Passion driven 🌱cannabis/veteran 🇺🇸advocate and disabled combat veteran Email: [email protected] Website: www.Veteransendingthestigma.org 🇺🇸🍎Founder/President of Veterans Ending the Stigma, a 501C3 nonprofit that focuses on education and awareness of Mental Illness, Homelessness, and the Use of Cannabis for Veterans, First Responders, and the overall community. ( Aug. 2016-Present) 🌱Appointed to Ohio Patient Representative on the Ohio Medical Marijuana Advisory Board for the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program (Sep. 2020-Aug. 2021) 🇺🇸🌱 former Council member and co-founder of the Veterans Action Council, a formed council of veterans to hash out, plan, and react to all issues pertaining to the veteran cannabis community. (2020-2022) 🌱🪖 Weed for Warriors Project Political Action Unit focused on keeping the veterans voice in federal policy (2022) 🌱Private cannabis researcher focused on cannabis policy at the state, federal, and international level. I also have a strong focus in understanding patient usage and understanding what’s helping who and how. 🌱Cannabis educator who has educated multiple dispensaries to receive certificates to operate as well as credited for .5 Continuing Medical Education educator credits for Cannabis and Anxiety 🌱International Cannabis Ambassador that has worked on changing the International Drug Treaty that has named cannabis as medicine for the first time since 1961 Building my own cannabis company to develop a strong, skilled workforce and data driven product development