MJBizMag August 2022 - 52

INDUSTRY PLAYERS New Hires & Promotions by Omar Sacirbey
LIM College Announces Inaugural Cannabis Faculty
In advance of the September start of its bachelor's and master's degree programs in the Business of
Cannabis, LIM College in New York City announced the appointment
of industry leaders as adjunct faculty members.
Cannabis advocate, business strategist and author
Dasheeda Dawson will teach The Retailing of
Cannabis. As the Cannabis Program manager for the
city of Portland, Oregon, Dawson oversees regulatory
licensing, compliance and equity initiatives. She
also serves as board chair of the national Cannabis
Regulators of Color Coalition and participates in
the Oregon Cannabis Commission Governance
Frameworking subcommittee.
Jesce Horton, CEO at Oregon craft cannabis producer
Lowd, will teach the Business of Cannabis Cultivation
and Manufacturing.
An engineer and horticulturist, Horton is a co-founder
of the Minority Cannabis Business Association and
serves on the board of the Resource Innovation
Institute and the Oregon Cannabis Association.
Attorney Kristin Jordan, founder and CEO of Park
David
Kristin Jordan
Paleschuck
Jordan commercial real estate brokerage, will teach Regulatory Compliance in the Cannabis Industry.
Until recently, Jordan served as the director of real estate at cannabis multistate operator Acreage Holdings,
where she led site selection for cultivation, processing and dispensary facilities. Jordan is the founder
and CEO of Mannada, a New York-based cannabis event-production company, and a co-founder of the
Cannabis Cultural Association as well as the Asian Cannabis Roundtable.
David Paleschuck, founder of Branding Bud Consulting Group, will be teaching Cannabis Marketing. His
book, " Branding Bud: The Commercialization of Cannabis, " was an Amazon best-seller.
With more than 20 years of brand-building and consumer marketing experience with American Express,
MasterCard, PepsiCo and Microsoft, Paleschuck has played a role in developing and marketing many of
today's best-known brands.
Dasheeda
Dawson
Jesce
Horton
Vertically Integrated
Marijuana Chain Hires CFO
Chalice Brands, a vertically
integrated cannabis company
headquartered in Portland,
Oregon, appointed Richard
Lindsay as interim chief financial
officer. The appointment follows
the resignation of Andrew
Marchington, who left Chalice for
personal reasons. Marchington will
serve in a consulting capacity to
support a smooth transition.
Before joining Chalice Brands,
Lindsay, a U.S. Navy veteran,
was an independent consultant
providing executive services to
breweries, distilleries and cannabis
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businesses in the areas of mergers
and acquisitions, strategic
planning and business process
redesign.
He has held the roles of CEO
and chief financial officer, serving
as CFO at the Boston Beer
Co., StockerYale and Bentley
Pharmaceuticals.
Lindsay is a licensed CPA and
began his accounting and finance
career with " big four " accounting
firm KPMG in its manufacturing,
retail and distribution practice.
Lindsay will help lead Chalice
Brands through the filing of
audited financial statements and
the search for a permanent CFO.
Vape Tech Firm Nabs COO
The Blinc Group, a vaporizer
technologies company in New
York City, hired cannabis industry
veteran Pete Sahani as its new
chief operating officer.
Pete
Sahani

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