ABOUT

Leah Heise

Leah Heise is an experienced executive, regulatory attorney and business innovator.

She is most known for her experience in the legal cannabis industry, where she was an integral part of the pioneering first wave of growth of regulated cannabis, from its origins as a legacy and activist-driven enterprise to a billion-dollar legal industry.

As Partner at Wolf Meyer, Leah guides cannabis and other business operations through complex issues including scaling, infrastructure, compliance, licensing, and IPOs– all while maintaining her personal mission of creating an inclusive environment for all.

Leading & Trailblazing

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An accomplished C-suite veteran, Leah’s previous positions include at Ascend Wellness Holdings (CAO), Women Grow (CEO), 4Front Ventures (CXO) and Chesapeake Integrated Health Institute (President).

She has successfully exited four companies– two through acquisition, one which created a more than a 10x return for investors, and two through IPO.

At Ascend, where she served as the Chief Administrative Officer, Leah’s focus on building scalable infrastructure assisted the company to grow its human resources from 73 employees to more than 1300 in less than 18 months, and from $19M in revenue in 2019 to a $1.6B market cap on IPO in May of 2021.

Advisory, Volunteer Work and Life

Leah also served as Constellation advisor to Kearney , a top tier CPG and transformative management consulting firm interested in bringing their operational expertise to cannabis.

Additionally, she is also a Strategic Advisor and part owner in Safe Arbor (a pre-market contactless delivery system) and ProCanna (a software platform providing compliant, operational efficiencies to the industry). She also volunteers for Athletes for Care, Rylie’s Smile and ATACH’s White House Task Force on Cannabis and Hemp.

When Leah isn’t working, she loves to travel, hike, sing, sketch, read– and keeps promising herself that she will start doing yoga again.

Education

Leah holds a JD, Law from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law and a BA, English Literature, Business from University of Maryland.