Named one of NCIA's “Top 10 Influential Women to Meet” in 2018. I bring a strategic, integrated approach to the marketing ecosystem in order to support and help drive customer engagement and meet revenue goals. A firm believer that every brand interaction is important and should be experienced in an authentic, meaningful way by the audiences who matter most.
Specialties: cannabis, CBD, tourism, real estate, destination, brand building, media relations, influencer relations, community outreach, message development, crisis communications, social media strategy, content development, business development, digital marketing
Scott Riefler has over 45 years of cultivating/commercializing scientific and technological resources, first in Aerospace materials and now Food Ingredients.
Scott is the Chief Science Officer for SōRSE Technology, an innovation leader of materials development for beverage and edible product forms within the cannabis space. He joined SōRSE Technology in June of 2017, he and his team have developed a key water born platform for cannabinoid oils for the food, beverage, and nutraceutical industries.
This unique platform, branded as SōRSE, addresses all the major hurdles associated with transforming cannabinoid extracts as well as a wide range of adaptogens into workable ingredients for confection, food, beverage and topical matrixes. Functional attributes include water-based systems, perfect dosing, neutral and clean sensor, rapid and repeatable bio-absorption, and clean labeling.
SōRSE is quickly becoming the industry standard and go to for bringing cannabinoids and other oils/adaptogens into edible platforms in a safe and reliable manner.
Previously Scott was a member of TIC GUMS (now Ingredion) leadership Team, a privately held producer of hydrocolloids (gums) systems for the food, nutraceutical, and industrial markets. During his tenure at TIC Gums Scott’s roles included VP of Sales, VP of Science and Technology and President.
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Detail-oriented Quality Assurance Professional with extensive experience in FSSC 22002, ISO 9001 and TS 16949. Expertise includes food safety, audits, continual improvement, and effective communication of measurements.
Sarah Otis is the Director of QA and Special Projects for Anresco Laboratories in San Francisco, California. Sarah is an analytical chemist with over a decade of experience in the cannabis industry spanning multiple legalized States. Sarah’s expertise is in quality assurance and regulatory compliance, and for the last 7 years she has been focusing her skill set and efforts on advancing regulatory and R&D testing and laboratory operations for cannabis and hemp testing laboratories. Her experience and knowledge also branch into other aspects of the industry such as licensing, cultivation, extraction, and cannabis infused product formulation and production.
Sarah Ahrens is CEO of True Labs for Cannabis, among the first laboratories in New Jersey fully dedicated to cannabis testing and the first certified woman-owned cannabis analytical laboratory on the East Coast. Sarah entered the cannabis space out of a passion for eating healthy, quality products, buying organic, and transparency in knowing what's in the products she buys for her family. Uniting a successful business background and a lifelong love of science, Sarah leads a scientific leadership team with more than 24 years of cannabis testing experience coming from 5 different states. She also serves as Chair of the Laboratory Testing Committee in the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA), advocating for best practices and safety in the Garden State's emerging cannabis industry.
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