“The cannabis industry is an ever changing landscape that demands strategic planning and experience to operate a sustainable business.” – Ellis Smith

Mr. Smith has 17 years of horticultural experience, 8 years owning/operating businesses, and 2 years of international business experience in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. Working in the specialty cut flower market and running indoor gardens early in his career helped him understand complex growing systems and production protocols while developing his master gardening skills. Significant contributions to the community include the identification of the Hemp Russet Mite within the Colorado Medical Cannabis market and working with SKUNK magazine to enlighten the industry. Additional articles in SKUNK Magazine highlighted the use of True Living Organics (TLO) cultivation methodology in a regulated, commercial market. Mr. Smith’s career path has positioned him to play an integral role in assisting individual companies flourish and ensure emerging cannabis markets prosper as a whole.

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Terry Buffalo is a seasoned executive in the financial services industry, with extensive experience including managing a hybrid FINRA broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor firm. Mr. Buffalo is regarded as an expert in these fields with publications in Financial Advisor Magazine and NAIFA’s Advisor Today, as well taking part in a featured interview posted in Boomer Market Advisor. Prior to founding Buffalo Financial Solutions, Buffalo was the Chief Executive Officer of a regional broker dealer for over 10 years, where he took an underperforming firm and revamped the business model from a corporate to an independent structure, with an emphasis on attracting brokers with established clientele. While there, the firm consistently produced a net profit of 7%, compared to an industry average among peers that ranged from negative values to 1.5%, while helping to expand the firm’s overall assets from $400 million to over $2 billion.

Tad Mailander is an attorney licensed in the State of California with 27 years experience counseling corporate clients regarding regulatory compliance, corporate governance and complex business transactions. He is licensed to practice before all of the Courts in the State of California, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.