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INDUSTRY PLAYERS New Hires & Promotions by Omar Sacirbey
Co-founder of Papa & Barkley Becomes CEO
Papa & Barkley, a California-based manufacturer of THC topicals, edibles
and concentrates, appointed co-founder Guy Rocourt as president and
CEO effective Feb. 1. Rocourt has been the company's chief product officer
since 2015.
" I look forward to leading Papa & Barkley as we focus more on THC markets
in California and other states, " Rocourt said in a statement.
Rocourt replaces Evelyn Wang, who joined Papa & Barkley as CEO in
January 2021 after a long career in the cosmetics industry.
Papa & Barkley also added J. Roy Pottle to its board of directors. Pottle is
chair and CEO of American Messaging Services, a critical-messaging company,
and senior adviser to Granite Point Capital, an early investor in Papa & Barkley. Pottle is also a board
member of LPF Holdco, which does business as Loudpack, a California cannabis company.
Ayr Adds Finance and
Operations Veteran to Board
Ayr Wellness, a vertically integrated
MSO, appointed Joyce JohnsonMiller
to its board of directors. She
was also appointed to Ayr's audit
committee.
Johnson-Miller served as senior
managing director and partner at
Relatively Capital from 2008 to
2017 and as a managing director at
Cerberus Capital Management from
1993 to 2002, in addition to vice
president roles at ING Bank
and Citicorp. She has spent
4½ years as chief growth officer at
MyOwnDoctor, a virtual medical
consultation platform.
Johnson-Miller is also on the
board of directors for NewLake
Capital Partners, a provider of real
estate capital to state-licensed U.S.
cannabis operators, and SportsTek,
a special purpose acquisition
company targeting investment
opportunities that focus on the
intersection of sports, technology
and health, and serves as board
chair and chief investment
officer for Pacific Gate Capital
Management, a value-oriented
investment manager specializing in
U.S. private credit investments.
She is a Henry Crown Fellow
of the Aspen Institute, a famous
Washington DC think tank, serves
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on the boards of Hope Chicago, the
Chicago Counsel for Global Affairs
and the Chicago Sinfonietta and
is chair emeritus of the DuSable
Museum of African American
History.
California Retailer
Hires Marketing Chief
California cannabis retail chain
Perfect Union hired Nicole
Hanratty as their new vice
president of marketing. Hanratty
spent four years as marketing
director with cannabis edibles
company Bhang, two years as vice
president of the Brand Wagon
Agency, a California marketing firm,
and founded and led for eight years
Life of a Rockstar, a charity-focused
entertainment website.
Canna Real Estate Firm
Nabs Digital Power
AFC Gamma, a cannabis-focused
commercial real estate company,
appointed Marnie Sudnow to its
board of directors. Since 2020, she
has served as senior vice president
of client success at Stylitics,
a retail technology company.
Before Stylitics, she held several
leadership positions at Mediaocean,
an advertising and technology
company, and worked in private
banking for JPMorgan.
Canna-focused HR Firm
Hires Marketing Officer
Würk, a Denver-based " human
capital management " company for
the cannabis industry, appointed
Colton Keluche as marketing
director. Keluche has had at least
two other stints in cannabis:
one with Green Screens, a digital
signage business where he was
chief marketing officer, and the
other with Rollanow, a Colorado
delivery company where he was
chief operations officer.
Keluche's pre-cannabis posts
include marketing manager at KelSie
Biotech, vice president of business
development at Sticky Media
and chief marketing officer at Sharp
Solutions Courier.
Vaporizer
Manufacturer
Hires Attorney
for Two Roles
Vuber
Technologies, a
vaporizer devicemanufacturing
company
headquartered
in Spokane,
Washington, appointed Walker
Weitzel as its chief technology
officer and chief intellectual
property counsel. Weitzel's
mandates include identifying and
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