Meet the Women in Cannabis Expo team

                                                                              Take the risk or lose the chance.

Woman & women have been advocates, creators, leaders, mothers, founders, business owners and more. We have needed a space that allows us to come together. Share new ideas of what is and isn't working in the world of the cannabis industry. And trust us, there is a lot that works but there is a lot that isn't working. 

It's telling that in recent reports, the number of women in leadership roles within the cannabis industry has dropped significantly. Were we surprised to hear this? No. Why? Because woman/women push themselves until they burn out. And this industry so far has been no different. 

 
The cannabis industry has currently failed to provide equity for minorities, woman, and those with disabilities. Right now, the industry has offered businessmen many more chances to make more businesses and has failed to pass the baton. 

WICE was created for many reasons and has several goals. This includes being a woman owned small business event company. The owner and founder had originally entered the cannabis industry to open a testing lab (ancillary services); however, after being at a large cannabis expo in December of 2019 to find the vendors she needed for her lab, she heard about a lady’s night. Excited, she attended the ladies' night. But found it odd that the women had been placed in a room with drinks for a 2-hour mixer with no schedule or keynote speaker. Ms. Westlake thought that was odd, because her past experience with expos from her healthcare background has provided her with a foundation and expectations for trade shows. After this expo, Ms. Westlake and her family went on a vacation, whereby she began searching the internet for cannabis expos to attend that were geared towards women who were in the cannabis industry. To her surprise, she found none.