Management Team
Robert Beasley
Chief Executive Officer

Robert Beasley, a native Floridian, co-founded the law firm of Litvak, Beasley Wilson & Ball in 2001. As a consultant, Robert has advised multiple parties to obtain cannabis licenses and create related financing facilities in Florida, Oregon, California, and Washington, D.C.
Also, Robert has participated in the design and construction of five cannabis cultivation and processing facilities, served as Board of Manager of the leading independent cannabis physician clinic group in Florida, and participated in the legislative and rulemaking process related to Florida’s Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act. In 2016 Robert contributed to the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Amendment 2.
Jeffrey Batliner
Chief Financial Officer

Biography coming soon.
Todd Buchman
Chief Legal Officer

From 2006 to 2018, Mr. Buchman was Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a private investment firm that has invested in over 365 companies worldwide with revenues of approximately $50 billion across a broad range of industries and transaction structures. He began his career as a corporate and securities attorney for Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP in Philadelphia, PA, where for six years he represented both public and private clients in a wide range of M&A activity and SEC reporting. Todd received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University.
Samantha Hymes
Executive Vice President

Samantha joined Cansortium after a career with broad public sector policy, administrative and corporate experience. Ms. Hymes is considered an expert in health care policy having worked at the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for 4 years. During her time at AHCA, Samantha worked as a Policy Chief on matters ranging from health care appropriations to policy issues in both the Division of Medicaid and the Division of Health Quality Assurance.