BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE VOICE OF THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY

BRENT BUHRMAN

BOARD PRESIDENT

Brent Buhrman has been actively involved in the cannabis industry for 30 years and is a true expert in many areas of the business. Under California proposition 215, he has owned and successfully operated a medical cannabis delivery business from 1996-2009 as well as owed and operated one of the very first medicinal cannabis dispensaries located in Riverside county from 2009-2013. During that time his medicinal collective accumulated over 15,000…
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JOCELYN KANE

VICE-PRESIDENT

Jocelyn Kane is the former Executive Director of San Francisco's Entertainment Commission, and was charged with ensuring the health and vitality of indoor and outdoor entertainment venues and outdoor events in…...

MIKE KELLY

BOARD MEMBER

Being from Desert Hot Springs, is something that Mike Kelly says with pride. His family lived and worked in the Coachella Valley from 1976 – 2015 and was very involved in…...

JASON ZAHLER

BOARD MEMBER

Jason Zahler is a partner with the Canna Management Group and the Coachella Valley Publisher of Sensi Magazine, a premier local cannabis publication. Jason brings over a decade of industry experience…...

JAMES NELSON

BOARD MEMBER

James Nelson’s Insurance carrier spans over 34 years in the Property and Casualty Insurance industry. As an Agricultural Major, Nelson has focused on Agriculture Commercial Insurance throughout his career. Cannabis Insurance…...

PAULA TURNER

Board Member

Paula Turner is the broker and co-founder of Desert Pacific Properties, a commercial real estate company founded in 1993. Desert Pacific Properties is the #1 commercial brokerage in the Coachella Valley…...

Nicole Weber

Board Member

Nicole is the founder and CEO of Nug Digital Marketing, a cannabis-specific agency that has helped hundreds of clients enhance their branding and increase their sales. Her 25 years of marketing…...

Pedro Fonseca

Board Member

Pedro Fonseca comes to CVCAN via Harborside where he has spent the last three years restructuring, developing, implementing traditional retail processes and standards to improve the experience in the cannabis retail…...

Adam Yudka

Board Member

Head of Facilities Gold Flora. Adam helps with the design and build of Gold Flora’s facilities and maintains them to a high level above what had been the current industry norm.…...

Sarah Nayfack

Board Member

Sarah Nayfack is the HR Director for Coachillin’ Holdings, LLC whose office is located in Rancho Mirage, CA. She boasts over ten years of experience in recruitment, interviewing & hiring, training…...

Simone Sandoval

Board Member

Partner / Director of Licensing and Compliance at GlobalGO. Simone focuses on cannabis licensing and compliance and has extensive experience in understanding and deciphering complex cannabis regulations. Prior to entering the…...

Khris Spain

Board Member

Khris is a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in the automotive and transportation industry. Khris also has prior experience in the cannabis space with cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and…...

Board Seat

Open

Contact Quentin@coachellavalleycan.org for info on board seat opening...

Quentin Dusastre – Executive Director

Quentin (or just “Q”) is our Executive Director extraordinaire! He is the back bone of CVCAN and keeps the association going by handling day to day operations, membership databases, events planning and much more. If you have come to one of our events, then you have seen Quentin running about in his famous cannabis suit ensuring our members and guests have a great experience. He is also the main point of contact for all things CVCAN. Quentin started with the Coachella Valley Cannabis Alliance Network back in 2017, and has since transitioned to become an essential part of the team.

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