About | MFNY

We’re here to elevate cannabis by becoming New York’s very own cannabis brand, infusing New York DNA into growing, cultivating, and formulating all our products.

Our Team

While our expertise is wide-ranging, we are rooted in a deep reverence for the plant and its potential to elevate lives. Meet the MF-ers behind the brand here.

Michael Kandhorov

Co-Founder and Owner

Previous to MFNY, Michael built and scaled multiple successful ventures across real estate development, and financial markets. Now, he’s focusing his relentless pursuit of quality on agricultural innovation and production techniques. He takes great pride in having assembled a top-tier team of industry experts to create one of New York's leading cannabis brands through strategic partnerships, operational excellence, and unwavering commitment to delivering the highest quality products.

Natalia Kaminskaya

Co-Founder, Head of Brand & Culture

From a career in high-end hospitality, Natalia carved a natural path to high-end real estate and now to the regulated cannabis industry. For the past six years, Natalia has led everything from facility and operations management, to talent acquisition and brand marketing. In her current role, she’s continuing to develop this award-winning cannabis brand that redefines the market through its high quality products at accessible prices by managing the brand’s ecosystem of retailers, partners and collaborations.

Ian Dyche

Head of Operations

Born and raised on the East Coast with family in New York, Ian started his cannabis career in Southern California in the legacy and legal market. Now, back in New York as a seasoned cultivator with over 20 years of experience, Ian is responsible for managing MFNY operations in the cultivation and processing facility, curating and maintaining a rich genetic library and overseeing quality control across our state-of-the-art facility

Matthew Garzia

Chief Operating Officer

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Matthew has a comprehensive background in operations management, revenue optimization, compliance, and strategic planning in healthcare administration. Matthew’s experience working in regulated industries and his ability to identify and rectify inefficiencies, implement new strategies and execute on plans and processes that increase workflow and output efficiencies, make him an asset to MFNY and the regulated cannabis industry in New York.

Omar Massoud

Director of Sales

Sales Architect Expert, with experience creating sales processes and teams at numerous organizations. Over $38+ million in sales across multiple industries. Omar brings his experience and tools to MFNY’s sales efforts.

Galen Connell

Head of Extraction

Over twelve years of experience, over ten different projects, and more than 250k+ lbs of material extracted. Galen specializes in custom built compliant closed-loop systems, bringing his passion and innovation to the lab.

Louis Guarneiri

Chief of Staff

Multifaceted operational expert, with a focus in supply chain management, infrastrastructure supply procurement, utility tracking, and general operations. Has been a stalwart for the company since day one.

Our MF-ing difference is that we do everything single-source at our Hudson Valley farm (60 miles north of NYC). Being seed-to-shelf means we control every variable – from growing the plant to harvesting to processing – to ensure we deliver the highest quality products.

We’re able to stay focused on providing New Yorkers with the cannabis they deserve because we’re not distracted by growing for other brands (unlike many other cultivators in New York). And MFNY will never be grown by anyone else.

Every decision we make and step we take serves to elevate New York’s new state flower; so cannabis can help bring all New Yorkers…

Ever Upward™

Cannabis for New Yorkers by New Yorkers