4-20-16 Program: Marijuana Business Update

This Wednesday, April 20, Meg Collins, Vice President of Public Affairs for Good Chemistry, will deliver a marijuana industry update and review the impacts of Colorado’s legalization, including the legal and regulatory frameworks, and the impact on the state and communities. Collins will be introduced by Programs Chair, Dave Stewart. Read more...

Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States according to The ArcView Group, a cannabis industry investment and research firm based in Oakland, California. From 2013 to 2014, the U.S. market for legal cannabis grew 74 percent, from $1.5 billion to $2.7 billion.

Meg Collins earned her B.S. in environmental conservation from the University of Colorado Boulder and received certification in “Facilitation & Mediation of Public and Environmental Conflicts”. Prior to joining Good Chemistry, Collins was executive director of the Cannabis Business Alliance, president of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), and Director of Environmental Affairs for the Colorado Livestock Association.

Collins served on the state’s Pollution Prevention Advisory Board (PPAB) from 2002 until 2012, serving as board chair from 2004 through 2008. She was a founding member of Colorado’s Women in Energy organization and serves on the board of the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. In 2015, Collins was a finalist for the Denver Business Journal’s “Outstanding Women In Business” award. She has more than 30 years’ experience in lobbying, public affairs, public relations and strategic communications efforts for energy, environmental and agriculture clients at the federal and state levels.