At Ajna, we share a common belief in the power of botanicals. Our founders are responsible for bringing Charlotte’s Web into the world – the most standardized CBD product on the market and one of the first botanical products reported by consumers to surpass the efficacy of multiple FDA-approved drugs in multiple categories.

About Us

PASSION MEETS EXPERIENCE

Powered by thought leaders and industry specialists, Ajna’s team is poised for unparalleled success.

CMC TEAM

With decades of collective expertise, our scientists excel in drug development, botanical standardization, and substance characterization, ensuring compliance with the FDA's rigorous chemistry, manufacturing, and controls criteria for complex botanical extracts.

REGULATORY TEAM

Our regulatory team combines FDA veterans with 500+ reviewed INDs/NDAs and lead authorship of the Botanical Guidance. With 60+ years in natural product development, we offer unmatched expertise in botanical pharmacology and regulatory navigation.

CLINICAL TEAM

We're backed by elite medical researchers and specialists in neurology, autism, epilepsy, and psychiatry. Our Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Orrin Devinsky, led the principal investigation for Epidolex™, the sole FDA-approved cannabis drug.

Ajna’s Leadership Team

  • Portrait of Joel Stanley

    Joel Stanley

    CEO

    Founder, 1st CEO, and former Board Chairman of Charlotte’s Web

  • Portrait of Orrin Devinsky

    Orrin Devinsky, MD

    Chief Medical Advisor

    Director Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone, Lead Investigator for Epidiolex, Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  • Portrait of Scott Hansen

    Scott Hansen

    VP Operations + Quality

    Former VP Quality and Regulatory Affairs Agricor/Botanacor, Director Quality and R&D Charlotte’s Web, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals

  • Portrait of Bob Judge

    Bob Judge

    VP Finance

  • Portrait of Scott Humphreys

    Scott Humphreys

    Outside General Counsel

    Partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, an AmLaw 100 law firm

Clinical & Regulatory Consultants

  • Jiinhui Dou, Ph.D.

    IAA Consulting

  • Kip Vought

    IAA Consulting

  • Monil Shah, PharmD

    IAA Consulting

  • Robert Findling, MD, MBA

    Virginia Commonwealth

Scientific Advisory Board

  • Portrait of Matt Johnson

    Matt Johnson, PhD

    JOHNS HOPKINS

    Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research

  • Portrait of Ryan Vandrey

    Ryan Vandrey, PhD

    JOHNS HOPKINS

    Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of Johns Hopkins Cannabis Science Laboratory

  • Portrait of Staci Gruber

    Staci Gruber, PhD

    MCLEAN HOSPITAL - HARVARD
    MEDICAL SCHOOL

    Director of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core; Director of Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery

  • Portrait of Michael Bogenschutz

    Michael Bogenschutz, MD

    NYU

    Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Director of NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine

  • Portrait of Gene Morse

    Gene Morse, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS

    UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO

    SUNY Distinguished Professor; Director of Biomedical Sciences, Translational Pharmacology Research Core

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