Cannabis Business Executive has covered New York-based Columbia Care (NEO: CBST) (OTCQX: CBSTF) (FSE: 3LP) many times over the years, including lengthy profiles in late 2021 with co-founder Nicholas Vita, and in September of last year with then Chief Commercial Officer Jesse Channon, who has since been promoted to President of the multistate operator, officially rebranded The Cannabist Company.
Our most recent conversation was with David Hart, who was made CEO in January at the same time that Vita announced he was retiring to pursue other interests. Hart, who joined Columbia Care in 2016 and served as its COO from 2018, is an integral part of a reorganization plan the company undertook in the aftermath of the termination last July of its long-planned merger with Cresco.
Channon spoke at length in September about adjustments the company was making following the aborted merger, and it is now up to Hart (and the rest of the team) to turn those adjustments into the fully integrated operational protocols necessary to successfully usher the publicly traded company through the unique and ongoing challenges that cannabis operators in the U.S. face today.
