Managing Partner | Brenda Smith, MBA, CFP® Brenda founded CB Capital Concierge, a boutique capital advisory firm, to further commerce and science in the cannabis industry. Drawing on a foundational Wall Street career working in a B2B environment, she’s driven top line revenue and managed to bottom line results as an operator and strategist where she led a $34B product P&L, as well as a $22B District Sales Channel. She brings an expanded definition of capital to her entrepreneur and investor clients: financial capital while essential, is amplified by social, intellectual and human capital into diligence that builds enterprise value. Read Brenda’s full bio >

Chief Legal Counsel, Partner |William Rosenstadt, Esq, is Chief Legal Counsel and a Partner at CBCC. Bill is deeply experienced in all types of public and private offerings, federal securities law compliance, venture capital financings, and international merger and acquisition transactions. He has worked on multiple cross-border transactions and taken companies public in the U.S. and European markets. He works with entrepreneurs, public companies, hedge funds, private equity funds and other corporate entities on complex international and corporate transactions as well as EB-5 immigration matters utilizing both direct investment and regional centers. Read William’s Full Bio.

Finance & Operations | Michael Andrews is an Operating Executive with broad experience across industrial manufacturing, industrial services, food and beverage, value-add distribution and cannabis industries with specific expertise in specialty and outsourced manufacturing. His career has been spent navigating Teams through high-stress situations (turnarounds & rapid expansions). The roles he has filled include Member of Global Operating Committee and SEC registered insider of a Fortune 500 company, CEO / Board positions with various private businesses and Managing Partner of a private investment firm he founded. Michael is the former Executive Vice President of General Cable Corporation, a Fortune 500 Company, and President of General Cable’s Energy and Infrastructure Group, a portfolio of nine businesses generating $1.4 billion in annual revenue. Read J. Michael’s Full Bio.

Marketing & Social Media | Sara Gluck brings an intuitive mastery of all things marketing to the cannabis space. Sara has a storied history of entrepreneurship in the medical space, including a successful exit. Most recently, Sara was the Chief Operating Officer of the America Israel Cannabis Association (AICA) and ran their global operation and marketing initiatives. She resides in Denver, the model state for all things cannabis, and is a strong advocate for targeted communication, education and socialization of the cannabis industry. Sara obtained her MBA from the University of Virginia and her BS in Advertising from the University of Texas-Austin.