Experience

Seed - Dispensary

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Owner

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Boston, Massachusetts Seed is a Curated Cannabis Market that redefines the retail cannabis experience. Our knowledgeable purveyors are trained to help each guest select from a wide array of products to target a specific cannabis experience. Come fine tune how you utilize cannabis as an expert or start a relationship with cannabis as a beginner.



Core Social Justice Cannabis Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

• Executive Director

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Boston, Massachusetts, United States



Core Cannabis

• Owner

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Core Cannabis is a consulting practice formed to pursue business development opportunities in the cannabis industry as well as international cannabinoid research and drug policy initiatives. April's entrepreneurial successes and affiliations with cannabis cultivation licenses in three U.S. states (Connecticut, Florida and Colorado) contribute to the success of this practice and its position on the national and international frontlines of cannabis industry and policy.



Connecticut Bar Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Chair of Medical Marijuana Committee

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2019

  April petitioned for the formation of this committee in 2014 in an effort to bring together attorneys to weigh in on the novel and often contradictory subject of cannabis law. Educating attorneys and citizens regarding the legal issues surrounding the legalization of cannabis across the state and the globe is the mission of the committee. The committee has presented CLE acredited seminars at the Connecticut Bar Association Annual Legal Conference every year since its inception. 2015:… Show more April petitioned for the formation of this committee in 2014 in an effort to bring together attorneys to weigh in on the novel and often contradictory subject of cannabis law. Educating attorneys and citizens regarding the legal issues surrounding the legalization of cannabis across the state and the globe is the mission of the committee. The committee has presented CLE acredited seminars at the Connecticut Bar Association Annual Legal Conference every year since its inception. 2015: “Cannabis in the Workplace” 2016: “Constitutional Cannabis” 2017: "State's Rights: Marijuana Laws under the New Administration" 2018: "Intellectual Property in the Cannabis Industry" 2019: “Social Equity in the Cannabis Industry” Show less



Curaleaf, LLC

• Founder, Owner, COO

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2017

  Simsbury, CT As a Founder, Owner and Chief Operating Officer of one of only four grower/processors licensed in Connecticut, Ms. Arrasate and her team created the brand and wrote the application. Post-licensing, she oversaw and orchestrated the completion of a 40,000-square foot indoor production facility from initial build out to full production in under six months. Range of products included: CO2-extracted vaporization oils, concentrates, drops, tinctures, oromucosal sprays, capsules, raw flower and… Show more As a Founder, Owner and Chief Operating Officer of one of only four grower/processors licensed in Connecticut, Ms. Arrasate and her team created the brand and wrote the application. Post-licensing, she oversaw and orchestrated the completion of a 40,000-square foot indoor production facility from initial build out to full production in under six months. Range of products included: CO2-extracted vaporization oils, concentrates, drops, tinctures, oromucosal sprays, capsules, raw flower and edibles. As acting COO for the company’s first several years in operation, Ms. Arrasate gained expertise in all areas of the commercial production of cannabis-based medicine, including: facility build out, security, compliance, cultivation, harvest, processing, inventory tracking, testing, formulation, manufacture, packaging, delivery, fulfillment, product development, physician education, patient education, dispensary relations, public relations and overall branding. Arrasate successfully exited in 2017 and remains a shareholder of the publicly held Canadian company. Show less



Parsons Ouverson Stark & Guest

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

  Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina Civil Litigation



Harvard Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • May 2000 - Sep 2002

  Channing Laboratory Boston MA The Channing Division of Network Medicine is a research division within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School. The Mission of the Channing Division of Network Medicine is: To use an integrated, network-based, systems biology-driven approach to define the etiology of complex diseases; to reclassify complex diseases based on systems pathobiological mechanisms; and to develop new treatments and preventive strategies based on these new disease… Show more The Channing Division of Network Medicine is a research division within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School. The Mission of the Channing Division of Network Medicine is: To use an integrated, network-based, systems biology-driven approach to define the etiology of complex diseases; to reclassify complex diseases based on systems pathobiological mechanisms; and to develop new treatments and preventive strategies based on these new disease classifications using systems pharmacology approaches. Show less