Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
October 14, 2021 at 07:00 am EDT
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Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. announced that T. Andrew Brown, founder and managing partner of Brown Hutchinson LLP, has been appointed president of AWH New York, effective immediately. Mr. Brown will put his more than 35 years of experience in the legal and government sectors to work in building relationships with state and local elected officials, the Office of Cannabis Management, and industry stakeholders, while spearheading AWH's efforts to ensure communities that have been disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition benefit significantly from the Empire State cannabis program. Mr. Brown currently serves as the President of the New York State Bar Association and previously was the general counsel of the National Bar Association – the largest association of attorneys and judges of color in the world. For nine years, he was a member of the state's Board of Regents, which provides general supervision of all educational activities within the state.
Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. is a vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operator. The Company is focused on operating in adult-use or near-term adult-use states in primarily limited license markets. It is engaged in cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution of cannabis consumer packaged goods, which are sold through Company-owned retail stores and to third-party licensed retail cannabis stores. The Company has licenses and assets in Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. It produces and distributes its in-house Common Goods, Simply Herb, Ozone, Ozone Reserve, Royale, and Tunnel Vision branded products. The Company operates cultivation facilities in six states with approximately 245,000 square feet of total canopy. Common Goods is a no-frills brand that offers high value cannabis for everyday consumption. The brand comes in flower and pre-rolls. Ozone Reserve comes in exotic flower, refined concentrates, purified oils, and vapes.