Adrian Gardner is Green Legacy’s co-founder, lead investor and managing member. After retiring from a 30-year legal career and experiences managing both public agencies and private business organizations, he was inspired to help launch a new death care company after hearing Katrina Spade deliver her viral TedTalk about natural organic reduction. He teamed-up with a renowned DMV funeral director and, now, Adrian is focused on leading the start-up's legislative initiatives and building-out its core business infrastructure – including its finance, risk management, personnel and regulatory functions. Adrian was recently certified by the Cremation Association of North America as a crematory operator. He also is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the Kennedy School of Government and Northeastern University. He remains admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for Maryland, the Court of Appeals for the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.AREAS OF EXPERTISE: State and local government law; funeral and cemetery law; managing public and private organizations; zoning and other real estate development regulations; business transactions; financial accounting; legal project management (LPM); minority business development; construction law; state and local legislative advocacy; compliance programs; and employment law and litigation.