Social Equity & Economic Empowerment Networking Series: Banking and Navigating Financing

The goal of these sessions is to bring together Social Equity and Economic Empowerment Applicants to network, connect, share resources and information, and to hear from a panel of experienced professionals on high-level topics of interest to those entering Vermont’s ancient cannabis industry.

The event will feature a Q&A session with CCB Chair James Pepper on the upcoming prequalification period (opening 3/16), and a panel discussion focusing on banking with a discussion from members of the cannabis business community and beyond.

Panelists for the discussion are as follows:

• Sahar Ayinehsazian, Partner, Vicente Sederberg LLC
• Greg Huysman, Director of Business Lending and Services at VSECU
• Matt Schrag, Director of Finance and Accounting, Vermont Patients Alliance