MJBizMag October 2020 - 104

IndustryPlayers | New Hires & Promotions
By Omar Sacirbey
A look at some recent
hiring moves in the
marijuana industry
Growing MSO Hires Red Bull
Exec to Tame Michigan
M
eredith Miller hopes to do for Grown
Rogue, a multistate marijuana business,
what she did for multibillion-dollar energy
drink giant Red Bull. Miller took over as director of
sales for Oregon-based Grown Rogue in July.
Miller sold Michigan's first can of Red Bull out of
the back of her car in October 2000. By the time
she left Red Bull in 2019, Miller had sold more than
5.6 million cases of the product and risen to the
position of general manager for Michigan and Ohio,
generating about $150 million in annual sales for the
company.
" As I was considering whether to accept (Grown
Rogue's) offer, there were a couple of things that
I weighed. The first was, 'Will I be able to make
a difference with
the organization?'
Not just externally
with consumers
but internally,
contributing to
launching and
building a brand
again, which is
what I really did at
Red Bull, " Miller
recalled. " I helped
build the brand with
marketing strategies,
product education
and great retail partnerships-and a really strong
team. I hope to do the same at Grown Rogue. "
Miller, who spent 11 months as Michigan sales
manager with Dosist, a California-based cannabis
oil and tablet company, said her network and
knowledge of Michigan is a major advantage.
" I know this market very well. Even though I
spent the majority of my career in beverages,
there are ironically a lot of the same players on the
dispensary side here that actually came from the
beverage industry, " Miller said.
Miller said she hopes to launch Grown Rogue's
Michigan presence around Oct. 1. In terms of goals,
she wants " to continue to contribute product and
marketing ideas that will add to the company's longterm
growth. "
CannaCraft Nabs Two
Papa & Barkley Vets
CannaCraft, a cannabis
manufacturer in Santa Rosa,
California, appointed Angela
Pih as chief marketing
officer and Ron Gray as vice
president of sales.
Pih most recently served
Angela Pih
as the chief marketing officer
for California cannabis brand Papa & Barkley.
Before joining the industry, Pih held senior roles
in women's fashion, serving as chief marketing
officer at New York-based Halston + Haute Hippie
and senior vice president of marketing at Planet
Blue in Santa Monica, California. She also is on the
board of ThinkLA, a media and marketing nonprofit
association, and is a founding member of the L.A.
chapter of Chief, a network of female executives.
Before CannaCraft, Gray spent three years as
senior vice president of sales for Papa & Barkley.
Previously, he held various sales roles in the
pharmaceutical industry.
 Lab Exec Joins CannaSafe
California testing lab company
CannaSafe appointed Bosco
Ramirez as vice president of
operations, a role in which
he will oversee laboratory
operations. Ramirez has more
than 30 years of experience
as head of operations at
various testing companies in environmental and food
industries.
Ramirez spent more than 25 years
at Eurofins TestAmerica, a U.S. environmental
testing company based in Ohio. In 2017, Ramirez
was appointed president of one of Eurofins'
business units dedicated to testing potable
water. He joined CannaSafe in July.
Revolutionary Grower
Massachusetts cannabis firm Revolutionary Clinics
hired Mark Vlachos as director of cultivation. In
his role, Vlachos will lead Revolutionary Clinics'
grow operation in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He
will be responsible for directing and optimizing
Revolutionary Clinics' current cultivation and
postharvest operations.
Before joining Revolutionary Clinics, Vlachos spent
five years as head grower for another Massachusetts
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