Industry Veterans Bring Over 35 Years of Combined Experience with Proven Track Records in Cannabis, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods

OAKLAND, Calif.

and

TORONTO


,


June 6, 2022


/PRNewswire/ – Harborside Inc. (“Harborside” or the “Company”) (CSE: HBOR) (OTCQX: HBORF), a

California

-focused, vertically integrated cannabis enterprise, today announced the expansion of its leadership team, appointing

Kavi Bhai

as vice president of financial planning and analysis and

Angela Pih

as vice president of marketing.

Mr. Bhai has over 11 years of relevant experience, having previously worked for BellRock Brands, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to BellRock, he served as chief financial officer at Mary’s Medicinals and led audit and advisory engagements at Frazier & Deeter, LLC. In his current role, Mr. Bhai will be responsible for planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis to support the execution of the Company’s strategic plan.

Ms. Pih is charged with expanding Harborside’s market share by strengthening the company’s brands and sales capabilities. She was previously chief marketing officer at Papa & Barkley, the category leader in cannabis products for health and wellness, and at CannaCraft, a house of brands in

California

across recreational and wellness cannabis products. Considered a technology “first mover”, Ms. Pih is a 3x

Clio Award

winner and was named by The Drum as a Top Female Talent of Color in 2018. She brings 25 years of experience in cannabis, retail, and consumer packaged goods.

“As we embark upon the next phase of growth in creating a leading, vertically integrated cannabis enterprise, we are filling the final two critical positions in our senior executive team,” said

Ed Schmults

, CEO Harborside. “The addition of Kavi, with his track record of navigating companies toward financial growth following internal overhaul, and Angela, with her proven marketing experience across retail and CPG brands, is hugely beneficial to Harborside as we further establish a leadership role in the

California

market.”

Harborside, a vertically integrated enterprise with cannabis licenses covering retail, major brands, distribution, cultivation, nursery and manufacturing, is one of the oldest and most respected cannabis companies in

California

. Founded in 2006, Harborside was awarded one of the first six medical cannabis licenses granted in

the United States

. Today, the Company operates 14 dispensaries covering Northern and

Southern California

and one in

Oregon

, distribution facilities in

San Jose

and

Los Angeles, California

and integrated cultivation/production facilities in

Salinas

and

Greenfield, California

. Harborside is a publicly listed company, currently trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) under the ticker symbol “HBOR” and the OTCQX under the ticker symbol “HBORF”.

The Company continues to play an instrumental role in making cannabis safe and accessible to a broad and diverse community of

California

and

Oregon

consumers.

The CSE has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. Neither the CSE nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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SOURCE Harborside Inc.