Andrea Brooks, Founder & CEO, Sava

Andrea Brooks is a seasoned public speaker, activist, and entrepreneur with a passion for health and wellness. Andrea entered the cannabis industry following a disabling injury in which cannabis played a crucial role in her recovery. In 2015 she founded Sava, a highly curated cannabis e-commerce company delivering to the larger Bay Area, from her vision to "Rethink Cannabis" in the mainstream. Sava is women-, LGBTQ- and LatinX-led, and has a mandate allocating 50% shelf space to women-owned brands and 25% to BIPOC + LGBTQ-owned brands.

Prior to Sava, Andrea served as a Principle at Brooks Consulting and has consulted with NGO's around the world including Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Tanzania, Nigeria and San Francisco. She is a former recipient of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Fair Housing Award and has served as Vice-Chair on two separate San Francisco governmental advisory bodies, including the Commission for Animal Control and Welfare.