Andrea Cabral

Andrea J. Cabral is the Massachusetts CEO of Ascend Wellness Holdings, a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis company. She leads MassGrow LLC, a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing company and Ascend Mass LLC, a multi-site adult use retail cannabis company. In 2020, she was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of Fifteen Powerful and Innovative Women in Cannabis. Her leadership in AWH follows a 28-year career in government and public service. Andrea is a former Assistant District Attorney, the twice-elected Sheriff of Suffolk County and a former Patrick Administration Public Safety Secretary. She is the Chair of the Public Safety and Community Mitigation Subcommittee of the Cannabis Advisory Board appointed by Attorney General Maura Healy as an expert in criminal justice reform.

Ms Cabral also provides weekly commentary and legal analysis on Boston Public Radio, The Jim and Margery Show on WGBH Boston Public Radio.