Steven Przybyla

Steven Przybyla has been the Company’s Chief legal Officer since September 2023. Steven brings to Ispire 10 years of experience in the regulated cannabis industry, and nearly half a decade of experience in nicotine/tobacco product regulation. Steven was previously General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:XXII) and helped to secure the only Modified Risk Tobacco Product approval for a combustible cigarette ever authorized by FDA. He has previously helped build, scale and take-public regulated consumer product companies such as Jushi, Inc. (CSE: JUSH) where he was among the initial employees and helped oversee Jushi’s growth to 1,500 employees while serving as President of Jushi’s medical division. Steven has also held roles as General Counsel of the Dent Neurologic Institute and the Seneca Development Corporation where he oversaw a variety of both cannabis and corporate legal initiatives. He currently serves as member of the Board of Directors of IKE Tech LLC, a technology joint venture focused on vapor product point-of-use age-gating and authentication. Steven started his career as a corporate and regulatory attorney at Phillips Lytle LLP and received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Washington & Lee University and his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.