Rachel Wright, CPA MST is a founder and managing partner of AB FinWright, LLP, a woman-owned and veteran-owned CPA firm in California primarily serving the cannabis industry and international clients. Rachel is a proactive business leader and innovative problem-solver with over ten years of experience in the cannabis industry working with hundreds of operators in the US and abroad. As a CPA with a Master’s Degree in Taxation, a major focus of Rachel’s practice is cannabis tax planning, including state and local as well as 280E and 471(c) federal tax issues. Rachel has experience in advisory services for cannabis operators on matters such as entity formation and planning, vertical integration benefits and issues, Multi-State operations, cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and dissolution resolution matters. With experience in CFO advisory services and financial controller roles in manufacturing and real estate development, Rachel looks to contribute this expertise to the cannabis industry. Rachel is also an author and thought-leader and has been published in Bloomberg Tax, the Cannabis Industry Journal, Marijuana Venture, and the LA Daily Journal. She holds multiple board positions including INCBA (International Cannabis Bar Association), Audit Committee Board of Directors for CSE publicly traded company High Fusion, Co-chair of MJ Biz Conn INCBA CLE Committee, Board of Cannabis Tri-State Networking Group, and Board of Tri-State Chamber of Commerce.