Our mission
A resource for the people building this industry
Cannabis LAB helps current and aspiring industry professionals learn, connect, and grow. As a business association we bring the community together for the good of everyone in it.
How we got here
Infusing professionalism into cannabis
Cannabis LAB grew out of a cannabis law programme and the accounting and business conference that followed it. Years spent educating attorneys at a high level, and serving as a resource to the community, set a standard that let us move into cannabis as something genuinely useful rather than opportunistic.
Every industry needs a place where individuals and companies can connect locally and globally, share ideas, learn, and grow. Cannabis needs it more than most. That clear demand is why we built a business association for the professionals shaping this industry.
Our audience is the professional and ancillary services sector: business owners, investors, entrepreneurs, and the finance, accounting, law, insurance, marketing, banking, merchant processing, and real estate people who serve them. We like to say we are infusing professionalism into the cannabis industry.
If you are committed to this industry, if you want to know the people worth knowing, and if you intend to keep learning, we built Cannabis LAB for you.
What membership gives you
Learn, connect, grow
Learn
High-level education from practitioners: webinars, seminars, expert guides, and panels led by the operators and advisors doing the work.
Connect
A minimum of ten events a year, plus the annual conference, drawing 50 to 200 attendees from across the industry.
Grow
A member directory, warm introductions, and partnerships that turn a room full of people into actual business.
Leadership
The people behind CLAB
Professionals committed to the legal, social, and economic growth of the cannabis industry.
Alyssa Clarcq, CPA
Amanda Barton
Partner, Lumalex Law
Beej Das
Owner, Troca One
Chris Rux
Audit & Assurance Partner, Cherry Bekaert
Christa Hudson
Retail Marketing Manager, AYR
Christian Lizardi
Training Director, Storz & Bickel
Cody Edwards
Founder, Florida Groves
Connor Hart
Director of Business Development, Green Check
We invite you to grow healthy, grow wealthy, and grow smarter
If you are committed to the cannabis industry and want to know the people worth knowing, CLAB was built for you.
Awards & accolades
Cannabis LAB received the Cannabis & Tech Today Sustainability Award in the Event category, for its promotion, education, and advocacy of sustainable business practices.