worked closely with international partner agencies from the United States as well as from other countries including the Australian Federal Police, Scotland Yard and Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. |
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Gavin DewSpire PresidentMr. Dew is an experienced public affairs and business development professional who has stewarded multi-billion dollar projects through complex strategic, regulatory, and political challenges in multiple industries. He has advised a wide range of clients on public affairs, corporate strategy, and communications. Mr. Dew has an MBA from the University of Oxford, where he wrote his thesis on how to gain social and political acceptance for companies, industries, and policies. |
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Tim HumberstoneSpire Chief Strategy OfficerMr. Humberstone is a security and compliance expert possessing strong relationships with federal, provincial, and municipal law enforcement agencies. During his 20-year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mr. Humberstone worked with municipal and federal drug enforcement, the Organized Crime Agency, and Combined Forces Special Enforcement Units. He has worked closely with Health Canada and the Office of Medical Cannabis creating security-related policies and procedures, applications, international import/export permitting, and reporting relating to establishing regulated cannabis operations. |
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Kevin MeadSpire Chief Administration Office & Director International ProgramsThroughout his 23-year career as an Officer in the Canadian Army, Mr. Mead has served across the country and internationally in numerous command, training and senior staff positions at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. He transitioned from the Regular Force in 2014 as the Commanding Officer of a Canadian Forces Detachment and has since served as an Industrial Relations Officer for the BC Ministry of Labour responsible for legislative compliance and enforcement and most recently as VP Operations in a private manufacturing firm in the security and defence industry. |
