Nic Easley is the founder and CEO of Comprehensive Cannabis Consulting (3C). Easley, a U.S. Air Force veteran, and 3C have helped more than 60 clients start up, design, build and optimize their commercial cannabis operations. Easley’s scientific background, combined with over 15 years of agricultural field and biological experience, offers the industry new possibilities of productivity, profitability and professionalism.
Adam Koh is the chief cultivation officer for Comprehensive Cannabis Consulting (3C). Previously, he served as cultivation manager of a Denver-area medical cannabis facility that was awarded the High Times Cannabis Cup for Best Medical Hybrid in Denver in 2014. Koh has experience cultivating more than 100 different strains, including high-CBD varieties, and in his previous position oversaw the care of roughly 3,000 plants.
Helen Stone is a degreed horticulture professional who has covered the Southwest turf and landscape industry for more than 25 years. She was founding publisher of Southwest Trees & Turf from 1996-2012, and currently edits the publication. Through her business, Stone Peak Services, she works as a freelance writer, consultant, public speaker and conference coordinator.
Scott Lowry is a licensed medical grower and caregiver residing in Michigan, and has focused on organic cannabis cultivation for 8 years. He also is founder and COO of a large-scale Canadian cannabis production company in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada, called Global Organiks Engineering, which is in the application process to become a Licensed Producer under Canada’s Medical Marijuana Program.
Kerrie and Kurt Badertscher are co-owners of Otoké Horticulture, LLC and authors of “Cannabis for Capitalists.” They have worked with large-scale cannabis producers for more than 5 years. Kerrie has been involved with plants her entire lifetime and earned certification as a Professional Horticulturist by the 100-year-old American Society for Horticulture Sciences. Kurt brings his 34 years of corporate experience and operations management skills to bear on the business challenges of cannabis cultivation.
Brian MacIver is a recent graduate from the Medill School of Journalism. He writes about drug policy and trends, sports and anything else that catches his eye. You can find him on Twitter at @TheBrianMacIver, where he sometimes pokes fun at celebrities and politicians.
Margaret Battistelli Gardner is an experienced editor and freelance writer, and is a frequent contributor to Cannabis Business Times. She can be reached at [email protected].
Jamie Schau attained a B.A. in International Studies and an M.A. in International Development from the University of California, San Diego. Since early 2015, she has been a market analyst with Brightfield Group, where she performs quantitative and qualitative analyses of various aspects of the U.S. marijuana market.
Kenneth Morrow has been writing cannabis-related articles and books for more than 20 years. He owns Trichome Technologies, a cannabis R&D company. Morrow also is an award-winning grower and breeder. Has made contributions to many of today's extraction methodologies and holds multiple patents. He consults on all cannabis-related subjects. Find him on Facebook at: Trichome Technologies or Instagram: TrichomeTechnologies.
Steven Nelson covers legal affairs and drug policy for U.S. News & World Report. He lives in Washington, D.C., where a green thumb would be useful.
Luke Tipton has 5 years of experience in Safety, joining Milestone Safety Group in 2011. He has worked extensively as an on-site safety supervisor, and coordinator in construction and general industry, with expertise in site specific pre-planning and Job Hazard Analysis. Tipton takes a team-based approach to safety, involving all levels of labor and management.
Drew Youpel has 10 years of experience in the health and safety field. Prior to joining the Milestone team, Drew worked as a Federal Officer for OSHA in Chicago. He brings a wealth of knowledge in numerous fields. Youpel is an authorized 10 and 30-hour OSHA trainer and can conduct training on any topic that is required.
Mel Frank has nearly five decades of cannabis cultivation experience and is an internationally recognized book author, publisher and contributor to many cannabis-based magazines. In 1988, he founded Red Eye Press, publishing his “Marijuana Grower's Insider's Guide” as well as updated versions of the “Marijuana Grower's Guide Deluxe,” which he co-authored with Ed Rosenthal. His photographs have been made into posters, calendars and trading cards, and reproduced as art, and have appeared in books by Rob Clarke, Ken Morrow, Ed Rosenthal and Jorge Cervantes. He currently collaborates with a network of cannabis researchers, works as a consultant and is the senior advisor to several California-based marijuana companies.
Jolene Hansen is a freelance writer based in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. A former horticulture professional, she is a frequent contributor to the Horticulture Group publications owned by Cannabis Business Times’ parent company, GIE Media.
