Co-creator, Director/Producer/Editor The Marijuana Show. 2 time Emmy award winner, 3rd nomination, 14 years experience. Co-invented The Tingler head massager. Attended The Juilliard School as an actor. Co-starred with Kelly Ripa in Discoverys, Homemade Millionaire. Best Selling author, Why Marry A Millionaire? Just Be One! Popular speaker and in the press often as an industry expert. CNBC, CNN, ABC, FOX, Fortune, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Inc, NPR, NY Times, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, High Times, etc.

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Karen Paull, CRO is a digital marketing and sales executive with over 15 years experience. As former VP of Sales for Snapfish, Karen helped the company become profitable by managing and scaling a robust advertising department. The company sold to HP for 300 Million in 2005. Karen then founded Sales Guru Consulting, and brought in over 25 Million in revenue to her clients including LifeScript, Zui, Womens Forum, Rivit Media, Video Bash, and many other digital publishers. Karen runs all the advertising, sponsorship and other revenue streams for GEM and The Marijuana Show.

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Bob Hoban is the Managing Partner at Hoban Law Group, the nation’s premier cannabusiness law firm, with attorneys in over a dozen states and abroad. Bob is recognized as one of the leading commercial cannabis practitioners nationwide; representing private and publicly-held clients in numerous states and abroad. He has litigated nearly every aspect of Colorado’s Marijuana Code and has closed over 300 marijuana-related business transactions. Marijuana and hemp-based business operations, related litigation and regulatory counsel are a specialty. He is an AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney and seasoned full-service commercial practitioner.

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Brent is a member of the Hoban Law Group Executive Team and specializes in the representation of closely-held entities and emerging growth companies through the whole business life cycle, including entity selection, formation, equity and debt financing transactions, acquisitions and the eventual transfer or sale of the business.  In addition, Mr. Johnson acts as general counsel to clients and supports ongoing operations, including commercial transactions, contract drafting and negotiation, intellectual property, employment, governance and general business matters.

Brent has over 20 years of legal, finance and executive level management experience.  He’s held key leadership and general counsel roles at numerous small and mid-sized growth companies.  In addition to his role as Of Counsel at the firm, he acts as EVP, Managing Director and General Counsel of First Capital Ventures, a leading management services provider and fund management company.  Prior to that, he was EVP, CFO & General Counsel for Atrium Capital Management Group, where he was responsible for strategic planning, execution, management and compliance across multiple business units.  Brent was previously Associate General Counsel for a leading restaurant franchise company during its aggressive growth phase where he managed corporate legal matters, including debt and equity financing transactions, franchise matters, acquisitions, intellectual property, corporate governance and commercial transactions.

Brent began his legal practice at the Silicon Valley office of law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison where he worked with venture capital firms and emerging growth and technology companies focusing on capital raising transactions, mergers & acquisitions, securities, public offerings and general corporate matters.  He then joined Denver-based Brownstein Hyatt & Farber where he represented public and private companies as well as venture capital and private equity firms.  In all, Brent has been involved with or managed hundreds of corporate and financing transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $2 billion.

Brent was born in Dayton, Ohio and is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.  He also served on active duty in the Air Force for five years, rising to the rank of Captain as the Deputy Director of Operations & Systems Integration at Peterson Air Force Base.  He also holds a JD from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Nebraska.

Brent and his wife live in Evergreen and have two boys, Cole and Aiden.  For fun, Brent plays keyboards in the local band Open Space and enjoys time with his family as well as skiing, mountain biking, trail running, boot camp class, camping and riding ATVs.

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