Ventura Cannabis and Wellness Corp. announced appointment of Craig Lipsay as the Company's Senior Financial Advisor to the Board of Directors. Mr. Lipsay has almost 30-year track record on Wall Street, including 11 years at Morgan Stanley where, as an investment banker based in Morgan Stanley's New York City headquarters, he rose to Managing Director, Co-head of North American Structured Products and then Managing Director, Co-head of the North American Strategic Solutions Group at Merrill Lynch. He has since served as an advisor and large shareholder in several investment funds. Mr. Lipsay has an undergraduate degree from SUNY, Albany and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lipsay will support the company in areas of capital markets communication and strategic planning.