Shayne Lynn founded the non-profit Champlain Valley Dispensary (CVD), Inc. in 2011. He assembled a community network of local government representatives and business leaders to help position and finance CVD. The State of Vermont awarded its first medical marijuana license to CVD in 2012. Mr. Lynn designed, sourced, and managed the construction of CVD’s cultivation facility. Mr. Lynn has provided recommendations and public testimony to state regulators in Vermont for the past four years. He now serves as both executive director and cultivation director for CVD. Mr. Lynn was awarded another license, the fourth and final dispensary license from the State of Vermont. Mr. Lynn opened Southern Vermont Wellness, Inc. in Brattleboro on February 20, 2014.