Melanie Davis
CRO of The People’s Ecosystem | Co-Founder of The People\'s Manufacturing NM | Owner Mary James Cafe
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer at The People\'s Ecosystem
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melanie Davis
Melanie Davis, was part of the legacy market since the early nineties. Growing up in a cannabis positive home in New Mexico she was not new to its medicinal powers or the war on drugs. She witnessed firsthand how it devastated her community and family of Los Padilla’s and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Melanie was an early adaptor to cooking with THC and Hemp seeds, processing her own tinctures, oils, butters, and balms. While living in Oregon, Melanie built her own indoor cannabis grow. It was there she researched and experimented cultivating cannabis using various mediums including aquaponics, and hydroponics. She sought advice and mentorship from the trim tables of other growers in the legacy market where she was mentored.Melanie is most proud of authoring The People’s Pledge as she feels it embodies Co-Founders Christine De La Rosa (CEO) and Charleen Caabay (CIO) dreams, and their groundbreaking work which has created space for women and BIPOC people to reclaim our ancestral medicine.Melanie Davis is a 25 year media veteran as past Publisher & CEO of Brilliant Media llc, whose titles had over in combined distribution and 200 annual event activations.Prior to that Melanie was a Pit Boss at the Sandia Reservation Casino located in New Mexico where she supervised High Stakes Black Jack, European Roulette, and Craps.Melanie Davis is currently a licensed real estate broker in the state of New Mexico and serves on the Cannabis Cultivation Committee of The National Cannabis Industry Association and President/Co-Founder of The Charity Gurus a The Cox Business Top Tech Award recipient. She was a past recipient of The North Star Award presented by The Q Center of Oregon, Women Who Lead Awardee, keynote speaker for the American Association of Community College Presidents, and served on the founding board of Hacienda CDC.
Experience
Chief Operating Officer
Oct 2021 — Present · Oakland, CA, US
Since joining The People’s Ecosystem Melanie has:Done risk/opportunity assessments on business valuations built by our Director of Financial Strategies Anthony Hernandez for over 20 investment/partnership opportunities.Secured a 45 acre cannabis cultivation site in New Mexico + built out its business model.Co-author the relaunch of The People’s Ecosystem website its SEO architecture.Co-create the brand identity for The People’s Lifestyle Collection with over 44 SKUs.Build the brand identity with our Director of Creative Initiatives Angela Wong Negotiated and procured the launch of Smoke This by The People’s Cannabis boasting 47 Cannabis product SKUs + 5 CBD wellness products.The brainchild behind the weekly podcast: The People are Blunt hosted by Frederika McClary Easley.Help build-out The People’s Ecosystem Accelerator Program by dedicating 3 evenings a week and 1 hour 5 days a week to accelerate partnerships, acquisitions, and deployments that were/are being onboarded across The People’s Ecosystem.Launched delivery in the Bay area and Central Valley of California + negotiated and procured their menus.Melanie is most proud of authoring The People’s Pledge as she feels it embodies Co-Founders Christine De La Rosa (CEO) and Charleen Caabay (CIO) dreams, and their groundbreaking work which has created space for women and BIPOC people to reclaim our ancestral medicine.Melanie Davis is a 25 year media veteran as past Publisher & CEO of Brilliant Media llc, whose titles had over in combined distribution and 200 annual event activations. Prior to that Melanie was a Pit Boss at the Sandia Reservation Casino located in New Mexico where she supervised High Stakes Black Jack, European Roulette, and Craps.Currently a licensed real estate broker in the state of New Mexico and serves on the Cannabis Cultivation Committee of The National Cannabis Industry Association & President/Co-Founder of The Charity Gurus a The Cox Business Top Tech Award recipient.
Education
Harvard Business School Online
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
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