Governance

Obie Strickler is Co-Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Grown Rogue. He has served as President, CEO and Chairman since November 2018 and has been active in Oregon’s cannabis industry since the early 2000s.

Mr. Strickler and his wife, Sarah, operated and formed the legacy entities that became the foundation of Grown Rogue. In 2015, Mr. Strickler founded Canopy Management, LLC to consolidate several medical cannabis facilities, and in 2016 he formed Grown Rogue Unlimited, LLC as the Company entered the Oregon adult-use cannabis market.

Prior to focusing on cannabis full time, Mr. Strickler built and managed complex technical teams in the natural resources sector, supporting large-scale mining projects from exploration through feasibility. He also co-founded HyperSciences, Inc., a platform technology company focused on commercializing hypervelocity technology for industrial applications.

Mr. Strickler holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Southern Oregon University and is an Oregon Professional Geologist.

Sean Conacher has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2020. Mr. Conacher is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services and marketing sectors. He is skilled in entrepreneurship, venture capital, public and private equity, foreign exchange, options and asset management.

Stephen Gledhill Mr. Gledhill has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2018. Mr. Gledhill is a founding member and Managing Director of RG Mining Investments Inc. (“RGMI”) and RG Management Services Inc. (“RGMS”), both of which are accounting, administrative and corporate secretarial services companies. In 1992, he formed Keshill Consulting Associates Inc., a boutique management consulting practice. Mr. Gledhill has over 30 years of financial-control experience and acts as CFO and Corporate Secretary of POSaBIT Systems Corporation (CSE:PBIT) and is the Audit Chair of VVT Med. inc. (TSXV:VVTM). Prior to the inception of RGMI and RGMS, Mr. Gledhill served as the Senior Vice President and CFO of Borealis Capital Corporation, a Toronto-based merchant bank as well as Vice President of Finance of OMERS Realty Corporation (ORC), the real estate entity of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. Mr. Gledhill is a Chartered Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Math Degree from the University of Waterloo.

Ryan Kee has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2021. Mr. Kee is an experienced accounting professional with a history of working in mining in various global jurisdictions. He is skilled in financial reporting, IT integrations, and team building and development. Mr. Kee has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Spanish from the University of Idaho, and is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Washington state. He has developed financial models to quantitatively describe the cost profiles of operating mines, optimize grade cutoffs, and drive cost reductions. Most recently, he led accounting, supply chain, and IT teams for an operating gold mine in South America and will apply the best practices learned and developed in mining to cannabis production. Mr. Kee was formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Grown Rogue, a position he held until January 1, 2025.