ABOUT

Our leaders have a shared vision for success

Our management team is among the most diverse and impressive in the industry, bringing years of real-world experience, keen insight, and a shared vision to LEEF. 

We’ve brought together a best-in-class cannabis product development talent with experience in multiple legal jurisdictions with the operations team having 25+ years of experience in scaling cannabis manufacturing businesses.

MICAH ANDERSON | CEO

Mr. Anderson is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of LEEF Holdings. He is responsible for setting and delivering on the overall strategy of LEEF. Micah has extensive experience in all aspects of the cannabis industry and currently holds every cannabis license type. Under his leadership, LEEF has recruited a world-class team of executives and board members, developed distribution relationships with leading retailers in the U.S., and has built the most sophisticated extraction facility in North America.

Micah has raised private equity and institutional debt to capitalize LEEF and has negotiated a wide range of complex sourcing and operating agreements. Recognized at the Federal and state level as a key opinion leader, Micah speaks regularly at conferences and advises government officials on public policy matters.

EMILY HEITMAN | COO

Ms. Heitman is a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mind that has a unique balance of creative, out-of-the-box thinking as well as strategic and focused. She has unparalleled attention to detail and makes sure every dollar spent counts. Emily has led the marketing and creative process for multimillion-dollar brands as well as played an integral role in a handful of start-up companies wearing multiple hats from operations to sales and brand image.

As the COO of LEEF Holdings, Emily has been intimately involved with every aspect of the cannabis industry from manufacturing to distribution and overseeing the company’s CPG brands positioning in their respective spaces. Emily oversees all day-to-day operations, strategic accounts, marketing initiatives, and strategic product merchandising and launches. Emily has bridged her pharmaceutical foundation to the cannabis industry and speaks regularly at industry conferences. She has played an integral role in evolving the social stigma through education.

KEVIN WILSON, CPA | CFO

Mr. Wilson is a professional accountant with executive experience in several organizations including public firms and large NPOs. He has led several finance teams as a technical accountant with an eye for bottom-line results. Mr. Wilson has an intimate understanding of the cannabis industry intricacies and has been instrumental in strategically leading the finance efforts for a vertically integrated cannabis company.

He has led several finance projects and has been part of several M&A and IPO transactions. His eye for detail has helped lead several companies through challenging financial issues. Mr. Wilson currently serves as director and treasurer for a Toronto-based NPO.

BEN SLOME | BOARD MEMBER

Ben has been investing and operating in the cannabis space for the last seven years. His most recent position as the Head of Strategy and International Expansion at Cookies, a global retail brand that licenses its brand into the cannabis and fashion industry. At Cookies, Ben expanded the brand into four new states (New Jersey, Arizona, Missouri, and Maryland), as well as six new countries (Australia, The U.K., Austria, Israel, Germany, and Malta). Prior to Cookies, Ben was the Director of Strategic Operations at Rose Capital/Bell Rock Brands, focusing on initiatives including strategy, hiring and group procurement across both BR Brands holding company and portfolio companies. While at BR Brands, Ben led the operational integration of the merger between BR Brands and Dixie Brands which created a ten-state brand presence with a combined revenue of over $50M. In addition to his operating experiences, Ben co-manages the private direct investment portfolio across technology and cannabis at Slome Capital, a global family office with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and South Africa. Ben started his career in business development at Slice, an ecommerce and delivery platform helping independent pizzerias combat large, technology driven pizza chains by adopting ordering, inventory management and marketing technology.

Ben graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BS in Economics and centered his studies around finance, management and engineering entrepreneurship.

ANDREW GLASHOW | DIRECTOR

Andrew Glashow has 25 years of experience in the capital markets and in all phases of business start-up and growth, including feasibility studies, business plans, equity and debt funding, private placements, reverse mergers, and IPOs. Mr. Glashow has served as CEO and President of multiple companies that he helped to fund. He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

JOE PARSONS | ADVISOR

Mr. Parsons is the former CEO of GE Capital. He was responsible for the wholly owned real estate Operating Platforms, the Strategic Ventures joint venture partnerships, and the Leveraged Equity investing business at GE Real Estate, which collectively owns and operates in excess of $12 Billion of real estate investments. Prior roles at GE Capital include serving as President and CEO of GE Equity, where he managed GE's $5+ billion portfolio of global private equity investments.

ED BURGER | ADVISOR

Ed Burger has spent his career in the business and finance industries. Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, he attended Wichita State University where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in business, with an accounting major. After graduating in 1978, he began his career as a Certified Public Accountant in Kansas, before moving on to various other financial endeavors. He spent ten years in the finance department of AFG Industries, Inc., a Fortune 500 glass manufacturing company, before it was sold. Beginning in 1988, he began as the chief financial officer and now for over twenty years has served as the president of R D Hubbard Enterprises, Inc., a privately owned investment company. For over thirty years he has overseen private equity investments, including acquisitions, expansions and divestitures, as well as real estate developments and business start-ups.

MIKE PANZER | ADVISOR

Michael Pancer is a member of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association. He has been on the faculty of the National College for Criminal Defense at Mercer College for over 20 years, where he volunteers to teach other defense lawyers.

He was twice voted San Diego Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association, most recently in 2006. He lectures frequently, often at seminars for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Michael founded his practice in 1972. He has represented clients who were executives in Fortune 500 companies, politicians, accountants, and numerous attorneys. Michael served on the NORML legal team when it was formed and has continued to be at the forefront of legalizing marijuana.

SHAREHOLDERS

JIMMY BUTLER
Miami Heat

RUDY GOBERT
Minnesota Timberwolves 

JERAMI GRANT
Portland Trailblazers 

IAN MAHINMI
Washington Wizards 

DAVIS BERTANS
Dallas Mavericks 

JAMES SHIELDS
Retired MLB All-Star

LEEF is a leading California based Cannabis Company

LEEF, owned and managed by some of the best legacy operators in the industry, is one of California’s largest and most sophisticated cannabis companies. Our platform consists of an integrated supply chain, state of the art manufacturing, industry leading brands, and a robust white labeling service offering that powers some of the largest brands in California. Our vision centers around providing the end consumer with best in class products.

  • Our foundational ethos fuels and drives our company. Our core values define us as people and guide us in everything we do.

  • We believe in always providing the best service possible to our customers. Period.

  • Wake up every morning putting one foot in front of the next marching toward your goals. We have a mindset that we can always improve and are driven to achieve just that.

  • We professionally represent ourselves in everything we do. Our product quality and presentation is always on-brand.