As we celebrate Father's Day today, we want to take a moment to honor the fathers and father figures who have been instrumental in the shaping of the cannabis industry. From growers and entrepreneurs, to activists and advocates, these dads have done for the cannabis industry what dads do best: protect, teach, encourage, and lead us from a counterculture movement to a multi-billion dollar legal market.
We would love to hear your stories about the intersection of fatherhood and cannabis. Share yours and tell us about your favorite "canna dads" by reaching out to us @honeysucklemagazine on Instagram.
Wei Hu
Founder & Partner, MRTA Law; Co-founder, Lenox Hill Cannabis Co.
Matt Greenberg
Co-Founder, Platform Cannabis Advisors
Jason Salmon
CEO, Upstream Strategies
Christopher Lucien
Co-Founder and COO, Bliss + Lex
Jesse Roberson
Director of Procurement and Operations, Housing Works Cannabis Co.
Berner
Co-Founder and CEO, Cookies
Ted Lidie
Founder of Alien Labs and Creative Director of Connected Cannabis Co.
Caleb Counts
CEO & Co-Founder, Connected Cannabis Co.
Aram Darmijian and Serge Darmijian
Founder, Gas No Brakes and Founder, Serge Cannabis respectively
Josh Schmidt
Vice President of Business and Development, Natura Life + Science / Sluggers; Founder, Dee Thai
Christopher Louie
CEO & Co-Founder, Made in Xiaolin
Khari Edwards
Head of Corporate & Social Responsibility, AYR Wellness
Roland Conner
Founder, Smacked Village
Mack Hueber
President of Ayrloom / Gen V Labs & CFO of Beak & Skiff
Sohan Bashar
Founder & CEO, Silk Road NYC
Bryan Barash
Vice President, External Affairs and Deputy General Counsel at Dutchie
Paul Lepore
President of Happy Days
Joseph Abramov
Owner of Urban Leaf
Jordan Isenstadt
Senior Vice President, Marino PR
Vladimir Bautista
Co-founder and CEO, Happy Munkey
Ramon Reyes
Co-founder and CCO, Happy Munkey
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Jose Rozay
Brand Representative, Happy Munkey
Carmelo Anthony
Co-founder and Chief Influence Officer, Grand National
Paul Yau
CEO and Co-founder, The Travel Agency
Jesse Tolz
VP of Marketing, The Travel Agency
Stu Zakim
Founder, Bridge Strategic Communications
David Feldman
Co-founder and CEO, Skip Intro Advisors; Managing Partner, Feldman Legal Advisors PLLC
Jeremy Rivera
Co-founder and President, TerpBros
Jayson Tantalo
Co-founder, Flower City Dispensary; Co-founder, New York Cannabis Retail Association
Coss Marte
Founder, CONBUD; Co-founder, New York Cannabis Retail Association
"Hawaii" Mike Salman
Founder, Chef For Higher And Fly Private Social
David Zelinger
Partner, Canis Major Partners; Partner, KLIK
Darryl Impalli
Founder, Don’t Forget The Daddy; Head of Sales and Business Development, Canis Major Partners
Richard Montero and Anthony Rivera
Co-owners of SeshNYC
Joseph Bondy
Founding Principal, The Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy; Vice Chair, Board of Directors, NORML
Steven Phan
Co-founder, Lettuce Print
Gregory Gray Sr., Omar Tejada, and Jeffrey Lopez
Co-founders, Gotham Buds
Damien Cornwell
Founder, Just Breathe
Mike Flynn
Founder, FlynnStoned
Prince Franco
Customer Service & Marketing Specialist, Housing Works Cannabis Co
Emanuel "Shag" Santiago
Founder, Shag Snacks
Arian Walker (Tech King)
Founder, Walker Studio; Talent Manager, Tech's Talent Agency; Board Member, NYC NORML
Dr. Midtown
Founder, Dr. Midtown
Arnold Malek Sapp
Artist, Producer, Writer, Engineer
Raymond Soto
Owner, Fly Guy Edibles and Fly Guyz Bakery
Piff Breeder
Founder, Piff Coast Farms
Corey “OG” Dishmen
Co-founder and CEO, The Library
Josh Tepperberg
Founder, The Mediblist; Executive Director, UNLOC
Roco The Funny Man
Photographer
Natural Wunder
Genetics Curation, Saavi; Cannabis Photojournalist
HighAndHappy
Creator, Are We High Yet Show
Mister Nice Guy
Founder, Mister Nice Guy Strains
Richard Delisi
Co-Founder, Delisioso
Rick Delisi
Co-Founder, Delisioso
M-1
Artist, Dead Prez; Founder, Urban Aroma; Board Member, Last Prisoner Project
Umi RBG
Artist, Dead Prez; Board Member, UNLOC
Nick Bryan
Founder, Golden State Banana
@golden_state_banana
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Featured image: Left to right: Carmelo Anthony of Grand National, Ted Lidie of Alien Labs, Vladimir Bautista of Happy Munkey