Speaker Spotlight

Stella is the founder of CannaContent, an award-winning, woman-owned, and LGBTQ+ owned boutique digital marketing firm focused on online visibility and scalable organic growth for businesses restricted in how they can market to their target audiences.

She is an award-winning former journalist and content marketing expert with nearly 20 years of editorial experience. Her specialties are in SEO, editorial and content strategy, brand voice development, and thought leadership development.

Stella was named to Marijuana Venture’s 40 Under 40 list (2026), Visionaries’ inaugural V200 list of women founders (2026), Cultivated’s inaugural Thirty Thirties list (2025), and was named a Marketing Maverick Under 40 by NJ Ad Club (2025). She is a two-time Content Marketing Awards winner, earning “Best Topic Specific Blog” two years in a row from the Content Marketing Institute in 2023 and 2024.

Stella sits on the Retail and Marketing Committee for the New Jersey Cannabusiness Association, the IgniteIt (formerly Benzinga)’s Ohio Valley Advisory Board, and is on the inaugural committee for IgniteHer, which connects femme-owned cannabis businesses to investors and professional resources. She is also on the advisory board for BrandrAI, a data asset management platform that streamlines and standardizes content for marketing and compliance purposes. In addition to her awards and committee positions, Stella develops and delivers workshops on cannabis marketing for trade shows and conferences across the U.S.