Sturges Karban serves as an executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of ManifestSeven Holdings Corporation, California’s first and leading omni-channel cannabis distribution company, supporting the legal movement of product across the state and beyond.  He began his career in investment banking in the Private Capital Markets Group of Robertson Stephens prior to joining Jefferies & Company. In 2004, Mr. Karban co-founded KarEd, a residential real estate development company that purchased, rehabilitated, and managed over a dozen multi-tenant residential buildings in Hartford, Connecticut, prior to assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer and Director for Cutting Edge Music Services.  In 2011, Mr. Karban co-founded Meridian Advisors, a boutique consultancy based in Los Angeles, New York, and London, which advised companies in a variety of alternative industries across a host of strategic and financial matters. He joined the Company’s Board of Directors in 2014 and served as its acting Chief Investment Officer before assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2017. Mr. Karban holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University.