Wendy Berger has been a board member of Green Thumb Industries Inc. (OTC:GTII) since 2015 and is one of the pioneers among women leaders in the cannabis industry. Berger was a keynote speaker at Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago, the largest cannabis finance conference in the world. She was interviewed by Scott Greiper founder and president of Viridian Capital Advisors, one of the earliest financial and strategic advisory firms in the cannabis sector.

Berger explained how she got into the cannabis industry, the challenges for women and their potential.

Here is how Berger answered Greiper's first question, which...