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Tallahassee, Florida, United States

I support licensing efforts for Trulieve, a leading vertically integrated cannabis multistate operator based in Florida. Tasks include legal research, market analysis, generating new written content, helping manage a library of narrative documentation, and extensive content editing.

Greater Chicago Area

I provided written licensing materials for Cresco Labs (CRLBF), one of the largest and fastest growing cannabis companies in the world, as it grew from 300 employees in Summer 2018 to a publicly traded entity with more than 1200 employees nationwide in 2020. I was the principal writer in the Legal Department, responsible for drafting narrative responses to RFPs, consulting on standard operating procedures, and helping manage licensing documentation for Cresco Labs and Cresco affiliates in 10+ states. I was also instrumental in providing assistance to dozens of Social Equity Applicants and consulting on written content for the cannabis industry's first social equity incubator, the Social Equity and Educational Development ("SEED") program.

Boulder, Co

I helped expand services portfolios, supervised Technical Writers, and worked to develop ongoing relationships with clients. Examples of services include cannabis cultivation buildout design, operational consulting, developing educational materials, onboarding, and onsite auditing.

Boulder, Co

I drafted applications for mostly mom&pop clients looking to establish a presence in the cannabis industry. I wrote winning application content in every sector of industry operations, specializing in cultivation plans, industry specific best practices, extraction processes, retail policies, and quality control methodologies.

Boulder, Co

I developed media and outreach strategies in the micro-regulated Boulder county industry, implemented social media schedules, conducted surveys on market demographics, analyzed survey data and translated data findings to Retail and Executive management.

Shift Offices

I developed winning merit-application content and developed foundational standard operating procedures for vertically integrated procedures in Colorado and New Mexico.