Company: VREOF
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-018064
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Company: Vireo Growth Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: DEF 14A
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is is co-founder and has served as partner of Chicago Atlantic Group, LP and its affiliates since April 2019. He has served as Executive Chairman of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. since December 2021, as a director of Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. since October 2024, and as director of Cansortium, Inc. from July 2023 to December 2024. Mr. Mazarakis brings to Vireo over 20 years of entrepreneurial, operational, and managerial experience in the real estate, retail, and hospitality industries. Ross M. Hussey is an attorney with over 15 years of experience who practices in multiple states and jurisdictions and focuses primarily on complex litigation and representing private businesses. Mr. Hussey has served as a director of Vireo since July 2020 and is the Chair of the NCGC Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. He has practiced with Smith Jadin Johnson, PLLC since June 2019. From April 2015 through May 2019, he practiced with Benson, Kerrane, Storz & Nelson, PC (now known as Kerrane Storz, P.C.). Mr. Hussey is a founding member of Vireo U.S. where he helped create and launch Minnesota Medical Solutions, LLC. Mr. Hussey previously served as General Counsel for Minnesota Medical Solutions from December of 2014 to March of 2016 before returning to

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TABLE OF CONTENTS private practice. He also has prior government relations experience and was involved in the implementation of the medical cannabis program in Minnesota. Mr. Hussey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Gustavus Adolphus College and received a Juris Doctor degree from William Mitchell College of Law. Victor E. Mancebo is a business professional with over 20 years of experience in a variety of operational, retail, and agricultural leadership roles for several national and regional companies in the United States. Mr. Mancebo has served as a director of Vireo since January 2021 and is a member of the Audit and NCGC Committees. Mr. Mancebo has amassed executive leadership roles in real estate, banking, education, logistics, technology, food safety, manufacturing, agriculture, and retail. He founded O2 Natural Air LLC, a sustainable climate-control company, in 2022. He has served as Executive Chairman of V7 Ogimaa, Inc, a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis operator, since 2021