MMCM Board & Committees

COO Northeast Growing Company

@WickedGoodFire

Founder, Maine Women's Cannabiz Council

Charter Member, Maine Cannabis Industry Association

Lifelong lover of the cannabis plant, culture and community.

Dustin Sulak, D.O. is an osteopathic physician, licensed in Maine as a general practitioner. He is an expert in integrative medicine, the intelligent combination of conventional and alternative approaches to healthcare. He has long been fascinated by mind-body medicine, spirituality in healthcare, and natural approaches to promoting health and healing. He is an expert in cranial and biodynamic osteopathy, a clinical hypnotherapist, Reiki sensei, practitioner of chi kung and yoga, and has studied with numerous conventional and alternative healers and physicians.

Dr. Sulak’s clinical practice focuses on treating refractory conditions in adults and children.  He received undergraduate degrees in nutrition science and biology from Indiana University, a doctorate of osteopathy from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed an osteopathic internship at Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency. 

Dr. Sulak is an internationally-renowned expert in medical cannabis, the founder of Integr8 Health and Healer.com, a medical cannabis education resource.  He is a passionate teacher of clinicians, patients and industry professionals, and sits on the board of directors of The Society of Cannabis Clinicians. Dr. Sulak recently published the first foundational text on the clinical use of cannabis and cannabinoid therapies, Handbook of Cannabis for Clinicians: Principles and Practice.

Homegrown Healthcare Alternative Wellness, Apothecary & Learning Center Lifetime Activist & Cancer Survivor.

Occupation: Historian - Journalist - Videographer - Photographer - Jester

1970 BA in History at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale
Minored in African Studies and Photography
Graduate work in Community Development
Created the Community Action Weatherization Program in 1975 in Augusta
Get Out The Vote Coordinator for the Maine Nuclear Referendum Committee in 1980
Traveled to London, Cuba and Israel-Palestine in the 1980s representing the Maine United Methodist Church
Founded Radio Free Maine on March 31, 1988
One of the first four Maine Green Cross Patient's Choice Award winners in 2011
Delegate to Maine Democratic Party Conventions since 1976
Supporter of Augusta Women in Black
Member of the Rachel Craig - Tom Sturtevant Peace Brigade
Maine Medical Marijuana Patient since 2011
Member of the Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine
Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine in 2014.

Roxanne Munksgaard has been a medical marijuana patient in Maine since 2011. She works as a jewelry designer and metalsmith, and handcrafts copper cannabis jewelry. Roxanne is also the co-owner of Maine Jewelry & Art Gallery and Studios in Downtown Bangor. She serves on the Advisory Committee of MMCM and has been a volunteer for all the Home Grown Maine Tradeshows.

Bridget Danis, a lifelong Mainer, has worked in social service program administration and policy management for over 2 decades at the local, county and state levels. Bridget understands the importance of education and open-mindedness when opinions differ, but the objective is similar. In her various capacities, she has advocated for personal rights and reasonable approaches to needed regulations to protect health and safety. Bridget studied education and art and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from U. Maine at Farmington. Currently, Bridget works for the Department and Health and Human Services, and she has recently joined MMCM to assist the organization with its efforts to preserve and expand safe access for patients choosing alternative medicine. As a cancer survivor, she offers her compassion and admiration for those who have battled for the medical program since the beginning. As a member of MMCM, she will offer her personal viewpoint, challenge conversations, and support the mission of MMCM.

A 2012 graduate with a Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability from Goucher College (Maryland), Meehan brings to the table diligent research backed by a 1991 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Fairfield University (Connecticut). With a unique combination of the analytical and the humanities, Meehan has worked most of her adult life in some form of education. Meehan’s diverse skill set includes solid writing and communication abilities, research and analysis, negotiation and networking, and medical experience from an Emergency Medical Technician/Volunteer Firefighter background as well as perspective as the parent of a medically fragile child. A ten-year employee of the Mohegan Tribal Government in Connecticut where she served as Cultural Outreach Specialist, Meehan retired in 2013 to move to Maine to legally access marijuana to save her daughter’s life. Cyndimae has Dravet Syndrome Epilepsy, a catastrophic form of epilepsy characterized by seizures that do not respond to typical medications. As of December 2015, for the first time in her life, Cyndimae has a virtually normal background EEG (brain waves). Additionally, using tinctures made from specific Maine-grown THCA/THC high strains, Cyndimae is having seizures once or twice a week instead of hundreds a day. Including all the various seizure types she has, Cyndimae’s seizures are over 99% reduced using cannabis. In 2014, Meehan started regularly contacting her state representatives and attending legislative hearings that involved marijuana. Meehan and her daughter have earned MMCM’s Patient Advocacy recognition for two consecutive years. Meehan feels strongly that this plant that has saved her daughter’s life should be a first line treatment for many diseases at a doctor’s and patient’s discretion. Additionally, Meehan deems it unconstitutional to restrict access to this plant thereby restricting people’s freedom of movement, their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Meehan’s long-term goals include working toward federal de-scheduling and deregulation of this life-saving plant that was once the cornerstone of American pharmacopeia, early American farms, and many sustainable industries.

Homegrown of Augusta

Shanna Souza was born in New Bedford Mass in 1975. She moved to Maine at the age of 11 in 1987. She took Business and Accounting classes. She started working at the age of 14 and worked her way up to management positions for restaurants and retail stores. In 1999, Shanna started “SLS Enterprises” a bookkeeping business to work part time for an accounting office, while still working in management. In 2000, Shanna was able to open her own Mom and Pop store in Monmouth, called “Monmouth Market” and another in 2004 called “Roadside Bakery & Café”. In 2007, Shanna took on a position as a part time Pharmacy Tech and Wellness Ambassador for Rite aid up until 2014, when she decided to become active in helping the Medical Cannabis patients. In 2016 Shanna became a Caregiver and opened Homegrown of Augusta in 2019.

I am a Medical Cannabis patient and an Owner of Homegrown of Augusta in Central Maine. I became a volunteer for MMCM in early 2014 at their 3rd annual Homegrown Maine Trade Show, I helped with the informational sessions and classes that MMCM hosted. Working with many advocates in the Medical Cannabis community, I learned so much and became very passionate about keeping the Medical Cannabis Program protected. I was selected to become a board member and the Treasurer of MMCM in September of 2014. I help keep track of the daily operations and finances for MMCM. I am working daily to help protect the program, so patients will have safe access to their medicine. I help Teach the classes for MMCM, so that all attendees understand the laws, rules and regulations involved in the Medical Cannabis industry, along with the business and client care. Also involved in helping with information for patient orientations, at various physician locations, for patients to know their rights and responsibilities. I enjoy dedicating my time to MMCM.

Harvest Consulting LLC, 31 Water Street, Hallowell, Me 04347-207-812-2074

Business owner and trusted advocate Eddie DuGuy has joined the Board of Directors of MMCM, bringing extensive government relations, economic development and coalition building experience to the Board. 

As a former lawmaker, Eddie Dugay has a valuable insight into how public policy is shaped, especially relating to Maine’s medical marijuana industry. 

Eddie has a proven ability to work collaboratively with lawmakers of both parties. 

Eddie is a veteran, a former member of Maine’s House of Representatives, and has advised countless businesses throughout Maine through Harvest Consulting. He was also the Economic Director for the Passamaquoddy tribe. 

More recently, Eddie has established two Medical Cannabis stores with a dozen employees. He knows first-hand the challenges facing the industry today and looks forward to working with MMCM to advance public education, state and federal legislation, and coordinated advocacy throughout the state.