Seattle Hempfest is proud to present our 2013 Speakers:
- Matthew R. Abel– Executive Director, Michigan NORML, Attorney at Law Cannabis Counsel P.L.C.
- Wes Abney- Founder NorthWest Leaf magazine
- Adam Assenberg– Adam for Sheriff of Whitman County, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
- Ngaio Bealum– Cannabis Comedian
- Dr. David Bearman– Vice President Board of Directors American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine
- Russ Belville– Executive Director 420RADIO.org
- Leland R. Berger– Compassionate Oregon
- Allison Bigelow– Sensible Washington
- Jeanne Black– Founder and Executive Director of Grammas for Ganja
- Kevin Black– Founder King County Jail Christmas Vigil
- Kurt Boehl– Attorney Law Office of Kurt E. Boehl PLLC Seattle Criminal Defense
- Kari Boiter– President Board of Directors Cannabis Defense Coalition, Advocate for drug war prisoners, Americans for Safe Access Advocate of 2012
- Cyril Bouanna– Seattle Hempfest Board of Directors for Sponsorships & Memberships
- Hilary Bricken– Attorney Canna Law Group Compliance Support
- David Bronner- Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap
- Bruce Buckner- Outside Agitator
- Greta Carter– The Hope Clinics Executive Director
- Jorge Cervantes– Author Publisher Cannabis Video Gardener www.marijuanagrowing.com
- Sam Chapman– Executive Director Cannabis Industry Association of Oregon
- Fritz Chess– Founder and President of Eden Labs LLC
- Jason Clark– Founder and CEO of Meditiva
- Chris Conrad– Founder Family Council on Drug Awareness
- John Conroy– QC Queens Counsel, Norml Canada, Stop the Violence, Sensible BC, US NORML Legal Committee
- Alex Cooley– Cofounder and Vice President Solstice
- Mike Corral- Cofounder of Wo/Mens Alliance for Medical Marijuana WAMM
- Dr. Dominic Corva– The Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy Director
- Rick Cusick– Associate Publisher High Times magazine and HIGHTIMES.com
- Todd Dalotto– CAN! Research, Education & Consulting
- Danny Danko– Senior Cultivation Editor High Times Magazine
- Dawn Darington– Executive Director of Choice Wellness Center
- John Davis– Seattle Hempfest, Coalition for Cannabis Standards and Ethics, National Cannabis Industry Association, NWPRC
- Tonya Davis- Ohio Patient Network, President, Miami Valley NORML, NORML Women’s Alliance, Executive Director
- Steve DeAngelo– Executive Director of Harborside Health Center
- Andrew DeAngelo– Director of Harborside Health Center
- Alison D-Ray– C.E.O Ettalew’s Medibles
- Philip Dawdy- Cascadia Growers Association, Washington Cannabis Association
- Alec Dixon– Director of Client Relations SCLabs
- Adam Eidinger– Founder DCMJ.Org, Capitol Hemp, Dr. Bronners Magic Soaps Public Affairs Director
- Steve Elliott– Editor of Toke Signals and Hemp News, Marijuana Reviewer for Seattle Weekly
- Jodie Emery– Wife of “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery, Cannabis Culture Headquarters & Magazine- Director
- Dr. Jake Felice– Naturopathic Physician
- Rebecca Forbes– East Coast Director of the American Cannabis Coalition, Carolina Cannabis Coalition Director, Board of Directors at Over Grow the Government, North Carolina advocate for the Cash Hyde Foundation
- Edward Forchion– The Legalize Marijuana Party
- Serra Frank– Founding Executive Director Moms for Marijuana International
- Major Neill Franklin (Ret)– Executive Director Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
- Dale Gieringer– California NORML, Co-Author of Prop 215
- Roger Goodman– State Representative 45th District Washington State Legislator
- Senator Mike Gravel– Direct Democracy
- Pam Haley– Seattle Hempfest- Ric Smith Hemposium Coordinator, Americans for Safe Access WA Chapter Board, Co-Founder Garden Extraction Co2 Services
- Liana Held– Liana LTD and member of the Board of Directors of CA NORML
- Douglas Hiatt– Attorney of compassion and passion for the end of prohibition, Sensible Washington
- Alison Holcomb– Criminal Justice Project Director, ACLU of Washington
- Aaron Houston– Executive Director Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Marijuana Majority
- Peter Holmes– Seattle City Attorney
- Aaron Houston– Executive Director Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Marijuana Majority
- Mike Hyde– Founder of the Cash Hyde Foundation
- Melissa Hysom– Seattle Hempfest, Cannabis Freedom March Organizer
- Gloria Kalteich– Reverend of the Continuum Fellowship of Universal Understanding
- Theresa Knox– Idaho Moms for Marijuana
