About Luna
Building sustainable, conscious business practices through intentional social justice campaigns & global medical rights advocacy, Luna has been instrumental in helping operators navigate a complex industry, ensuring they survive & thrive.
Named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of the Year" by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, "Best Activist" by the CA Cannabis Awards, "Most Important Woman in Weed" by Green Entrepreneur, and "Global Cannabis Legalization Honoree" by CannaPortual.
Follow Luna's journey to normalize plant medicine leaders & wellness companies as healers... not "dealers."
Follow Luna's journey to normalize plant medicine leaders & wellness companies as healers... not "dealers."
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INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
With a Master's in Education, a decade in public school teaching and 10+ years in brand mgmt, Luna's high-level insights launched dozens of brands with purpose & passion |
DIVERSE EXPERIENCE
Revenue-driving sales & marketing expertise that's laser-focused on data analytics, media content, and best practices, from SOP's & project mgmt to granular field research |
LASTING IMPACT
Seasoned international speaker, educator, competition judge, conference panelist & award-winning industry-insider producing renowned VIP b2b & consumer events |
Vision & Mission
Love is Lucrative.
Luna's Core Values: Integrity, Quality, Ethical Stewardship, Transparency, Healthy Disruption, Empowerment & Sustainability
Luna's Core Values: Integrity, Quality, Ethical Stewardship, Transparency, Healthy Disruption, Empowerment & Sustainability
Compliance & AdvocacyPassionate, grassroots engagement in equity policy & compliance to ensure operators meet their "bottom line" while giving back.
Raised & based in Oakland, CA, the industry's epicenter, Luna's influence on state & local regulations has ensured safe access for patients & equity programs for marginalized groups. |
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Organic InfluenceA taste-maker who generates authentic engagement, organic media buzz and drives brand awareness via consistent presence at key industry events, tracking vital market trends in the entheogenic and hemp spaces.
Seeing obstacles as opportunities, Luna is a respected thought-leader who embraces & bridles healthy tension. |
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Field PresenceGlobal Business experience ranging from B2B white label hardware solutions to nationwide sales director experience for licensed brands.
Well-known for producing world class events with high-impact, high-touch service, Luna's best known for helping shape the CA licensed retail landscape, with measurable results in mainstream & niche markets. |
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Community Impact
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As a lifelong advocate for the plant & people, Luna's been instrumental to the success of widely-recognized legacy brands, nurturing their stability & success, spearheading their social responsibility actions, and nourishing brand loyalty.
Luna is an industry-veteran whose roots in community activism is anchored to a rich historical perspective & expansive professional network of sophisticated, trusted operators. Her network, spanning across the hemp & regulated spaces, includes (but is not limited to): Ispire Vape, Jetty Extracts, Jetty CBD, Dark Heart Nursery, Harborside, Champs Trade Shows, Blue River, Advesa Wellness, Dixie Elixirs, Ispire Vape, Bloom Network, Quim, Atlas Edibles, Click Spray, Dennis Hopper's Reserve by Fiorello, a pot for Pot, Plexus Media, Lucid Mood, Jane's Brew, CannaF.A.M.E., Neswell BioPharma Israel, K Griffin Style, St. Louis Canna Club. Non-Profit partners: This is Jane Project, Op. E.V.A.C., The Social Impact Center, The Origins Council, Sweetleaf Collective, Humanity Heroes, & Veterans Walk and Talk. As Women Grow chair, she hosted networking events with world-class brands, and pioneered the first two events in CA's Music Festival history to legally vend medical cannab*s at Northern Nights Music Festival + Outside Lands' adult-only "Grasslands" in 2018 and '19.
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Distributing Compassionate Medicinal Donations with Ryan Miller of Operation E.V.A.C. (Compassionate Veteran) to Vets in Oakland, care of CA SB 34!
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Luna's Bio
Luna Stower is Chief Impact Officer at Ispire Vape Technology in Los Angeles (previously VP of Business Development). An experienced executive and thought-leader in the cannabis industry, she's known for designing & manufacturing high-quality cannabis vaporization hardware for oil brands.
With over a decade of experience in the "Cannabiz," Luna was named as one of the "Top 100 women in Cannabis" by Green Entrepreneur for her vital role building some of California's most successful cannabis brands (Jetty Extracts, Click Spray), helping establish them as category leaders. Starting as employee # at both Jetty Extracts and Ispire, she played a key role in those companies' growth and success.
A Bay Area native, she holds a Master's degree from USF and a BA in Social Justice from UCSC, combining education & field experience to provide a unique perspective on the intersection of business & purpose. An internationally-recognized plant medicine expert, Luna is featured as a panelist, speaker, and moderator at B2B events, on podcasts, and at consumer expos, worldwide.
In recognition of her impact on drug policy and social equity advocacy, Luna has been named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of 2021" by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, "Best Activist of 2023" by the CA Cannabis Awards, "Most Important Woman in Weed" by Green Entrepreneur, and "Global Cannabis Legalization Honoree" by CannaPortugal for her instrumental work in advancing decriminalization.
Luna is a moderator for the Emerald Cup Harvest Ball Speaker Series, Hall of Flowers Podcast guest, and judge for 'Oscars of Weed,' competitions "The Emerald Cup Awards," & Mila Jansen's ('The Hash Queen') "Dab-a-Doo."
Luna's passion for the plant and people as a lifelong advocate has led her to nurture the stability & success of widely-recognized legacy brands, spearheading their social responsibility actions and nourishing brand loyalty. Luna's roots in community activism anchor her to a higher purpose, with a rich historical perspective and expansive professional network of sophisticated, trusted operators -- making a significant impact as a powerful female voice for justice, and an influential, driving force for positive change.
With over a decade of experience in the "Cannabiz," Luna was named as one of the "Top 100 women in Cannabis" by Green Entrepreneur for her vital role building some of California's most successful cannabis brands (Jetty Extracts, Click Spray), helping establish them as category leaders. Starting as employee # at both Jetty Extracts and Ispire, she played a key role in those companies' growth and success.
A Bay Area native, she holds a Master's degree from USF and a BA in Social Justice from UCSC, combining education & field experience to provide a unique perspective on the intersection of business & purpose. An internationally-recognized plant medicine expert, Luna is featured as a panelist, speaker, and moderator at B2B events, on podcasts, and at consumer expos, worldwide.
In recognition of her impact on drug policy and social equity advocacy, Luna has been named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of 2021" by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, "Best Activist of 2023" by the CA Cannabis Awards, "Most Important Woman in Weed" by Green Entrepreneur, and "Global Cannabis Legalization Honoree" by CannaPortugal for her instrumental work in advancing decriminalization.
Luna is a moderator for the Emerald Cup Harvest Ball Speaker Series, Hall of Flowers Podcast guest, and judge for 'Oscars of Weed,' competitions "The Emerald Cup Awards," & Mila Jansen's ('The Hash Queen') "Dab-a-Doo."
Luna's passion for the plant and people as a lifelong advocate has led her to nurture the stability & success of widely-recognized legacy brands, spearheading their social responsibility actions and nourishing brand loyalty. Luna's roots in community activism anchor her to a higher purpose, with a rich historical perspective and expansive professional network of sophisticated, trusted operators -- making a significant impact as a powerful female voice for justice, and an influential, driving force for positive change.
Named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of the Year" by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce.
