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IndustryPlayers | New Hires & Promotions
traded, multistate cannabis operator
in Phoenix.
Before joining the cannabis industry,
Kotansky founded Onist Technologies,
a financial technology software firm
headquartered in Toronto, and worked
as a portfolio manager at GCore
Capital and Stratix Asset Management,
both New York City hedge funds.
Yvonne
Brown
proprietary precision hardware and
software grow solutions for the indoor
agriculture marketplace, appointed
Richard Stamm as general counsel
and corporate secretary.
Stamm was most recently vice
president of co-op development,
general counsel and secretary at
Ocean Spray Cranberries. Before
Ocean Spray, he was an associate at
Dechert, a Boston-based law firm.
Compliance Tech Firm
Hires Three Executives
Fyllo, a Chicago-based data and
compliance company for highly
regulated industries, announced three
new hires.
Joining Fyllo as strategic advisers
New Director for MJ Tourism Group
The California Cannabis Tourism
Association appointed Yvonne Brown
as executive director. She succeeds
founder Brian Applegarth, who
becomes board chair. Brown joined
the CCTA in 2019 as director of
events before moving into the role of
assistant director.
Brown began her career with the
National Black Chamber of Commerce
in Washington DC, where she worked
with membership, travel and events.
She later joined product manufacturer
Eufora International, where she spent
15 years managing new product
launches and working in the education
department. Brown entered the
cannabis tourism space as travel and
event director for Glowing Goddess
Getaway, a women's cannabis retreat
company. In 2018, she launched her
own travel and events consulting firm,
LCA Travel & Events.
Ag Tech Firm Gets Legal Eagle
Agrify, a Burlington, Massachusettsbased
developer of advanced and
are Tony Weisman, former chief
marketing officer of Dunkin Brands
and CEO of international marketing
firm Digitas, and Steve Katelman,
executive vice president of strategic
partnerships at Omnicom Media
Group.
Fyllo also tapped Craig Robinson,
former global head of Powered by
We for WeWork and CEO of global
corporate services at Newmark Grubb
Knight Frank, for its board of directors.
MJ Media Company Lands Editor
Seattle-based Jage Media appointed
Felisa Rogers as managing editor
of MJ Brand Insights, a new digital
content platform. Rogers has been
published in The Guardian and
Salon and has been working in the
cannabis industry since 2009.
Leadership Changes at Australis
Scott Dowty left his post as executive
chair of Australis Capital and resigned
from the firm's board of directors.
Australis appointed Harry DeMott
as CEO and Rick Cutler as an
independent member of the board of
directors. DeMott, a board member
since April 2019, takes over for
Cleve Tzung, who is becoming chief
operations officer.
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DeMott is a veteran investor and
executive chair of Proper, a data-driven
cannabis platform. He serves on the
advisory board of California-focused
consulting firm KinState and is the
co-founder of venture capital fund
Raptor Ventures I. DeMott also serves
as founder and managing partner for
Hamerle Investments.
Cutler is the vice president of
corporate development and portfolio
analysis at Helen of Troy, a $1.6 billion
global consumer packaged goods
company.
Australis also appointed cannabis
industry veteran Sameer Kumar as
an independent member of its board
of directors. Kumar was previously
president and chief operating officer of
Viola Brands, a cannabis MSO.
 Jushi
Promotion
Jushi Holdings, a
vertically integrated
multistate
operator based
in Boca Raton,
Florida, promoted Trent Woloveck
from executive vice president and
co-head of business development to
chief commercial director. In his new
role, Woloveck will be responsible
for growing Jushi's commercial
business strategies and will report
to co-president and board member
Erich Mauff. In his most recent role,
Woloveck focused on wholesale sales
in Nevada and product purchasing
for Illinois and Pennsylvania retail
operations.
Woloveck joined Jushi in 2018
from TGS National Holdings, a Denver
MSO where he was president. He
also served as chief operating officer
at American Cannabis Co., another
Denver MSO.
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