Mike Cardozo is a Cannabis Entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder & CEO of Chesapeake Alternatives, which became Maryland's first operational Medical Cannabis Processor in 2017 and opened one of the first dispensaries in the state on December 2, 2017.

Green Thumb Industries acquired CA with 3 operating RISE dispensaries and a vertically-integrated operation. He is also CEO of Karuna Ventures & Cardozo Strategies LLC.

Mike has a passion for chipping away at the resistance to the usage of cannabis for medicinal purposes in particular. He is a good friend and old classmate - and I'm proud to say he has carved out a considerable niche in a highly competitive and ever-shifting industry. Not only that, but he envisions the cannabis industry as a potential launching pad for more equitable corporate behavior concerning gender, race, veteran status, etc.

Here are some links I strongly encourage viewing:

https://umaryland.webex.com/umaryland/lsr.php?RCID=df14e786bbc14b1e8613689ab1927081

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6K_X9Gk_wQ&t=1s&fbclid=IwAR388f-N1tC5_-KO4sviB1E3F4tMsRtLmRbl-Of5-qbOdGV5PeUuUZ9JNIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p26ZqQwmDpQ&t=1s