Summer Westerbur
Summer Westerbur, CEO of Kairos Insurance Group
Cannabis Division celebrated 19 years of running her own insurance agency in January. The firm serves as a boutique employee benefits agency for thousands of people across multiple states and includes a prominent division providing employee benefits to the often maligned but fast growing cannabis industry. Summer is also the co-founder of Simcha, a kosher CBD company. She’s a cannabis and psychedelics advocate.
Summer is a cannabis retail license holder in the Northeast – stay tuned for more information. She serves on the Tri-State Regional Board of Cannabis Chamber of Commerce and is relocating, bringing her experience in Colorado to an emerging regulated market in the Northeast.
She has been an invited speaker at cannabis conferences around the U.S, including MJBizon 2022. She has also recently spoken at CanEX Jamaica, CannOne New Jersey, and more. She contributes thought leadership columns to publications including MJBizDaily, Cannabis News Florida, South Florida Hospital News. She is a member of the Rolling Stone Council Culture.
Summer and her son travel obsessively, visiting many countries every year, exploring cultures together. You can also find her at the poker tables.
Kairos Insurance Group Cannabis Division, Founder
Founded in Colorado, Summer has been assisting cannabis companies with employee benefits packages, providing health insurance to employees of cannabis retail stores, grows, and manufacturing facilities.
Kairos Insurance Group, Founder
Design employee benefits packages for small and large groups and health insurance for individuals and families.
Simcha, co-founder
Simcha provides high-quality, Boulder-grown, small-batch, kosher certified CBD & CBG products to the Jewish community and anyone else searching for effective, clean products.
Dispensary, Founder
Details Coming Soon!
Publications & Speaking
Recent Publications:
- Rolling Stone: Breaking Barriers: Pioneering a Consumer-Centric Approach to Cannabis Products and Market Expansion
- Rolling Stone: The Role Of Cannabis Lounges and Fostering Community
- MJBizDaily: 5 steps to close the cannabis industry c-suite gender gap
- shout out Colorado: Meet Summer Westerbur
- Rolling Stone: Council Culture Articles
- Cannabis News Florida: Compliance is Crucial
- South Florida Hospital News: employee benefits packages
- South Florida Hospital News: the importance of employee benefits packages
- Cannabis News Florida: four steps toward a green global future insights from a cannabis summit at the united nations
- South Florida Hospital News: kairos offering specialized insurance for cannabis companies
- mjbizdaily: how to diversify your cannabis conference experience
A Few Of Summer’s Recent Speaking Engagements:
MJBizCon 2022
CanEx Jamaica
CannaOne New Jersey
Flowers Austalia
Blog
MJBizCon 2023
January 1, 2024
Reflections on MJBizCon 2023: Weed Week Extravaganza
MJBizon 2023, fondly known as Weed Week, lived up to its reputation as a dazzling yet demanding affair. Nestled between Thanksgiving and Chanukah, this year’s event posed an extra challenge for those of us entrenched in health insurance enrollment season. As the cannabis community gathered in Las Vegas,
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MJUnpacked Detroit 2023
December 23,2023
MJUNPACKED 2023 DETROIT CONFERENCE Summer
Westerbur, recently attended MJUnpacked in Detroit as the founder of Divine Greens NJ, a cannabis retail location opening in New Jersey. Summer Westerbur, a long-time cannabis industry expert, is also founder of Kairos Insurance Group Cannabis Division, an employee benefits agency specializing in the cannabis industry that opened in Colorado in
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Summer Westerbur selected for Rolling Stone Culture Council, a community of leaders and tastemakers shaping the future
March 22, 2023
Rolling Stone Culture Council, an invitation-only network of leaders on the cutting edge of what’s new in culture, has selected Summer Westerbur as the community’s newest member. Summer Westerbur, founder of Kairos Insurance Group, was invited into Rolling Stone Culture Council because of her contributions to the cannabis industry and success and expertise. Summer Westerbur
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