Zac Cooper

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About Zac Cooper

Zac Cooper's Bio Zac Cooper is a distinguished leader within the cannabis industry with over 16 years of cannabis cultivation expertise and holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Business from Fort Lewis College. Zac has gained unparalleled experience from the ground up; starting with managing small grow operations as a caregiver in 2005, all the way up to large scale commercial cultivation, managing SQ FT with over 80 growers beginning in 2014. Zac has overseen the successful cultivation of over pounds of high quality cannabis flower. From 2014 to 2017, Zac was the Director of Operations for Native Roots’ SQ FT cultivation facility, excelling in the development and standardization of SOPs for cultivation, IPM, facilities operation, instrument use, and compliance. Native Roots was awarded numerous awards during this time for cultivation and extraction, including “Top 100 Best Workplaces” in CO two years in a row (2016-2017). In 2017 Zac Joined the Northeast Alternatives executive team as Chief Production Officer where he was responsible for starting and overseeing all of the production operations including cultivation and post-harvest operations, extraction, marijuana infused products, as well as the facilities maintenance department. He led in the design of over SQ FT of indoor cultivation space that is currently in the construction phase. Northeast Alternatives is the most awarded cannabis company in MA with 36 awards for best dispensary, cannabis flower, extraction products, and edibles.