Speakers

Meet our 2025 speakers

Jamie Evans

CEO, Entrepreneur, Author, The Herb Somm

Jamie Evans is the founder of The Herb Somm, a culinarymeets-cannabis blog and lifestyle brand that’s focused on the gourmet side of the industry. She is an author, entrepreneur, and writer specializing in cannabis, CBD, food, recipes, wine, and the canna-culinary world. As a well-known CBD and cannabis personality, Jamie is best known for her literary work and signature canna-culinary events. She is the co-editor of GoldLeaf's acclaimed cannabis Cooking Journal and the author of the CBD lifestyle book, The Ultimate Guide to CBD: Explore the World of Cannabidiol, published by Fair Winds Press of Quarto Publishing Group.

Her next book, Cannabis Drinks: Secrets to Crafting CBD and THC Beverages at Home, released in April 2021. She’s also been contributing to POPSUGAR, specializing in lifestyle features for the modern consumer. As an industry leader, Jamie was named as one of Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers in 2018 and as a 2018 Innovator by SevenFifty Daily.

She was also recognized as one of Green Market Report’s “Most Important Women in Weed” in 2020. Most recently, Jamie was invited to join Rolling Stone’s Culture Council and will be writing and contributing insights about various cannabis topics. Alongside her work in the cannabis space, Jamie is a Certified Specialist of Wine and French Wine Scholar with over a decade of wine industry experience. She’s also the co-founder and CEO of Herbacée, a French-Inspired cannabis-infused wine brand.