Management
Team
Cynthia Salarizadeh
Founder & President
After visiting Sonoma about a year before she moved to California to work in the cannabis industry, Cynthia met with popular wine makers and cannabis cultivators...
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Founder & President
After visiting Sonoma about a year before she moved to California to work in the cannabis industry, Cynthia met with popular wine makers and cannabis cultivators and knew she wanted to begin an infused wine company based on the historic significance of it throughout the world. Once the time was ripe for the regulatory landscape to allow for such a licensed product, she teamed up with innovative and powerful women throughout both the wine and cannabis industries in order to bring the vision to life. Her background in managing startups, fundraising, branding, and public relations brought an advantageous value to developing the sophisticated brand for the House of Saka.
Cynthia is also the Founder of the cannabis industry’s newswire and entrepreneur tech suite, AxisWire, as well as the Co-founder of Green Market Media which is currently most recognized for its cannabis finance news publication Green Market Report and its conference series Green Market Summit. She is also a Co-founder of the network Industry Power Women.
KCSA Strategic Communications acquired her leading cannabis and hemp public relations firm Salar Media Group after being in operations for three years. She is a council member on Forbes Communications Council as well as a contributing writer for Entrepreneur Media on the leading women and business of cannabis. Cynthia also sits on the advisory board of the innovative hemp and sustainable hospitality company MoonCloth Designs.
Cynthia has been named one of 15 of the most Powerful and Innovative Women in Cannabis by Forbes, one of 20 Women set to Dominate the International Landscape in Cannabis by Benzinga as well as named as one of the 20 Most Influential Women in Cannabis by High Times.
Cynthia received her degree from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a certificate in journalism from Georgetown University.
Tracey Mason
Co-Founder & CEO
A seasoned sales and marketing executive, Tracey Mason has successfully created, marketed and sold innovative products in the CPG and adult beverage sectors for...
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Co-Founder & CEO
A seasoned sales and marketing executive, Tracey Mason has successfully created, marketed and sold innovative products in the CPG and adult beverage sectors for over 25 years.
Her prior experience includes serving as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at CannaCraft, Chief Marketing abd Business Development Officer at Terravant Wine Company, SVP of Marketing and Innovation at Purple Wine and Spirits, EVP of Global Marketing at Goelet Wine Estates/Clos du Val Winery, VP of Global Innovation at Treasury Wine Estates, Director of Commercial Innovation at Diageo and VP of Sales and Marketing at Epic Wines.
In addition to overseeing House of Saka’s day-to-day operations, Mason is also President and Creative Director for M3G-Inc, a leading marketing consultancy group she founded in 2013. She has a BA in Politics from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia with further graduate study at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, a love of all things food and wine and an unparalleled passion for branding
Sue Bachorski
COO/CFO
Sue Bachorski is a seasoned business executive with over 28 years of beer, wine and spirits experience including a broad background in finance, business strategy, supply...
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COO/CFO
Sue Bachorski is a seasoned business executive with over 28 years of beer, wine and spirits experience including a broad background in finance, business strategy, supply chain and operations.
Her prior experience includes serving on the executive team at Constellation brands most recently as SVP, Operation Services, Global Wine & Spirits. Prior roles include serving as SVP, CFO Constellation Wines North America, SVP & CFO Pacific Wine Partners.
Before entering the alcohol industry, Bachorski held roles as the Director of Finance for May Department Stores as well as Financial Manager for Winn Dixie Stores.
Marisa Webster
Director of Production and Quality Assurance
Marisa Webster joined House of Saka as a QA and Production consultant last Spring after having been fully immersed in the wine industry as an Enologist/Winemaker and Winemaking Consultant...
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Director of Production and Quality Assurance
Marisa Webster joined House of Saka as a QA and Production consultant last Spring after having been fully immersed in the wine industry as an Enologist/Winemaker and Winemaking Consultant, for the past 11 years. She fell in love with the art and science after graduating from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2009, where she earned a B.S. in Nutrition/Minor in Wine & Viticulture. Her first hands on venture into the world of wine production started during harvest of 2009, in the Laboratory as a Harvest Enologist, and later became full time Quality Control Manager at Chalk Hill Estate Winery in Healdsburg. Most recently a Technical Sales and Winemaking Consultant for AEB, Marisa brings a deep understanding of the processes and protocols needed to ensure our products the best in the world.
