Lisa Buffo
Cleveland, Ohio
Overview
Lisa Buffo is an entrepreneur and marketer with a passion for launching companies with experience in both the cannabis and technology industries. Lisa is the Founder & CEO of the Cannabis Marketing Association, a membership based organization focused on education and best practices for industry marketers with the vision of rebranding cannabis at the global level. She was named one of 2019's 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in Cannabis by Marijuana Venture Magazine in 2019 and named “The Marketing Guru” by Women & Weed magazine. CMA has hosted hundreds of educational events nationwide and online brin
About
Lisa Buffo is an entrepreneur and marketer with a passion for launching companies with experience in both the cannabis and technology industries. Lisa is the Founder & CEO of the Cannabis Marketing Association, a membership based organization focused on education and best practices for industry marketers with the vision of rebranding cannabis at the global level. She was named one of 2019's 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in Cannabis by Marijuana Venture Magazine in 2019 and named “The Marketing Guru” by Women & Weed magazine. CMA has hosted hundreds of educational events nationwide and online bringing together over 3,000 professionals in the cannabis marketing community. Lisa has also founded and launched the Cannabis Marketing Summit, the Future of Cannabis Marketing, and the CMA Sevens Awards under the CMA umbrella. She has been quoted in Forbes, The Guardian, VICE, Le Parisien (France), Denver Business Journal, The Boulder Daily Camera, Marijuana News Network, Cannabis Culture Magazine and other national, local, and trade publications. Lisa has worked in the cannabis industry since 2014. She started working in commercial cultivation where she grasped the important role compliance plays for cannabis companies. Lisa helped launch 10 cannabis startups for CanopyBoulder, the industry’s first business accelerator in 2015. Lisa also launched the industry’s first online wholesale brokerage as their CMO, garnering national coverage in VICE and INC Magazine and becoming the first cannabis-related company to present at SXSW in Austin, TX. Lisa is the Founder & Co-Chair of the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Marketing & Advertising Committee where she co-authored the Public Relations Crisis Manual and the Short Guide to Colorado’s Marketing & Advertising Regulations. She also serves on the Advisory Board for Cannabis Doing Good, who’s mission is to inspire a standard for social responsibility in the cannabis industry that builds trust between businesses and communities. Lisa is an active speaker and has spoken at industry conferences domestically and abroad. Prior to her work in the industry, Lisa worked for Bizdom and LaunchHouse, technology business accelerators and VC funds in Cleveland, Ohio, helping bring over two dozen software startups to market. -- Marketing, public relations, and cannabis industry professional with a robust background in digital marketing, social media, sales, and building startups at business accelerators.