NCIA Cannabis Industry Voice

NCIA's Michelle Rutter and Michael Correia moderate a discussion with Minority Cannabis Business Association Board Members Linda Mercado Greene and Shanita Penny. Linda Mercado Greene MCBA Board of Directors, leads BCG Holdings, Inc, a minority woman-owned cannabis public relations and public affairs firm in Washington, DC. Shanita Penny is an internationally recognized management consultant a...

Today on NCIA we are joined by Windy Borman. Windy is a multi-award-winning film Director and Producer, as well as the founder of Green Mile Pictures, LLC. Her recent projects include directing and producing the 10-time award-winning film, The Eyes of Thailand (narrated by Ashley Judd), and producing The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia, which premiered at Sundance and on HBO. Other credits includ...

Today on NCIA we speak to Kayvan Khalatbari about his decision to run for public office again. Kayvan is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, advocate, and 2019 mayoral candidate in Denver, Colorado. He is co-founder and partner of several successful businesses including a Denver-based pizza chain, a free arts magazine, a cannabis consulting company, and the longest continually operated cannabis comp...

Today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice our host Bethany is joined by Jeremy DePasquale, membership manager for the National Cannabis Industry Association. Jeremy has extensive experience in non-profit membership organizations. The National Cannabis Industry Association was founded on the principle of power in numbers. The thousands of American businesses involved in the state-legal cannabis i...

Today on NCIA Cannabis Industry Voice Bethany spoke with Carolyn Gerin and Lilli Keinaenen the co founders of Cannawise. Carolyn is a multi-hyphenate: a concept creator + brand builder from start to launch. She’s a strategic trend forecaster with an insatiable thirst for social, market and technology trends as they relate to creating or revitalizing a brand or campaign. She’s a 3-time bestselling...

Natural Remedies and Favorite Strains to Grow and Smoke as Chip rolls it up with the lead cultivator at Natural Remedies Dispensary in Denver Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice Bethany is joined by Olivia Mannix who founded the company CannaBrand. Olivia Mannix is a cannabis industry pioneer and marketing expert. She is the founder and operator of Cannabrand --an award-winning, full-service marketing agency and the first to specialize in the cannabis industry. She oversees operations, execution and strategic direction as well a...

Today on NCIA's Cannabis industry voice Bethany is joined by Mark Slaugh an established leader in one of the fastest growing industries in Colorado: Cannabis Commerce. As a double business major in international business and finance, Mark studied the economic viability of marijuana development and the benefit of regulated models and have followed the in and outs of this industry. Mark know wha...

Today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice Bethany is joined by Maureen McNamara, founder of Cannabis Trainers and long-time NCIA member. She has led hundreds of workshops and coaches business professionals and entrepreneurs to create more success and joy in their lives. With 20+ years of professional training experience, Maureen has trained and certified 10,000+ employees, managers and owners in...

Today in NCIA Cannabis Industry Voice we are joined by Scott Jordan from Dynamic Alternative Finance. Scott Jordan has been involved in financing specifically in the cannabis industry since 2009. They talk about funding and how it's is different in the cannabis industry and what people should look out for if they’re looking to get funded and protect their business interests. Also Top 3 tips fo...

On todays episode of NCIA Canabis Industry Voice we are joined by Gennifer Murray. Cannabis Pioneer/Entrepreneur Gennifer Murray is the Founder and CEO of CannLabs, the longest running cannabis testing facility in Colorado. She comes on talk about her new venture designing ‎GENIFER M Cannabis inspired jewelry. Her luxury cannabis jewelry line GENIFER M. is a cannabis-inspired line of luxury mariju...

Today on NCIA we are joined by Jaime Lewis from Jaime Mountain Medicine, and Mayflower Medicinals. Jaime Lewis has over a decade of experience leading medical marijuana dispensary operations and managing the production of medical marijuana-infused products. Prior to joining iAnthus’ Massachusetts affiliate, Mayflower Medicinals, Jaime was the Chief Operating Officer of a large Colorado medical dis...

NCIA's Bethany Moore speaks with Portland, Oregon-based cannabis attorney Leland Berger with the Oregon CannaBusiness Compliance Counsel, LLC. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice Michelle and Michael are joined by a two differnt guests to dicuss todays topic. The first is Sunshine Johnston, founder of Sunboldt Grown, which serves the Humboldt community by creating healthy plants, healthy people and healthy land, and strives to serve by building a shared community of farmers who recognize the soil building, good genetics, and orga...

Today on NCIA Bethany is joineds by Terry Blevins from NCIA Member company Armaplex based in California. Terry is a former law enforcement officer and also worked for apple corporate security. They talk about the top “must do” tasks or preventative measures that any cannabis company can do. What’s the value in being present, transparent, and having a relationship with local regulators and legislat...

Today on Cannabis Industy Voice a very special guest, Colin Bell, Joins Bethany. Colin Bell from NCIA member company Growcentia, which was founded by a group of soil microbiologists from Colorado State University. Bethany and Colin talk about bridging the gap between academia and the marketplace and bringing a new product to market out of the university setting. They also touch on the future of ag...

Today on NCIA’s Cannabis Industry Voice, the guest today is Sal Pace, who serves as a Pueblo County Commissioner in Colorado and was elected in 2013. Pace is a former state legislator, where he served as minority leader and played a significant role in drafting cannabis-friendly legislation in 2010. Pace talks more about his background and what led him to your current role in public service. They...

A longtime public advocate for cannabis legalization in the U.S. and Mexico, politician and businessman, Vicente Fox, joins NCIA's Cannabis Business Summit® & Expo to discuss the social injustices created by the war on drugs and the positive effects of global governments adopting cannabis legalization. Mr. Fox will keynote the National Cannabis Industry Association's Cannabis Business...

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NCIA's Bethany Moore discusses social responsibility in the Cannabis industry with Kayvan Khalatbari, the co-founder of Denver Relief Consulting, an international cannabis consultancy. They discuss community involvement and giving back, plus they discuss recent efforts in the city of Denver, Colorado surrounding the I-300 voter-approved initiative that would provide places for adults to social...

Discussing highlights in cannabis industry disruption as NCIA's Bethany Moore welcomes Ean Seeb of Manna Molecular Science. Ean is also a co-founder of Denver Relief Consulting, cultivating quality cannabis operations since 2010. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on NCIA Audrey is Joined by Emmett Reistroffer, Policy Consultant for Denver Relief Consulting. Emmett’s professional roots and passion run deep in cannabis activism, stemming from his first call to action at 19 years old when he volunteered to help multiple sclerosis patients testify at the South Dakota State Capital. From there, Emmett quickly worked his way up into a position of leadershi...

Michelle Rutter and Michael Correia spoke with Howard Woolridge & Neill Franklin of LEAP (now called Law Enforcement Action Partnership) They talked about broad criminal justice issues, talked about the need for reform, the War on Drugs, and also touched on issues like civil asset forfeiture as well as Jeff Sessions' interest in increasing (enforcing more harshly) mandatory minimums. Adver...

NCIA's Bethany Moore previews the upcoming 2017 NCIA Cannabis Business Summit with the help of the ‎Director of Events & Education at the National Cannabis Industry Association, Brooke Gilbert. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

NCIA's Bethany Moore talks about human resource concerns in the cannabis industry with employment and HR expert Carole Richter. She also lays out how to provide a "Total Rewards Strategy" to your workers. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy