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Management Team Steve arrived in California in 2000, and immersed himself in the local medical cannabis milieu. He was one of the original founding members of Americans for Safe Access, the premier advocacy group for medical cannabis patients. He wrote and produced "For Medical Use Only," a short documentary film; helped organize several legal cannabis gardens, and invented a new form of cannabis concentrate. All the while, he laid plans for a new type of medical cannabis dispensary. Steve got the chance to put his plans in action October of 2006, when he won a highly competitive RFP process, and was issued a medical cannabis dispensary license by the City of Oakland. Steve launched Harborside Health Center (HHC) to bring a new model of professionalism and integrity to the industry. HHC quickly gained recognition for its free holistic care clinic, laboratory - tested medicine, low-income care package program, and wide array of other patient services. This innovative approach generated widespread acceptance and notoriety with acclaim by the community, city council, and local law enforcement in Northern California and beyond. In 2007 Steve was a founder in the creation and development of Steep Hill Labs, California's premier medical cannabis analysis laboratory for safety screening and quality assurance. ► KHURSHID KHOJA, DIRECTOR Khurshid is the Principal and founder of Greenbridge Corporate Counsel, a business law firm representing clientele across sectors in the legal cannabis industry: non-profit advocacy organizations, medical marijuana collectives, consulting firms, publishing companies, consumer electronics manufacturers, infused products producers, agricultural equipment manufacturers, software companies, trade associations, and others. In addition to pioneering the Cannabis & Hemp Industry practice at Greenbridge, Khurshid currently serves on the founding Board of the California Cannabis Industry Association and the Illinois Cannabis Industry Association. While serving as The ArcView Group's first General Counsel, Khurshid helped ArcView CEO Troy Dayton launch the ArcView Angel Network—the medical cannabis industry's first angel investment network—providing advice on securities laws compliance and drafting membership, and other critical path agreements. Khurshid is a co-founder of the Emerald Growers Association, a medical cannabis trade association of small farmers promoting the benefits of sun -grown medical cannabis from California's Emerald Triangle region by advocating for public policies that foster a sustainable medical cannabis industry. He served pro bono as its General Counsel during its initial year of operations. Khurshid also co-founded EGRET Partners, ranked by the Washington State Liquor Control Board in the top 2.5% of consultants competing to help craft regulations for the state's legal cannabis market. Among other honors, Khurshid was named to the Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2010, 2011 and 2013. He was profiled as an Industry Leader in the recently published, The State of the Legal Marijuana Markets (2nd Ed.), and his early days as a cannabis industry lawyer are chronicled in Doug Fine's Too High To Fail. His work has been published in the Medical Marijuana Business Daily, and he has been a featured presenter at numerous conferences including those of the ArcView Investor Network, the National Cannabis Industry Association, the American Bar Association's Business Law Section, California NORML, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Chicago Cannabis Conference, and the Growth Capital Expo. Khurshid holds a JD from the University of California, an M.A. in Committee on International Relations from The University of Chicago, a B.A. in Political Science from DePaul University and is a current member of the California Bar Association. Application to Operate a Medical Cannabis Dispensary. Harborside Health Center -San Leandro. January 15, 2015. 16