Our Advisors come from a myriad of industries and bring their knowledge and skills to Ellementa in a variety of capacities including, but not limited to, reviewing content on the site for accuracy. We are grateful for their support of what we’re building and encourage you to learn more about each one of them!
Jenna Bartell
Jenna Bartell is the co-founder and CEO of West Coast Distributors, a wholesale purveyor of quality lifestyle accessories.
The company provides a curated portfolio of products and custom branding services to dispensaries throughout the United States.
Jenna’s focus as a ‘consultative partner’ to owners andbuyers results in each store having a tailored product mix appropriate for their clientele of medicinal and/or recreational users alike.
Based in Seattle, Jenna is actively involved with NORML and Women of WA and is creating educational materials geared towards parents and our older generation.
Dr. Elaine Burns, NMD
Dr. Burns is an Arizona-licensed and board-certified Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD). In addition to her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, she also obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Pre-med from the University of Delaware and, a Master’s degree in Business from the University of Phoenix.
Dr. Burns is passionate about her profession and is committed to helping others achieve wellness and vitality in their lives. Her areas of interest include anti-aging and, the medical uses of Cannabis. She has worked at continuing her education by obtaining post-graduate training in these specific areas.
Dr. Burns is the founder and medical director of Southwest Medical Marijuana Evaluation, serving the patients of Arizona since 2011. Under her leadership Southwest Medical Marijuana Evaluation has developed comprehensive cannabinoid education materials for patients to ensure a safe and effective medical treatment option.
In addition, in 2012, Dr. Burns was the first in the state of Arizona to pass the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine’s (AACM) physician certification test qualifying her as an expert in the clinical applications of cannabis medicine. The AACM provides the GOLD standard for medical cannabis recommendations and approval.
Ophelia Chong
Ophelia Chong is the creative genius behind Stock Pot Images and Asian Americans for Cannabis Education (AACE). She is driven to help shape the new conversation of Cannabis and is guided by one mission: to advocate for the legalization of cannabis and offer truthful reflections of the faces and communities that embrace cannabis.
As well as StockPot Images, Ophelia is the Creative Consultant at PUSH Magazine the target audience is millennial women in cannabis. She is also the Community Outreach liaison for THC Design, one of the top premium cannabis growers in CA, she is responsible for LGBT, Veterans, Minorities and Disabled outreach.
Her career path has been formed by her 2 decades in photography, as a creative director in publishing, entertainment and as an adjunct professor in education; her path is non-ending because she believes that we all have at least five careers in our lifetimes. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Joy Victoria Clarke
Joy Clarke has seven-plus years of experiential marketing experience from fashion to wine & spirits. She also has cannabis travel planning and cannabis event planning experience.
Her passion for cannabis as a holistic regimen to daily life inspired her to launch the Mahogany Mary Event Group.
Joy is a member of the California Minority Alliance (CMA) and Super Nova Women, two organizations that support the inclusion of minorities to participate in the legal marijuana market.
Ellen Pearlman
Ellen Pearlman has had a distinguished career in publishing as a writer and editor and is known for her ability to launch and run high-quality publications and web sites — she launched four award-winning publications (CIO Insight, HomePC, Managed Healthcare News and VARBusiness), four online websites (homepc.com, cioinsight.com, miaviata.com, friendshipdialogues.com) and is the co-author of Fast Forward, a book about the impact of the Internet published in 2000 by William Morrow.
She was a contributing writer to CIO Zone, The Wall Street Transcript and Virtual Distance International. She is currently the founder of Friendship Dialogues, a community website for women to share their friendship stories of love and loss. She blogs regularly at www.friendshipdialogues.com and is a contributing blogger to the Huffington Post. She is currently writing a play based on the friendship stories she has curated at the Friendship Dialogues website.
Pearlman has served on various Boards, including: Bridges Academy Board of Directors (2013 – 2016); Advisory Board, CIOs Without Borders, (2009 – 2010); Chair, Business Advisory Council, World Pulse Media (2008 – 2009); Content Committee Chair, Billion Minds Foundation (2006 – 2007); Advisory Board, Care2.com (2005 – 2007); Cybergrrl Board of Directors (1997 – 1998); and Consumer Products Advisory Board, IBM Corp. (1996 – 1998). In 2005 she received the Einstein Award for achievements in the technology industry.
Liz Scherer
Liz Scherer is a marketing communications strategist with a focus on health and wellness and a lens toward culture and customer-centric solutions. A pioneer in digital health, Liz has held social media advisory board positions on the Council of Responsible Nutrition – Life Supplemented campaign and on Health Justice-CT, supporting efforts to boost wellness ratios and end racial and socioeconomic health disparities.
Widely recognized as a woman’s health advocate, Liz was part of the inaugural blogger team for Disruptive Women in Healthcare and authored the award-winning menopause/midlife blog Flashfree from 2006-2014. In addition to her extensive experience as a strategist, Liz has worked as a journalist, reporter, medical education writer, copywriter, blogger and editor, and maintains active memberships in the National Association of Science Writers, the Association of Health Care Journalists and Journalism and Women’s Symposium.
