Dr. Rasochova is the founder and CEO of Dermala Inc., and Director of the Entrepreneurship program at the UCSD Rady School of Management. She has held leadership positions in biotech and pharma for over 15 years, including as the R&D leader of vaccine technologies at DowPharma.

Head of Seed for Farmers Business Network; previously Head of Enogen, and CEO of GreenLeaf Genetics from its start through acquisition by Syngenta. Deep experience in genetic licensing and commercial seed sales in N. America and Europe, and leadership roles in the American Seed Trade Association.

Accomplished bioinformatician with expertise in plant genomics. He is assistant professor at The Boyce Institute and Cornell University, where he leads the Cassavabase genomic plant breeding program. Founded CodingStrand LLC to provide guidance and oversight to the Phylos cannabis breeding program.

A deal-maker, IP strategist, lawyer, startup advisor, and venture capitalist. C-level executive at nine venture capital-backed companies, two of which she took from formation to IPO. Currently Founder and CEO of Tiatros, a digital therapeutics for Behavioral Health company.

Recording artist, songwriter, investor, and essayist. Investor and advisor to companies including SpaceX, Doctor On Demand, Ripple, Emulate and Spotify, where he was the official Artist in Residence. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business.

The world’s foremost authority on the botany and breeding of cannabis, and a co-founder of the International Hemp Association. He is the author of the foundational classic Marijuana Botany, and co-author of the recent comprehensive study Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany.

Dr. Rhee is a Professor of Plant Biology at the Carnegie Institute and Stanford University. Her group studies the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation and evolution of adaptive traits and metabolic networks in plants.

Legendary NYC Venture Capitalist, and now a central figure in cannabis startup funding. Co-founder of StarVest Partners, member of the Women’s Leadership Board of the Harvard Kennedy School, and an Athena Entrepreneur Fellow for Barnard College. Currently General Partner in the ArcView Venture Fund.

Blockchain strategist, public speaker, and adjunct professor at Berkeley Law. VP of Strategy at Quantstamp, the first decentralized security auditing blockchain platform. Served as General Counsel at ClearSlide and has worked at Visa, Zoosk, Pacific Art League, Wilson Sonsini, and Yahoo.

Over three decades of experience connecting CEOs with politicians, educators, and community leaders. During a decade as CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth in the Silicon Valley she worked with over 2500 CEO’s and top executives and most San Francisco Bay Area colleges and universities.

A serial entrepreneur who has built award-winning products from blank sheet of paper to commercial success in fields from genomics to medical instrumentation to software-based oncology diagnostics. Co-author on 20+ peer-reviewed publications; named inventor on 7+ patents.

Dr. Gregory recently retired as Senior Director of the Process Sciences Division at Genentech. He is currently Co-Founder & Senior VP at a new company focused on treatments targeting cancer stem cells, and is Chairman of the Advisory Board for the University of California Botanical Garden.

Dr. Brown is Senior Director at Synthetic Genomics Inc. where he leads a genome engineering team developing microbes for the production of advanced biofuels and chemicals. He has over 20 issued patents and pending applications in various areas of industrial biotechnology.

Dr. Specht is Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Curator of Monocots at the UC Berkeley University and Jepson Herbaria. Her research is focused on plant systematics and evolutionary genetics.

Barbara Mazur retired from DuPont Pioneer in 2019, where she led Technology Acquisition Strategy, including venture investments and external collaborations. Prior to that that she led Research Strategy, Trait Technologies, and Crop Protection and Genomics Strategy for the company.

Dr. Larry Smart is a Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University and is Associate Director of Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, NY. He is a plant geneticist and physiologist, and leads Cornell’s research and plant breeding efforts in industrial hemp.