CWCBExpo NYC 2019

Nadir Pearson
Graduate Student, Brown University; Founder/CEO
SMART (Student Marijuana Alliance for Research & Transparency)


After his freshman year at Brown, Nadir was forced to retire from his Division 1 football career after suffering his sixth concussion. Now, in his senior year at Brown, Nadir has successfully made the pivot from a full-time student athlete to full-time student entrepreneur. He's now been featured in Forbes, Huff Post, and Entrepreneur. Nadir has spent most of his career in digital strategy, branding & marketing working with a range of cannabis companies from cultural staples like High Times to new burgeoning start-ups like Ardent Cannabis. Nadir is also Founder/CEO of SMART (Student Marijuana Alliance for Research & Transparency) a college cannabis organization dedicated to bridging the gap for students into the booming legal industry while helping to legitimize brands through academia.

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