Management Team

Mr. Tortoroli joined the Company’s Board of Directors on November 14, 2019 and became CEO on December 16, 2021. From November 2014 to September 2020, Mr. Tortoroli served as the President of Bacardi International Limited and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Bacardi Ltd, the world’s largest privately-held spirits company, where he was responsible for the company’s finance, strategy, operations, e-commerce, data insights, and global supply chain. In October 2019, Mr. Tortoroli was named the Executive in Residence and Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Student Career Services at St. Thomas Aquinas College. Since 2021, Mr. Tortoroli has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ajna BioSciences, a botanical drug development company. He is also Chair of the Board and Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Gameday Gateway, a certified Women’s Business Enterprise. Mr. Tortoroli holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, and he is a CPA.‎

Effective April 25, 2022, Lindsey Jensen was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Jensen initially joined the Company as Senior Director, Finance; Operations Controller in September 2019 and subsequently held the role of Vice President, Finance; Sales and Operations until her appointment as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Jensen was Head of Finance and Accounting at Samantha Brands Group, an investment company focused on investments in consumer brands, from May 2017 through September 2019. Prior thereto, she was the Finance Director and Corporate Treasurer at Parkifi from April 2015 through May 2017. Ms. Jensen has a Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business and Marketing, from Texas McCombs School of Business and a Master of Business Administration, Finance, from University of Colorado Boulder.

Jared Stanley is a Co-Founder of Charlotte’s Web and has served multiple ‎executive roles for the Company since its inception in 2013 and currently ‎serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Stanley has more ‎than 14 years’ experience in the cannabis and hemp industry and has built ‎the Company’s cultivation divisions from the ground up, creating first-of-its-‎kind scalable and consistent hemp raw material supply systems across three ‎States and Canada. As a Co-Founder, Mr. Stanley has been featured in ‎global press, media and public events speaking to the Company’s mission-‎driven story, market-leading products, and proprietary technologies. He also ‎plays a prominent role in the Company’s legislative activities at the state and ‎federal level for consumer access and industry advocacy. Mr. Stanley ‎graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Applied Human ‎Sciences.‎

On September 24, 2021, Mr. Rogers joined the Company as its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Since 2016, Mr. Rogers has served as a legal and business consultant at Rogers Consulting LLC, acting as an independent consultant for companies focusing on international transaction and SEC matters. From 2008 until he established Rogers Consulting, LLC, Mr. Rogers served as General Counsel for Miller Brewing Company and Miller Brewing International, Inc. where he oversaw major litigation, managed regulatory compliance, and was the primary in-house counsel on several major domestic and international transactions. From July 2008 to October 2016, Mr. Rogers served on the Miller Brewing Company and Miller Brewing International Boards of Directors. From January 2012 to October 2016, Mr. Rogers served on the SABMiller Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors. Since July 1, 2021, Mr. Rogers has served as a member of the Cardinal Stritch University Board of Trustees. Additionally, since 2020, Mr. Rogers has served on the Bubler Bikes Executive Committee. Mr. Rogers holds a bachelor’s degree in Government from Hamilton College and a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law.‎