MJBizMag April 2021 - 72

IndustryPlayers | New Hires & Promotions
Faith Graham
Acting CEO Appointed
for Jamaica's Cannabis Authority
Jamaica's Cannabis Licensing Authority
appointed Faith Graham as acting
CEO. Graham replaces Lincoln Allen,
whose term expired March 1, and will
serve until a replacement is found,
according to a news release. Graham
joined the agency in 2018 as director
of enforcement and monitoring.
L.A. Law Firm Hires City's
Former Cannabis Counsel
The cannabis group at Michelman &
Robinson added Alex Freedman as
counsel at the national law firm.
Freedman previously served as
general counsel to the Los Angeles
Department of Cannabis Regulation
and L.A.'s Cannabis Regulation
Commission. While there, he drafted
Los Angeles' licensing ordinances and
regulations. He also operates Freedman
Strategic Consulting, a nonlegal
consultancy company in Los Angeles.
CFO Shake-up at Acreage
Acreage Holdings, a marijuana MSO
based in New York, announced that
Glen Leibowitz, the company's chief
financial officer, is leaving the business
effective April 2. Leibowitz will be
succeeded by Steve Goertz, who most
recently spent 14 months working with
Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp., a
special purpose acquisition company
focused on the cannabis industry.
Before entering the cannabis
sector, Goertz was chief financial
officer of SGS & Co., a private equityowned
global marketing services
organization, and Goeasy, a publicly
held consumer-finance company.
Goertz also served in various finance
and accounting roles at Sobeys,
Maple Leaf Foods and Deloitte.
NasdaqListed
Firm Gets
Health-Care CFO
New York-based
Clever Leaves
Holdings, a
multinational
producer of
pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids,
appointed Hank Hague as its new
chief financial officer.
Hague most recently served as CEO
at Aidance Scientific, an FDA-registered
manufacturer of branded and
private-label, over-the-counter topical
medications. Before that, he was CFO
of Abacus Health Products, where
he led the company's public listing
and the acquisition and integration of
Harmony Hemp.
Hague steps in for Amit Pandey, who
has served as Clever Leaves' interim
CFO since December 2020.
Horticulture Leader Hires New COO
Lafayette, Colorado-based Urban-Gro,
a global horticulture company that
engineers and designs commercial,
controlled-environment agriculture
facilities, appointed James H. Dennedy
as president and chief operating
officer. Dennedy has served on the
firm's board since August 2018.
He also has served as managing
director at the Atlas Technology Group,
a Cincinnati-based business that
provides M&A advice to software firms,
and managing partner at the HamiltonMadison
Group, a business advisory
firm in Springboro, Ohio.
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Washington Cannabis Board
Gets New Leader
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee appointed
David Postman to chair the state's
Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB).
Postman served in the Inslee
administration since the governor
took office in 2013, first as executive
director of communications and then
as chief of staff from December 2015
until Nov. 15, 2020.
Previously, Postman served as a
senior director at Vulcan, the company
headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul
Allen. Postman also was a reporter
for 26 years, including 14 years as a
political reporter for The Seattle Times
as well as newspapers in Oregon and
Alaska.
The LCB is composed of three
members appointed by the governor to
six-year terms.
Hired or promoted someone for a
senior-level position? Send a news
release or general information to
Omar Sacirbey at omar.sacirbey@
mjbizdaily.com.
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