Sharon Ali

EVP, National Operations

Chief Executive Officer

General Manager, Chicago & Great Lakes

VP, Client Insights, New Client Acquisition & Business Development

Led seed-to-sale operations with full P&L accountability across Canopy USA’s highly regulated, multi-state footprint, integrating a decentralized organization into one aligned operating model
Built one of Pennsylvania’s first licensed medical cannabis companies as CEO, growing it into one of Acreage Holdings’ most successful and profitable assets
Selected as Miller Brewing’s first-ever GM for Chicago, a top-3 share market, then appointed to lead the newly created Great Lakes market area
Led IRI’s relationships with key divisions of Nestlé, Unilever, and Johnson & Johnson, using its Liquid Data platform to drive client growth and new business

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About Sharon Ali

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Sharon was one of 35 leaders selected from roughly 300 nominations for the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2018 Women of Distinction honors, recognizing her work as CEO of Prime Wellness of Pennsylvania.

Read about Sharon’s Philadelphia Business Journal Women of Distinction honor

Read Sharon’s Central Penn Business Journal Q&A on taking a cannabis startup from groundbreaking to market in under a year

Sharon explains how she took Prime Wellness from groundbreaking to a launched brand in under a year by building dispensary relationships early and growing the team from three people to nearly 40.

Sharon, then a regional GM at Acreage Holdings, discusses how she brought a career built at J&J, Miller Brewing, and Quaker to the rapidly growing cannabis industry, and what it takes to succeed there.

Listen to Sharon’s WayMaker Fireside Chat on leading in the fast-growing cannabis industry

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