CHAIRMAN + CEO
Brett H. Pojunis is the Chairman and CEO of MJ Venture Partners (MJVP). Since 2014, Brett has served on the Board of Directors of a publicly traded cannabis company whose holdings include Green Leaf Farms, a Las Vegas based Nevada licensed Cultivation and Production facility and Green Leaf Farms International, a 33,600-acre cultivation farm in Jujuy, Argentina.
Before founding MJVP, Brett was one of the leaders of the Libertarian Party serving two-terms on the Libertarian National Committee (LNC), two terms as the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, and was part of the senior staff for the 2016 Johnson/Weld Presidential campaign. Brett was very involved with the legalization of marijuana in Nevada (2016 – Question 2) as well as an advisor to other statewide initiatives for marijuana legalization. Brett hosted and produced over 150 political events including the 2016 Libertarian Presidential Debate hosted by Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller) that included video questions from well-known celebrities which aired on TheBlaze Network. Brett was the creator of multiple politically focused events and conferences including LPEX – the Libertarian Political Expo, a political conference for Libertarian political training, CanEx, a financial conference focusing on the financial aspect of the Cannabis industry, The Political Party, a non-partisan organization with the goal of getting more Nevadans involved in the political process with the well known “Meet The Candidates” events series.
Brett has been involved in finance and the public markets since 1999. Brett has been a consultant to many start-up companies as well as publicly traded companies including high tech Internet to traditional brick and mortar companies. From 2002 through October 2009, Brett has been involved in nightlife and entertainment ventures bridging technology and social media with events. He has hosted over 650 events in Las Vegas as well as other markets throughout the United States. Brett served on the Board of Directors of multiple private and public companies and organizations. Brett has military training ranging from Civil Affairs Specialist (38A) to Combat Engineer (12B). While in the US ARMY he was awarded the Outstanding American award, twice. Brett is a fellow at The Leadership Institute which provides political activism training. Brett studied Environmental Liberal Arts at Green Mountain College and Entrepreneurship classes at the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. Brett attended elective International Business and Finance classes at Rochester Institute of Technology.