Kyle Kushman is an internationally renowned marijuana cultivator whose collaborations have earned 13 Medical Cannabis Cups awards, including three US Cannabis Cups for Best Flowers. All awards were...
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Faculty
Richard Lee
Richard Lee has been working to end cannabis prohibition for 20 years. In 1992 he co-founded Legal Marijuana – The Hemp Store in Houston, Texas, one of the first hemp products retail outlets in the...
Dave McCullick
RIP A US Navy Veteran, Dave opened his first dispensary called D&M Compassion Center in 2005. In 2008, Dave opened Sonoma Patient Group in Santa Rosa and sold D&M Compassion Center. Dave...
Sandy Moriarty
Everyone knows about pot brownies, but not many know how to make them… and brownies are so old-school. Aunt Sandy has perfected more than 30 cannabis-infused recipes using her family’s favorite...
Mikki Norris
Mikki Norris has been a California and global cannabis and drug policy reform activist, educator and spokesperson for 30 years along with her husband, Chris Conrad. She is probably best known for...
Michael “Big Mike” Parker
Rest in Peace, Big Mike! Big Mike is steeped in the legacy and tradition not just of Oaksterdam University, but the American cannabis cultivation movement lauding from the radical 1960s- 1970s...
Robyn Pierce
Robyn Pierce is from North of Boston where he started growing cannabis in closets and forests. He graduated UMass Amherst in 2003 with a major in Anthropology and minors in Biology, Latin and...
Chris Eggers
Chris Eggers was a police officer for over 12 years in Oakland and San Francisco. He received extensive training from Police Officers Standard and Training (otherwise known as POST) regarding...
Andrea Unsworth
Andrea Unsworth, owner of Tulip & Oak Consulting, is a California native and has lived in the Bay Area for over 13 years. Her background is in Finance and Operations; she received her Bachelors...
Adolph Ward
Adolph Ward is a Social Equity Advocate, seasoned Licensed Cannabis Operator, Licensed Real Estate Agent & Property Manager, managing editor of The Emerald Magazine, and OEC Board Member. Adolph...
Ed Rosenthal, Emeritus
Mr. Rosenthal is the pothead’s answer to Ann Landers, Judge Judy, Martha Stewart and the Burpee Garden Wizard all in one.” –NY Times January 2003. Ed Rosenthal is recognized worldwide as an...
Sarah Shrader
Sarah Shrader spent the last five years working as a community liaison in Northern California for Americans for Safe Access.This has given her the opportunity to work with dispensaries statewide,...
James Silva, Esq.
James Silva is a cancer survivor and a defense attorney with an office in Oakland, California. Mr. Silva’s practice is dedicated to the defense of people who use cannabis for medicinal purposes,...
Lauren Vázquez, Esq.
Lauren Vázquez is the lawyer that legalized cannabis in California. She is a pioneering cannabis attorney and activist who has worked for nearly two decades to end prohibition and advance...
Priscilla Agoncillo
Priscilla Agoncillo is an internationally-known speaker, consultant, writer, and Co-Founder of Original Breeders League, an award-winning cannabis genetics company. She has advocated for cannabis...
Mike Whitty
Professor Mike Whitty has taught at the OU in Ann Arbor, Michigan and in Oakland, California. Mike also teaches drug policy and advocacy at the University of Michigan and global trends at...
Luke S. Zimmerman, Esq.
Luke Zimmerman, Esq. LL.M is the founding and principal of The Law Office of Luke S. Zimmerman APC. Luke obtained his undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Oregon at Eugene and...