********** Drew Newsom ********** Arnold Joseph "Avi" Yoskowitz ********** Steven A. Jablo **********
The Executive Management Team at INCC - Medical Cannabis Holdings is a highly creditable, well-established and extremely successful group of gentlemen that would NOT be involved in or with anything or anyone that would DISCREDIT their reputations. Anyone that claims or believes this is out right absurd.
Drew Newsom - Vice President of Public and Regulatory Affairs
Drew Newsom will advise INCC, in the area of government affairs, and regulatory matters, as well as contribute to the development of the Government Affairs team. He will also provide an additional area of expertise to grow our business strategy and performance within our new and existing markets.
Mr. Newsom is currently the President, CEO and Managing Director of the Black Acre Group. He has 18 years of professional experience in the public and private sectors, working in over 25 states and in Canada. Mr. Newsom has in-depth experience working on and managing many national multi-state issue campaigns, as well as political campaigns for the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial races. He has also worked as a consultant for international corporations and trade groups. Mr. Newsom has extensive knowledge in public relations, business development, communications, organizational development, strategy development, regulatory compliance, survey development and analysis, P & L and budget accountability, and crisis management.
Mr. Newsom is well known and respected in political circles, having served as Executive Director of the State of Michigan Republican House caucus, Political Director of the State of Mississippi Republican Party, Inner Circle Director and Campaign Manager of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and Deputy Director of the Business and Industry Political Education Committee (managing statewide Supreme Court and Appellate Court races).
Mr. Newsom received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science (with honors) from Mississippi College, and his Master's degree in Political Management from George Washington University. Mr. Newsom's background and experience will be invaluable to our executive team in navigating the partisan political waters associated with license and real estate acquisitions, consents and approvals, and other regulatory matters facing the nascent medical marijuana industry. We anticipate Mr. Newsom's contributions to our company growth to be felt immediately.
Steven A. Jablo - Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Jablo has a strong background in financial and executive management, bringing to Medical Cannabis Holdings years of experience in human resources consulting to Fortune 500 companies. He has sought, recruited and developed people his entire career and as such his expertise will be instrumental in building Medical Cannabis Holdings' talent base and organizational structure.
Prior the Joining the Company Mr. Jablo was managing partner at Differential Partners of Chicago and Sarasota recruiting top management positions for banks, insurance, entertainment and ecumenical organizations. Before Differential, Mr. Jablo was a partner at Boyden Global Executive Search, a principal at Dieckman Associates, director at Corporex Corporation and founded his own search firm - Jablo Partners. Mr. Jablo began his career in the Xerox Corporation's fabled Sales Management and Business Incentives program quickly rising to the number two sales performer in the company.
Mr.Jablo's experience includes senior assignments in virtually every type of business. He has completed executive searches across most business sectors, excels at developing an in depth understanding of his client's needs, and prides himself on recruiting individuals who also fit "culturally" as well as technically. Through his years working in the manufacturing industry, he has developed expertise in distribution and supply chain management. Mr. Jablo has consulted on management and marketing issues ranging from incentive compensation to organizational structure and product distribution strategies. He also has worked with clients in evaluating and developing the emotional maturity of senior management teams.
Jablo is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and completed a year of law school at Ohio State. Mr. Jablo's knowledge and experience will be an asset to the company. According to CEO Antonio Uccello, "We are happy to have Steven here to oversee company operations, manage production timelines, budgets and expenditures. His immediate focus will be to coordinate and oversee the Company's filings with OTC Markets resulting in bringing the company's filing status to 'current'."
Arnold Joseph "Avi" Yoskowitz - Chief Real Estate Officer
Mr. Yoskowitz brings a wealth of education, experience, talent, drive and focus to the company. Over his long and distinguished career, Mr. Yoskowitz has excelled as a real estate developer and broker, investor, builder, mortgage underwriter, planner and sales associate. His professional work history has included senior-level positions with the Citizens' Housing and Planning Council of New York, Phipps Houses, Frist Realty Co. of Boston, the NYC Housing Development Corporation, a partnership appointment with Garden Homes and Commercial in New Jersey; and for the last twenty years, he has served as founder and CEO of the Heritage Group of Companies of NJ and TT Heritage Companies of Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida.
Mr. Yoskowitz has successfully completed numerous land acquisitions, approvals, infrastructure improvements, build-outs, condomium conversions projects, and the like. He has been involved in the acquisition of residential and commercial REO properties, and has also specialized in turnaround situations. His professional credentials include: Registered NJ Builder, American Institute of Certified Planners, Green Builder Certification (NAHB), and Florida Real Estate Sales Associate.
His numerous peer awards include energy conservation building awards, "Best Historic Renovation," and "Best Commercial Renovation." He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a PhD from MIT in Housing Development and Finance, and was a fellow for two years at the Harvard/MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies.
He worked at Harvard Law School on national housing development alternative policies with Professor Charles Haar and at Harvard Business School with Prof. Philip David. In New York, he was an adjunct faculty member of the New School and taught Urban Land Development.
He has served on the Board of Trustees for the New Jersey Builders PAC, was VP of Metropolitan Builders of NJ, and has served on the board of Community Builders and the New Jersey Builder Association (NAHB). Additionally, his civic service includes an appointment as Vice Chair of the NY and NJ Region of the Anti-Defamation League, as former Chair of the Housing and Urban Affairs committee of the New England ADL and NY ADL, and on the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community Housing Corporation and Metrowest Federation.
