Karen O’Keefe | Director of States Policies, Marijuana Policy Project

by Windy Borman | Aug 10, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Karen O’Keefe manages grassroots and direct lobbying efforts in state legislatures for the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States — the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Karen and her team played a key role in the passage of the only two...

Jill Brzezicki | Mountain Meadow Farms

by Windy Borman | Jul 27, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Jill Brzezicki is a degreed and published scientist with 15 years experience in research and analytical analysis. With a background in chemistry and a master’s degree in toxicology, she has developed methods for characterizing properties of environmental contaminants...

Giadha A. DeCarcer | Founder & CEO, New Frontier Data

by Windy Borman | Jul 20, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Giadha A. DeCarcer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Frontier Data, the premier data, analytics, and technology firm specializing in the global cannabis industry, delivering solutions that enable investors, operators, advertisers, brands, researchers,...

What is The “Male Gaze”?

by Windy Borman | Jul 18, 2016 | Featured Article, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director

The concept of the “Male Gaze” was first developed by feminist film critic Laura Mulvey in her 1975 essay entitled “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. “The Male Gaze” is the way visual arts depict the world and women from a...

Laila Makled | National Cannabis Festival

by Windy Borman | Jul 13, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Laila R. Makled is the VP of Operations at Breeze Distro, a house of brands based in Oakland, CA* that uplifts and resonates within Black and Brown communities while building inclusive supply chains to ensure participation from underrepresented groups in the cannabis...