Jack Jay
CEO / Founder
Jack Jay is the founder and CEO of Cannafacturer. A persistent and relentless entrepreneur who dropped out of college to follow his dreams. Jack's efforts have been noted in Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, and on Starter Story. His brand has been endorsed by two key players in the NFL and Josh Okogie from the NBA. In school, he had been awarded Scholar-Athlete of The Year for his entire School District, scored perfect scores ranking in the 99.9 percentile, in Math and Science on the largest standardized test, the ACT, and declined a D1 offer at Naval Academy to "keep his brain healthy." After a tragic snowboarding crash ending up in hospitalization and receiving no medicine for the severe brain trauma he experienced; his independent research led to buying CBD for his recovery. After personally benefiting from the medicinal properties and having read about the expanding market potential. He decided to pioneer the Hemp and Phytocannabinoid space while fulfilling his entrepreneurial dreams.
Patrick O. Meara
VP / Co-Founder
Patrick O’Meara is the Managing Principal and Founder of Taylor Street, a full-service real estate group of commercial and residential investment sales, capital advisory, investment, property management, and design companies. In his 20-year career, Patrick has invested, managed, financed, or sold over $5.2 billion of commercial and residential real estate nationwide for institutional and private clients and for his portfolio. Patrick was a minority owner and board member of the private Ann Arbor Acquisition company that owned a short-line railroad, distribution centers, and warehouse facilities in Michigan and Ohio. He invested in Jack early on and has given strategic access to his network of lawyers and attorneys.
Tate Buckingham
Director Of Operations
Tate is a Business Administration major at the University of Arizona who utilizes his experience and knowledge of business management to maintain a smooth operation at Full Body Zen day in and day out. With more than four years of management experience by the age of twenty-two, Tate has seen it all. Responsible for daily business operations, including overseeing all aspects of planning, purchasing, inventory, shipping, receiving, and process development and improvement. You can expect 100% transparency, analytical thinking, assertiveness, and a smile when working with Tate.
Michelle Baccarella
Chief Science Officer
Master’s Degree; Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist Michelle has been a registered dietician and nutritionist for over 15 years. Michelle has been formulating functional foods, beverages, and supplements for health and wellness companies such as Vital Body and MOXiLife. She specializes in condition-specific protocols and guidelines for patients and clients. Specialties: Organic, whole food, all-natural, gluten-free, beverages, powders, stick packs, gels, capsules, tablets, liquid supplements, candies, nutritionals/snacks/beverages for children, seniors, athletes, military, menu plans, weight loss, recipes, toothpaste
Jackson O. Neill
Operations Manager
Jackson's long passion for helping people combined with years of experience training and managing individuals makes him the perfect fit to ensure everything is going smoothly and things are being done the right way here at Full Body Zen. Always striving for excellence and growth he has multiple start-ups of his own including a Real Estate flipping business, Landscaping Services, and different consumer products. Having worked in and ran a diverse portfolio of multiple small companies he is always thinking outside the box to improve efficiency, safety, and overall product quality.
Monica Francis
Quality Control Specialist
Monica is the Quality Control Specialist for Cannafacturer. She is currently responsible for assuring ingredient quality and batch quality. She also helps with maintaining quality stickering and labeling for the products. Monica was born and raised in Tucson, graduating from Marana High School. She loves her hometown and enjoys spending time with her family, usually on an outdoor outing.