Diversity and Inclusion Panel (WWC Conference 2020)

A serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Natasha Raey’s primary work focuses include: healthcare, women’s empowerment, fashion, and medical marijuana. Natasha’s current ventures include a cannabis women’s intimacy line, and a brain-boosting wellness products company. She is currently in the process of opening Skye Cannabis, a retail cannabis boutique in West Kelowna. In 2017, she opened Cadence Health Centre, a team based multi-disciplinary health centre and compounding pharmacy in downtown Toronto that was sold to a private group in 2020.

Erin Gratton, CHRL, is a medical cannabis patient, advocate, and a nationally accredited HR leader who specializes in employee learning and workplace rights-based education.

Marketing Specialist at Emerald Heath and co-founder at Louder Together: Connecting People of Colour in the Cannabis Industry. Elevating POC in the Cannabis Space through creating networking opportunities, dialogue and leadership programs.

Ivy Zmuda is the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Tantalus Labs, a licensed producer of cannabis located in Maple Ridge. She oversees regulatory compliance across the enterprise, as well as advises the rest of the executive leadership team on challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing regulatory landscape. She’s also a freelance journalist, content creator, and Twitch streamer.

Jess Jackson, MBA, M.ED is a multimedia designer and community architect. She is co-founder LOUD.Social. LOUD.Social has partnered with over 100 organizations within cannabis. LOUD.Social has also launched a series of community-focused campaigns including Curvy Cannabis: A body positive boudoir session promoting self-love and healing for women.