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Mary Bailey

Managing Dir
Last Prisoner Project

As Managing Director & co-founder of the criminal justice reform non-profit, Last Prisoner Project, Mary leads development efforts and cultivates community partnerships that enable Last Prisoner Project to fight for the release of cannabis prisoners and support them as they rebuild their lives. Her dedication to this mission has bolstered LPP’s reentry program which has distributed over $2M to constituents through direct grants, commissary funds, and other financial support.

Before working with Last Prisoner project, Mary was the executive producer of Maui Cannabis Conference and CEO of Alpha Agency, a Hawaii based production company specializing in creating events that inspire positive social change through music, education, and community engagement. Mary was recently awarded High Times Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People in the Cannabis Industry, the Advocate of the Year Award from Benzinga Cannabis, and 40 under 40 from Cannabis Now Magazine.
As Managing Director of the non-profit, Last Prisoner Project, Mary leads development efforts and cultivates community partnerships that enable LPP to fight for the release of cannabis prisoners and support them as they rebuild their lives. Her dedication to this mission has bolstered LPP’s reentry program which has distributed over $2M to constituents through direct grants, commissary funds, and other financial support.

Mary recently received the Advocate of the Year Award from Benzinga Cannabis, the Top 40 under 40 from Cannabis Now Magazine, and the Top 100 Most Influential People in the Cannabis Industry.

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Events featuring Mary Bailey
Events featuring Mary Bailey