About Luna Stower
Building sustainable, conscious business practices through intentional social justice campaigns & medical rights advocacy.
Named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of the Year" by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, Luna has been instrumental in helping operators navigate a complex industry, ensuring they survive & thrive.
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 Degree in Education, a decade in public school teaching and 10+ years managing canna-businesses, Luna's high-level insights have launched & dozens of brands with purpose & passion |
DIVERSE EXPERIENCE
Revenue-driving sales & marketing expertise, laser-focused on data analytics, media content, and best practice; from SOP's and project mgmt to granular field research |
LASTING IMPACT
Seasoned international speaker, educator, competition judge, conference panelist & industry-insider producing renowned VIP b2b industry events and consumer events alike |
Vision & Mission
Love is Lucrative.
Core Values include: Integrity, Quality, Ethical Stewardship, Transparency, Healthy Disruption, Empowerment & Sustainability
Core Values include: 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, all while track vital market trends in the entheogen and hemp spaces.
Seeing obstacles as opportunities, Luna is a respected thought-leader who embraces & utilizes 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 both mainstream & niche markets. |
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Community Impact
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As a lifelong advocate for the plant & people, Luna has been instrumental to the success of widely-recognized legacy brands, nurturing their stability, success & spearheading their social responsibility actions and nourishing their brand loyalty.
Luna is an industry-veteran whose roots in community activism anchors others to higher purpose, rich historical perspective & an expansive professional network of sophisticated, trusted operators they can rely on. Her network, spanning across the hemp & regulated spaces, includes (not limited to): Ispire Vape, Jetty Extracts, Jetty CBD, 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-woman she co-hosted networking events with world-class brands, and was a founding member at the 1st 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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Bio.
Luna Stower is Chief Impact Officer at Ispire Vape Technology in Los Angeles; an experienced executive and thought-leader in the cannabis industry, known for designing and manufacturing high-quality cannabis vaporization hardware for oil brands.
Prior to her current role, Luna was the VP of Business Development at Ispire, where she played a key role in the company's growth and success.
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.
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.
In recognition of her impact on drug policy and advocacy for social equity initiatives, Luna was named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of the Year" in 2021 by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, and "Best Activist of 2023" by the CA Cannabis Awards, for her instrumental work in advancing local decriminalization & social equity measures.
As an internationally-recognized plant medicine expert, Luna is frequently featured as a panelist, speaker, and moderator at B2B events, on podcasts, and at consumer expos.
Luna is a moderator for the Emerald Cup Haravest Ball Speaker Series, Hall of Flowers Podcast guest, 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.
Prior to her current role, Luna was the VP of Business Development at Ispire, where she played a key role in the company's growth and success.
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.
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.
In recognition of her impact on drug policy and advocacy for social equity initiatives, Luna was named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of the Year" in 2021 by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, and "Best Activist of 2023" by the CA Cannabis Awards, for her instrumental work in advancing local decriminalization & social equity measures.
As an internationally-recognized plant medicine expert, Luna is frequently featured as a panelist, speaker, and moderator at B2B events, on podcasts, and at consumer expos.
Luna is a moderator for the Emerald Cup Haravest Ball Speaker Series, Hall of Flowers Podcast guest, 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.