Leadership

Chief Executive Officer and Director

David Hart joined The Cannabist Company in 2016 and became Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and Chief Executive Officer in 2024. Mr. Hart joined the board of directors of The Cannabist Company in June 2024. Prior to joining The Cannabist Company, Mr. Hart served as Chief Operating Officer of Abyrx, a venture capital-backed medical device company that developed, manufactured and commercialized a portfolio of intraoperative cross specialty hemostats. Prior to his time at Abyrx, Mr. Hart was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Alpine Capital,a family investment office for the Ranawat Orthopedic Group at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where he was responsible for capital allocations, direct private investments and all healthcare investments. Mr. Hart was formerly Partner and Head of Healthcare Equity Investments at Apelles Investment Management. Mr. Hart started his career in the financial services industry in the Mergers and Acquisitions groups at Thomas Weisel Partners and Duff & Phelps. Mr. Hart has an MBA from Columbia University and is a graduate of Duke University, where he was a member of the Men’s Varsity Golf Team.

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

David Sirolly joined The Cannabist Company in 2021 as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Prior to joining The Cannabist Company, Mr. Sirolly served as General Counsel, Corporate and Chief Compliance Officer of Integra LifeSciences Corporation, a publicly-traded global medical technology company, since 2010. Over his 11-year career at Integra, he held a variety of legal and compliance leadership roles which included accountability for corporate governance, securities laws, finance initiatives, healthcare compliance, employment law, litigation as well as legal support for a commercial division and information technology. Prior to Integra, Mr. Sirolly was Assistant General Counsel of ValueClick, Inc. (now Conversant, Inc.), a publicly-traded digital media company. David began his legal career at the international law firm of Hogan & Hartson LLP (now Hogan Lovells) based in Washington DC. At Hogan, he focused on supporting medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers on complex legal and regulatory matters. Mr. Sirolly also spent several years at a leading regional law firm in Pennsylvania working on civil and administrative litigation. Mr. Sirolly has a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law and a degree in economics from Duke University.

Chief Human Resources Officer

Bryan Olson joined The Cannabist Company as Chief Human Capital Officer in 2017. In 2020, Mr. Olson became the Company’s Chief People and Administrative Officer. In 2024, Mr. Olson transitioned to Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company, serving in a non-employee consultant capacity. Mr. Olson is also the Chief Administrative Officer of Ceres Coin, LLC (a privately held company) where he is serving in a non-employee consultant capacity. Prior to joining The Cannabist Company, Mr. Olson was the Chief Human Resource Officer for global law firm K&L Gates and previously held senior HR executive positions at Aetna and United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Olson is a former practicing employee benefits and executive compensation attorney at Skadden Arps and started his career at Fidelity Investments.