About Marijuana Business Daily

Chris served as the founding editor of Marijuana Business Daily during the company’s launch in 2011, becoming the first journalist in the United States to cover the cannabis industry on a full-time basis. He now leads the entire editorial and research team at the company. Chris has been quoted as one of America’s foremost cannabusiness experts by Harvard Business Review, NPR, CNBC, the New York Times and many other media outlets. Previously, he worked for more than a decade as a business reporter and editor at daily newspapers in the U.S. and South Korea. He has an MBA in international business from Regis University.

Roger is an award-winning business journalist with decades of business news experience, covering everything from Wall Street regulation to the oil markets and craft brewing. He’s worked for Reuters, The Denver Post, and the Rocky Mountain News. He’s also worked as a freelancer for MSNBC.com, Inc. and other publications. He now brings his experience to the marijuana industry.

Kevin has worked as an editor for several decades at numerous newspapers and websites across the country, including the Rocky Mountain News, the Boulder Daily Camera, the San Jose Mercury News, the Knoxville News-Sentinel and Fox Sports.

A Colorado-based journalist, John has focused on state politics for most of his career, which included covering the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. In 2012, he covered the Amendment 64 campaign to legalize recreational marijuana for The Colorado Springs Gazette. As then-video editor for The Gazette, he was on hand for the first-ever legal recreational marijuana sale in Denver on Jan. 1, 2014.

Omar has been a professional journalist since 1998, covering everything from international business and Wall Street to politics and religion. His stories have appeared in Newsweek International, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and other major outlets. Omar graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1998, and prior to that he was a Bosnian diplomat. He is based in Boston.

Bart has worked as a reporter and editor since 2003 for newspapers in California, Nebraska and South Korea. He has won several awards for his writing and photography, including a Nebraska Press Association award for in-depth coverage of an environmental fight over fracking wastewater. His work has appeared in The Week, Salon and the Omaha World-Herald, among other publications.

Kelly has been working with events, speakers and content in various industries since 2007, including at an entertainment event planning & marketing firm in Los Angeles and at a nonprofit in Colorado. She now brings her expertise to the cannabis industry, helping to determine content and line up speakers for Marijuana Business Daily’s events.

Eli has been a data-driven researcher throughout his career. He previously worked as an analyst for Nielsen, where he provided analysis to Nielsen’s retail clients for use in pricing, promotion and assortment decisions. He’s also been a consultant for data companies in the cannabis industry. Eli now employs his analytical expertise for Marijuana Business Daily.

Based in the Denver area, Cassandra is the co-founder and former publisher of Marijuana Business Media. She now oversees finance, technology and operations for the company. Previously a vice president at Citi, she earned her MBA from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business.