Sara Payan

Sara Payan is the host of the Planted with Sara Payan podcast. Sara was listed in the 100+ Most Important Women in Cannabis for 2019 and 2020. She is a subject matter expert for Self magazine and a contributing writer for Rolling Stone and Cannabis Now. Payan worked for the Apothecarium as Director of Education and Public Education Officer.She has her finger on the pulse of consumer trends and product development and has trained cannabis professionals on consumer relationship building and the art of the sale. She is an appointee to the CA Cannabis Advisory Committee and the San Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee and former Co-Chair of the SF State Cannabis Legalization Taskforce. She has created educational and training opportunities for healthcare and higher learning institutions, policymakers and the public. A Stage III cancer survivor and former civil rights professional, Payan has taught and lectured at large healthcare organizations, higher learning institutions and public foundations such as Kaiser, UCSF and UC Berkeley Haas Business School. She has led large-scale industry training and lectures nationwide, including continuing education credit classes at accredited schools for healthcare practitioners. She created some first-to-market cannabis curricula — the first cannabis education workshop series for City College of San Francisco.