Manikka leads the District Council in policy and content management and connects members to ULI’s national initiatives. Manikka also serves as an elected official on the Cambridge School Committee. In this role, she serves on Buildings and Grounds Committee where she leads the school district in the management of 1.6 million square feet of educational facilities and leads ongoing conversations ab

Prior to his time as CEO at Verdant Medical, Tito served in the administration of Massachusetts’ first African-American governor, Deval Patrick, attracting and expanding IT companies such as Google and Microsoft to the state, and later served as the Governor’s Political Director. Most recently, he served as Boston’s District 7 City Councilor for seven years and, in 2017 he mounted a campaign in

Harrison is focused on the sale of office and industrial properties in Greater Boston and New England. He specializes in servicing the unique needs of private capital clients assisting with dispositions, acquisitions, underwriting and capital markets strategies. He began his real estate career in South Florida brokering distressed assets during the past recession. This experience provided an i

Valerio focuses his practice on all aspects of land use and municipal law, representing numerous cannabis business licensees and prospective licensees from the Berkshires to Cape Cod. Since 2012 he has been working with clients through the application and licensing process, helping to site and secure real estate and maintain ongoing regulatory compliance. He also works regularly with mayors, cit

Beth is on a mission to use education, compassion and advocacy to break the stigma against people who use and work with cannabis. Recently named to the Boston Journal’s 2018 40 Under 40 list, Beth is founder and executive director of ELEVATE Northeast, managing director of the New England Cannabis Conventions, and founder and president of cannabis marketing and events consultancy Beth Waterfall C