Major cannabis CEO pulls out of state business association over its resistance to diversity

We believe that expanding industry ownership and opportunity to new and diverse entrepreneurs should be CBAI’s top priority, along with addressing the cultivation side of the Industry.

If you would like to work with Dina on the social equity or cultivation priorities, please be in touch.

There is virtually no minority representation in our cannabis business community and our team is going to focus on being part of the solution.

Part of the problem is this industry grew so fast but government hasn’t kept up.

A dude who got born on top of a mountain of money such that he’s positioned to acquire one of the initial grow licenses in Illinois is suddenly, many years later, VERY concerned about the lack of equity in the state’s licensing process.

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