Member Since 2021
The Industry Collective
New York City Area
Taylor Foxman, Founder of The Industry Collective, has spent the past 11 years of her professional career serving various Communications and Public Relations based roles for 70 global wine, beer and spirit brands such as Edrington Americas, Pernod Ricard North America, Gruppo Campari, Patrón Spirits Company, Stoli® Group, Jägermeister, Boston Beer Company, BANFI Wines and many more. In addition to her role within The Collective, Taylor currently serves as the Vice President of Communications and Experiences for Parallel, one of the leading privately-owned cannabis companies in the United States. She is also on the New York Board for Step Up, a non-profit organization with the mission of helping young women from under-resourced communities fulfill their potential and Chief, a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Taylor was also recently awarded PRWeek 40 Under 40 and Brand Innovator of the Year’s 40 Under 40, Brand Innovators of the Year as well as recently inducted into the Rolling Stone Culture Committee Member.
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Parallel is one of the largest privately-held, vertically-integrated, multi-state cannabis companies in the world with a mission to pioneer well-being and improve the quality of life through cannabinoids. Parallel owns and operates retail dispensaries in four medical and adult-use markets: Surterra Wellness in Florida and Texas; New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Massachusetts, and The Apothecary Shoppe in Nevada. Parallel also has a license under its Goodblend brand in Pennsylvania for vertically-integrated operations and up to six retail locations, in addition to a medical cannabis research partnership with the University of Pittsburgh. The Company has a diverse portfolio of high quality, proprietary and licensed consumer brands and products including Surterra Wellness, Coral Reefer, Float and Heights. Parallel operates approximately 50 retail stores nationwide, including cultivation and manufacturing sites across the four states. The Company, through its biosciences division, conducts advanced cannabis science and R&D for new product development in its facilities in Texas, Massachusetts, Florida, and Budapest, Hungary.
Food & Beverage