Massachusetts Power Players: Black Men Making Power Moves – Seun Adediji, Reginald Stanfield, Devin Alexander
By Bethany Moore
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August 7, 2020
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Massachusetts Power Players: Black Men Making Power Moves – Seun Adediji, Reginald Stanfield, Devin Alexander

Meet some of the black men that are breaking down barriers and changing the game in the Massachusetts cannabis industry. On this episode Reginald Stanfield broke the news that his company JustinCredible Cultivation was approved for licenses making him the first black-owned cultivation business in the state, only the second Black-owned cannabis business, as well as the first non-social equity to open their doors.

Seun Adedeji is the founder and CEO of Elev8 Cannabis. As the youngest African American man in the U.S. to own a cannabis dispensary, Seun has been on the front lines of the legalization process in multiple states. He brings significant commercial real estate experience to Elev8, as a real estate investor and landlord.

Reginald Stanfield is the CEO and head horticulturist at JustinCredible Cultivation. Born and raised a natural farmer, Reginald spent every summer on his grandparents farm in North Carolina. From the time he could walk he worked  alongside his grandfather cultivating tobacco, tomatoes, corn, watermelon and other vegetative crops.

Upon graduating from Bowie State University with a B.S in Finance, Reginald quit his job as a financial manager at a medium-sized minority-owned business specializing in government contracts, to start his first business. Shortly after, he realized that his true passion was to develop and elevate others. He saw tremendous opportunity to do just that by creating a company that would go on to support, develop and brand start-up’s, thus giving them a pathway to become dominating businesses in their respective industriess.

In 2013 Reginald saw another opportunity to leverage his background in horticulture (and novice skills in botany), combined with his strong business acumen, to begin to lay the groundwork for what is now JustinCredible Cultivation.  Being a true student of the game, Reginald quickly gained the knack to cultivate cannabis and over the next six years he studied and mastered the art of growing classic strains like Blueberry, White Widow, Durban Poison and even breeding his own strains.

Devin Alexander is the Co-Founder/CEO of Rolling Releaf, a Social Equity Certified Delivery Only Cannabis Business currently going through the licensing process in Massachusetts.

Check out these links to learn more about: Elev8 CannabisJustinCredible Cultivation & Rolling Releaf

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