Silvia Knilans

An accomplished entrepreneur, Silvia Knilans has successfully created and brought to market a variety of consumer brands. Particularly passionate about cannabis education, she founded the Cannabis Advisors Institute (CAI) in Chicago in 2012. Providing consulting services to business owners in the cannabis industry, she advises on issues related to branding, business analysis, and security. Silvia Knilans also helped develop educational courses and wrote several handbooks designed to help entrepreneurs succeed in the medicinal cannabis market.

The founder of Sacred Enterprises, Ms. Knilans developed a line of topical products containing full-spectrum CBD oil and other natural ingredients, including the top-selling pain balm. Over the years, she has balanced her entrepreneurial efforts with advocacy work. As the founder of the North United Group, she engaged in cannabis advocacy at the federal and state level, in addition to developing and implementing a cannabis application process in Illinois and Las Vegas. Ms. Knilans studied business market analysis and product development at Columbia College.