CANNABIS CONSERVANCY - Key Persons

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• Co - Founder - New Paltz, NY, USA

Brian, based in Upstate New York, comes from a long line of plant people and professionals in the agricultural arena. He brings 30 years of experience as a small commercial organic grower with an emphasis on sustainable practices and production of heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables. He has worked as an Integrated Pest Management consultant, agricultural consultant, and farm certifier, working domestically and internationally with major international 3rd party certification bodies. Since 2007 he has audited hundreds of farms, greenhouses, packing houses, and processors to accredited 3rd party standards. As a consultant, he has worked with growers, processors and packing houses to develop Good Agricultural Practices and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point based food safety plans.

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• Co - Founder
• Director of Operations
• Co - Founder - Nelson, BC, Canada

Brittny, a co-founder and Director of Operations of The Cannabis Conservancy, grew up in Canada's cannabis capital, Nelson BC. In 2018, she was elected to serve as a Councillor for the City of Nelson. She has had a lifelong interest in the cultivation and legalization of Cannabis. Her interest in corporate environmental practices was reinforced while working in Canada's oil sands with a small contractor at Suncor, the first company to develop the oil sands, which inspired her to pursue an internship on Vandana Shiva's seed saving farm in India and an M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Policy. Brittny has led teams in product development, service procurement (multi-million-dollar service contracts), sales, and communications. Her expertise includes policy development and implementation, environmental education and scientific research. Before coming on full time with TCC she was the Environmental Technologist for the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Her professional focus includes resource conservation, resource recovery, and agriculture. She currently sits on NCIA's Scientific Advisory Committee.

A lifelong proponent of holistic medicine and sustainable practices, Corey has been at the front lines of cannabis legalization for the past 10 years. From regulated cannabis consultations across Colorado and California to managing wholesale logistics for top brands in California, he brings a wealth of seed to sale industry knowledge.

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• Ambassador - Jamaica Vermont, USA

Since 2011 concurrent with his deepening involvement and passion for legalization of cannabis and cannabis access issues, Fran has developed a range of skills required to become an effective activist and advocate. He has dedicated himself to working for medical patient needs for safe clean and affordable cannabis therapy products. Understanding the cannabis experience as both a medical patient and citizen advocate, Fran is able to quickly evaluate, coordinate and facilitate information about the range of possibilities for Cannabis Business focused on human based need solutions. He actively works to provide answers to tailored solutions to unique sets of opportunities and challenges in a full range of end use friendly / viable cost effective solutions.

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• Ambassador and Advisor - New York New York, USA
• CEO & Founder of HXE Partners

Harry Etra is the CEO & Founder of HXE Partners. Harry's experience is in advising public and private companies on their sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategies. As a Principal at CamberView Partners, he helped companies prioritize their sustainability disclosures and prepare for engagements with institutional investors. Previously as a Director at CodeGreen Solutions, he advised companies on ESG best practices with a focus on sustainability and energy efficiency within the real estate sectors. His experience includes working with clients to develop annual sustainability reports and earn recognition for their ESG initiatives through reporting programs such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and ENERGY STAR. Harry holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in history from Yale University.

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• Co - Founder, Director of Science and Strategy
• Member of the City of Denver Cannabis Sustainability Work Group

Over the last six years, Jacob has focused exclusively on assessing and mitigating the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation which has culminated in TCC's new Simply Certified suite of certifications. He also helped co-develop the Sun + Earth Certified regenerative cannabis nonprofit, where he has served as a Board member for the past three years. Prior to TCC, Jacob has been working professionally in the fields of environmental management, agriculture, and sustainability. Jacob obtained a M.Sc. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management through the Erasmus Mundus MESPOM consortium with a focus on urban agricultural sustainability. He earned his B.S. in environmental studies from Emory University and his permaculture, eco-village, and natural building design certificates from the Center of Creative Ecology in Israel. Jacob is currently a committee member of the City of Denver Cannabis Sustainability Work Group, NCIA's Cannabis Cultivation Committee, and the Southern Colorado Cannabis Alliance. Throughout his career, Jacob has strived to find innovative and pragmatic solutions to the world's complex environmental problems and is now applying his knowledge and experience to address the environmental issues pertaining to the cannabis industry.

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• Director of West Coast Farm Certifications - Humboldt County, California, USA

Jeromy Lord's roots run deep into the multi-generational landscape that is Humboldt County small farming. In the 1970's, his family established one of the first Certified Organic vegetable farms in the western region of the U.S. He works with both innate intuitive farming practices as well as a vast array of knowledge he has obtained over his lifelong participation within the industry. Deeply entrenched in the local community of old school growers of the northern coast of California, known as the Emerald Triangle, he is our man in the field. With 4+ years of organic certification for the USDA, his strengths are both his knowledge and expertise of the certification process as well as his direct farmer to farmer contact. Jeromy occupies a highly valuable place in the vast network of farmers in his community. His goal is to carefully meld the old sustainable practices of the industry within the introduction of the current permitting process.

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• Ambassador and Advisor - Oakland, California, USA

A lifelong drug policy reform activist, Katie has advocated for Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Cannabis Industry since moving to California in 2009. She's held internship and research positions with The Arcview Group, The Drug Policy Alliance, and Resource Innovation Institute. A former board member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Katiewas a California Regents Scholar at UC Davis where she earned a B.Sc in Community and Regional Development. While completing her M.A in Transformative Leadership at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Katie launched Green B Consulting to help organizations develop and implement sustainability programs. Currently a PhD student in the Department of Transformative Studies at CIIS, Katie is organizing The Kind Guide, an app designed to bridge consumers and business owners in collaborative, grassroots community development models that directly repair the harms of the Drug War. You can find her on the road with her dog, Elvis, hosting community workshops and facilitating discussions on the social and environmental impacts of cannabis policy reform.

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• Ambassador - Ithaca, New York, USA

Mike Biltonen has 32 years' experience as a tree fruit grower, consultant, and academician. Experienced, trained, and/or certified in USDA-GAP, GlobalGAP, BRC, Tesco, SQF, ISO22000, PrimusLabs/GFS food safety systems. Consulting expertise offering custom services focused on the organic, biodynamic, and holistic production.