- Michael Krawitz– Executive Director Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access
- Racehl Kurtz- Attorney at Law The Wykowski Law Group
- Martin Lee– Director ProjectCBD, Author of ‘Smoke Signals’
- Casper Leitch- Time4Hemp.com, Global Cannabis Activist PotCasts
- Steve Levine– Director on the Boards of the Hemp Industries Assoc & Vote Hemp
- Monte Levine– Board member Peoples’ Harm Reduction Alliance; Coordinator for Ostrich Bay Exchange
- Ben Livingston– Cannabis columnist The Stranger Center for Legal Cannabis
- Philippe Lucas– Centre for Addictions Research of BC
- Frank Lucido– Medical Doctor specializing in the Endocannabinoid System
- Jahan Marcu– Ph.D studying cannabinoid receptors
- Mickey Martin– Weed Activist, Author ‘Medical Marijuana 101’
- Madeline Martinez– NORML Director, NORML Womens Alliance Director & Founding member, Owner & Founder of the World Famous Cannabis Cafe
- Martin Martinez- LifeVine Medical Group
- Doug McVay– Editor Drug War Facts, Common Sense for Drug Policy
- Granddaddy Mike- California Cannabis Policy Reform, The Original Haze Poster Project Certified Packaging Services
- Jeremy Miller– Founder of the World Famous Cannabis Farmers Market & Olympia Hempfest
- Kitty Miller– Owner World Famous Cannabis Farmers and Kit-Tea’s
- James Flaming Eagle Mooney– Elder Seminole Medicine Man of the Oklevueha Native American Church
- Shilo Murphy– Executive Director of the Peoples Harm Reduction Alliance
- Judith Newbergher Renaud– Executive Director Educators for Sensible Drug Policy
- Mikki Norris- Publisher West Coast Leaf
- David Nott– President Reason Foundation
- John Novak- Cannabis Action Coalition and 420leaks.org
- Kevin Oliver– Executive Director Washington NORML
- David Ostrow– Vice President American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine and Principle Investigator on study of Veterans with PTSD using cannabis.
- William Panzer– NORML Board of Directors; Attorney
- Tim Pate– Seattle Hempfest Curator of Raffle Goodness, Opening Ceremony of Hempfest
- Aaron Pelley– Attorney Pelley Law PLLC and Marijuana Reclamation Project of the Cannabis Defense Coalition
- C.Michael Pickens– Executive Director Libertarian Party of Washington
- David Piller- Vote Hemp’s 2011 Activist of the Year and the College Campus Hemp History Roadshow Host of Hemp Hut at the Hemposium
- Robert Platshorn– Founder The Silver Tour
- Carl Prothman– Seattle Hempfest, Activist
- Sharon Ravert– Leader of Georgia Moms for Marijuana Executive Director of Peachtree NORML GA
- Josh Rettie– Vancouver Cannabis Community
- Reverend Cannabis – Solventless extract expert, local activist
- Lindsey Rinehart– Director Compassionate Idaho, Americans for Safe Access- Idaho
- Ed Rosenthal- Guru of Ganja, Green Aid The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund & Oaksterdam University
- Dan Rush– Director National Medical Cannabis and Hemp Division of The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
- Keith Saunders– NORML Board of Directors
- David Seber– Hemp Shield Company LLC
- Dr. Michelle Sexton– Naturopath Doctor of Bastyr University specializing in the Endocannabinoid System research and application
- Lynnette Shaw– Inventor the first licensed dispensary in the nation 1997 Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana RIP
- DJ Short – Breeder of Quality Cannabis Genetics
- Cheryl Shuman– C.E.O. Cheryl Shuman Inc. & Beverly Hills Cannabis Club
- Don Skakie– Spokesman for REAL LEGALIZATION and Initiative-584
- Paul Stanford– President at THCF Medical Clinics
- Jeff Steinborn– NORML Legal Committee, NORML Board of Directors
- StinkBud– Grow Guru High Times Magazine, StinkBuddies.com, HarvestAPound.com
- DeMaris Strom-Hughes– The Worm Hole
- Keith Stroup– NORML Founder and Legal Counsel
- Marcus Sutherland- Medi Brothers Collective medible maker and marijuana activist
- Coty Ternes– Boise Idaho Mayoral Candidate
- Oscar Velasco Schmitz– Director and CoFounder of Dockside Coop
- Aimee Warner– Founder and CEO Cannabis Basics, Member HIA, Member NCIA, Compliant Member CCSE and Co-Founder of WOW- the Women of Weed
- Clint Werner– Author “Marijuana Gateway to Health: How Cannabis Protects Us from Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease“
- Sgt Sean Whitcomb- Seattle Police Public Affairs Unit
- Sharon Whitson– Director of Operations Seattle Hempfest
- Henry Wykowski– Attorney at Law The Wykowski Law Group and 280eReform.org
- Brandy Zink– Americans for Safe Access of Michigan