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Directory of Certified Ganjier

Jody Starr

Certified Ganjier, Life
A life long cannabis enthusiast, who has chosen St Croix in the USVI to spend the rest of my life advocating for and educating about cannabis! We had a company called Fiddler’s Greens in Northern California from 2017-2022, where we grew, manufactured and distributed olive oil based tinctures, Sun grown flower, healing balms and prerolls!! Finally burned out after being “essential” and federally illegal thru the pandemic, and moved back to the islands where life isn’t so hard!! Now i tend bar, play golf, sell t shirts and am waiting for our government to get everything legal down here!
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Morgan Seaman

Inventory Manager, 816 Dispensary
Morgan Seaman is a Certified Ganjier, cannabis educator, and connoisseur with experience spanning cultivation, dispensary education, and cannabis quality assessment. Morgan focuses on teaching sensory literacy and cannabis discernment by helping consumers, patients, and growers better understand what quality cannabis truly is, beyond marketing claims or THC percentages. Morgan has served as a head judge, and organizer, trained dispensary staff, and worked directly with cultivators to assess flower quality. He is the founder of the Missouri Craft Growers Cup.
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Ghislaine (Jis-Lin) Ball

Founder, Terpene Tasting Kit; Founder, Minnesota Craft Cannabis Guild, Terpene Tasting Kit and Minnesota Craft Cannabis Guild
An educator, and culinary professional dedicated to advancing conscious cannabis consumption. As founder of both the Minnesota Craft Cannabis Guild and the Terpene Tasting Kit, she develops workforce education, sensory training, and terpene literacy programs that reconnect people with cannabis heritage and responsible use. Former Managing Director of the 420 Archive, her preservation work is now part of the permanent California history collection at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library.
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brad shields CG

Indigenous Cannabis Farmer
Native America’s first Certified Ganjeir 4th year regenerative cannabis growing practices 3 sisters garden
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Shahab Farzanegan

Program Developer/Educator, Glenora Ganjier
Certified Ganjier, Shahab is the operations coordinator of the Hash Nerd, spheres of expertise include: solvent less extraction, cloning and cultivation, product evaluation, methods of consumption, culinary experiences and cannabis marketing. Certified in 2025, with the last four years in a full immersion of hands-on experience across both traditional and regulated cannabis environments, giving a solid understanding of the emerging and changing markets for New York. As well, Shahab runs a fly fishing school on Seneca Lake in the heart the Finger Lakes.
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Melissa Story

Co-Creator/CEO of MECHAYEH, MECHAYEH
Melissa Story is the CEO and Co-Creator of Mechayeh, a Vermont-based cannabis brand rooted in connection, curation, and conscious use. A Certified Ganjier® with over a decade in addiction recovery leadership, she works at the intersection of cannabis and recovery—challenging outdated narratives and opening space for more honest, nuanced conversations about healing.
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