After over a decade abroad in Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Ecuador, Elise brings global experience in software and multinational food operations to the cannabis space. She leads Global Business Development at Strimo, making cannabis businesses more efficient, profitable and scalable. Strimo combines complete inventory management, cost accounting, QA and compliance in a flexible, reliable, user-friendly platform.
Elise is a member of the National Cannabis Industry Association’s State Regulatory Committee, focused on technology, compliance, regulatory forces and informing local governments. Prior to her start in cannabis, Elise created process solutions for the R&D team at CPW, a joint venture of Nestlé & General Mills (two of the world’s largest food companies). It was there that she gained an appreciation for food safety, GMPs, and complex global regulatory compliance. She expanded her global supply chain knowledge and multi-industry software solutions at Tradeshift, the largest network for digital B2B payments.
Fluent in English, Spanish, German and French, Elise has an ease for building relationships and advancing opportunities for all. One of her proudest achievements includes securing a meeting with Kofi Annan (late UN Secretary General) that led to a partnership between her team of global food industry consultants and sweet potato producers in Ghana.
An active social justice advocate and intersectional feminist, she’s working towards a fully legalized, anti-racist and inclusive cannabis industry. Elise is author on two papers in the recently released 5-part series Building New Foundations in the Cannabis Industry: Creating Gender Parity through Ownership, Leadership, Boards, Pay Equality, Branding, and Capital.
In her free time, you can find this nature-loving, musically-inclined triathlete swimming, biking, running or jamming out with her D.C.-based band.
