MJBizMag July 2022 - 54

INDUSTRY PLAYERS
Regan was president of Mindful,
TR Concentrates and The Link
Brands in Colorado, leading the
teams responsible for branding,
compliance, cultivation, distribution,
extraction and retail operations.
industry. In 2018, The Drum, a trade
publication covering advertising,
selected her as a Top Female Talent
of Color.
Kavi
Bhai
Angela
Pih
Harborside Adds Financial
and Marketing Pros
Harborside, a California-focused,
vertically integrated cannabis
enterprise founded in 2006,
appointed Kavi Bhai as vice
president of financial planning and
analysis and Angela Pih as vice
president of marketing.
Before joining Harborside, Bhai
spent nearly four years at two
Denver-based cannabis productmanufacturing
businesses: BellRock
Brands, where he served first as
senior vice president of finance
and then chief financial officer, and
Mary's Medicinals, where he served
as CFO for 27 months.
Before entering the cannabis
industry, Bhai, a CPA, spent eight
years at Atlanta-based auditing and
advisory firm Frazier & Deeter. In his
newest role, Bhai will be responsible
for planning, forecasting, budgeting
and analysis.
Pih is charged with expanding
Harborside's market share by
strengthening the company's
brands and sales capabilities.
Previously, she was chief marketing
officer at Northern California
cannabis firms Papa & Barkley and
CannaCraft.
Pih is a three-time winner of
the Clio Award for the advertising
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Real Estate Finance Firm
Taps New CEO
Connecticut-based NewLake
Capital Partners, a provider of real
estate capital to state-licensed
cannabis operators, announced
the retirement of Chief Financial
Officer Fred Starker and the
concurrent appointment of Lisa
Meyer as the company's new CFO,
effective June 13.
Meyer most recently served as
president, CFO and treasurer of
Western Asset Mortgage Capital, a
diversified mortgage-finance real
estate investment trust. Before
that, Meyer was managing director
of FTI Consulting and chief accounting
officer at NorthStar Realty
Finance Corp. Previously, she served
as assurance senior manager at
Ernst & Young.
B.C. Cannabis Company
Gets New Board Chair
The Valens Co. in Kelowna, British
Columbia, a leading manufacturer of
branded cannabis products, has separated
the roles of board chair and
CEO, appointing Andrew Cockwell
as its new board chair. CEO Tyler
Robson will remain on the board.
Cockwell is managing partner
of Ursataur Capital Management,
a private equity firm he founded
in 2009 to focus on Canadian
midmarket companies. Previously,
Cockwell was a founding partner of
ReichmannHauer Capital Partners, a
Toronto-based private equity firm
targeting domestic and international
investments.
He also served in the private
equity and corporate finance
practices at global management
consulting firm McKinsey & Co.,
which he joined in 2003 and where
he advised businesses, private
equity firms and hedge funds in
North America and Europe. Earlier
in his career, he practiced M&A and
securities law as an attorney at
Sullivan & Cromwell in New York
and London.
Cannabis Banking Leader
Hires Strategy Pro
Denver-based Safe Harbor Financial,
a leading financial services provider
to the cannabis industry, appointed
Tyler Beuerlein as its chief strategic
business development officer.
Beuerlein was previously chief
business development officer for
Hypur, where he helped facilitate
more than $500 million worth
of cannabis-related transactions
and loans to state-legal marijuana
businesses.
Beuerlein has served on the editorial
advisory board for MJBizDaily
and as chair of the NCIA Banking
and Financial Services Committee,
NCIA Policy Council, Forbes Business
Development Council and the
ATACH Beverage Council.
Dispensary Association Head
Takes Over Lab
OnPoint Laboratories, an accredited
and fully licensed cannabis
compliance testing laboratory in
Arizona, appointed Samuel Richard
as CEO and equity partner. Richard
succeeds Jeff Cardot, founder and
current CEO, as part of a planned
transition. Cardot will continue to
be involved with the day-to-day
management of the facility as
part-owner.
Richard previously spent 21/2 years
as executive director of the Arizona
Dispensaries Association.
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