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<head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow"> </head> <div class='speaker-detail'> <div class='speaker-content'> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-3 headshot-column"> <figure> <img src="https://cannabis-eventscdn.benzinga.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/27095846/Mark-Vendetti-1.png" alt="Benzinga Boot Camp headshot placeholder"> </figure> </div> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-9"> <h2>Mark Vendetti</h2> <p class='designation_company'>Chief Financial Officer</p> <p class='designation_company'>Glass House Brands</p> <div class='speaker-bio'> <p>With over 30 years of finance and accounting experience, Mark鈥檚 career spans a wide variety of industries including retail, CPG, e-commerce, manufacturing, financial services and entertainment. He has worked for some of the world鈥檚 most iconic enterprises, including Procter and Gamble, Abercrombie and Fitch, Bauer Hockey, and Mattel. From 2019 to 2021, just prior to joining Glass House Brands, Mark was the CFO of Canndescent, a leading producer of premium cannabis. He was also CFO of Francesca鈥檚, a women鈥檚 specialty retailer, from 2013 to 2015, when the company enjoyed annual sales growth rates in excess of 20% and opened 240 new stores. His leadership of turnaround efforts at Bauer Hockey and Mattel generated significant improvements in company profitability, and he has helped engineer two multi-billion-dollar transactions: the merger of XM Satellite Radio with Sirius and the sale of the Sears Credit Card business to Citigroup. He holds a BA in Mathematics from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard University.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='clearfix'></div> </div>