Marijuana Business Magazine - April 2018

Post Polak Goodsell & Strauchler has one of the leading Hospitality & Alcoholic Beverage practices in New Jersey. We pride ourselves on our familiarity with New Jersey liquor laws and regulations and our positive working relationships with the administrators and governing personnel who enforce those laws and regulations and with municipalities throughout the state. We are proud to welcome Jerey Warsh to establish a new cannabis industry practice group. Je is an alcoholic beverage and cannabis law attorney and registered governmental aairs agent with over 30 years of experience in highly regulated industries. Our practice group advises entrepreneurs in the complex and evolving field of cannabis law, providing guidance and insight into entity formation and capital raising, real estate and zoning, permitting and regulatory compliance, and enforcement and transactions related to the licensing of alcoholic beverages and cannabis. A Long-Time Leader in Serving New Jersey’s Alcoholic Beverage Community A Pioneer in Serving New Jersey’s New Cannabis Industry Contact us to learn more: Jeffrey A. Warsh Raũl (Rudy) Garcia Douglas J. Sherman Jerry Fischer Clyde L. Otis III 425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 200 • Roseland, NJ • 07068-1717 • (973) 228-9900 • postpolak.com a co-founder of Celera Genomics, now a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics. He also was associate professor of genet- ics at Case Western Reserve University and scientific director and professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute, a nonprofit research institute. Gregg Bogosian , who also sits on Inocucor’s manufacturing advisory board, joins the scientific advisory board with more than 35 years of experience in biotechnology, special- izing in the use of fermentation to produce microbial products. Also joining the board is Birgit Scharf , an associate professor in the biological sciences department at Virginia Tech. Scharf studies how bacteria sense and move toward plants in the soil. Cultivation Solutions Company Makes Leadership Change Solis Tek, a California developer, manufacturer and distributor of cannabis cultivation solutions, appointed co-founder, chairman, chief financial officer and presi- dent, Alan Lien , as CEO. Lien replaces Dennis G. Forchic , who was removed from his role as CEO and as a member of the board of directors due to a difference in strategic outlook that was incompatible with the founding direc- tors’ plans and expectations. Lien co-founded Solis Tek in 2009 and served as the company’s CEO through 2016, at which point he was appointed chairman. Friday Night Board Add Vancouver, British Columbia-based Friday Night appointed Executive Vice President Cameron Watt to its board of directors. ◆ Hired or promoted someone for a senior-level position? Send a news release or general information to OmarS@MJBizDaily.com Birgit Scharf Gregg Bogosian April 2018 • Marijuana Business Magazine • 111