CANNABIS ENTREPRENEUR
Boulder Kind Care
Jay was Founding Partner of one of the first dispensary and cultivation facilities in Colorado, which earned the reputation as one of the most professional and patient-focused dispensaries in the state. Boulder Kind Care was awarded the “Best of Boulder” from 2010 to 2012 and received the Boulder County Gold Award in 2011. Jay and his wife, Diane, helped the state of Colorado and its cannabis entrepreneurs create and manage the groundbreaking legislation leading to Amendment 64, and as the legal cannabis movement expanded, so did they.
Canna Advisors
Canna Advisors has been a trusted partner to business clients since 2013 and forms comprehensive client partnerships to serve every phase in their business life cycle. Jay has built an expert team that delivers more than 100 years of combined industry experience in business development, facility design and optimization, brand development, licensing applications, operations support, operations management, growth and optimization, and exit strategy. Canna Advisors was named the #1 consulting firm in the industry by Cannabis Business Executive in 2017 and was honored with the Industry Excellence Award by the National Cannabis Industry Association in 2018.
H2 Talent
Jay’s most recent entrepreneurial venture, H2 Talent, is the premier C-suite and executive-level recruiting agency for the cannabis industry. H2 brings an innovative and disruptive approach to sourcing talent in connecting the growing cannabis industry. This organization that Forbes calls “… a vocational necessity.” creates new jobs where they haven’t existed before by bringing entrepreneurs, visionaries, problem solvers, and disruptors into the next great American industry. Jay and the other founders recognized that successful cannabis businesses must have the right balance of outside talent and veteran talent, and their vast network of connections allows them to attract and find the right people from both worlds.
