For over two decades, Kelly Coughlin has worked as a publicist and strategist in the retail, consumer packaged goods, and healthcare industries. Her experience includes building national advertising and public relations/media platforms and campaigns, and high-profile individual management, including entertainers, athletes, physicians, Fortune 500 executives, sports organizations, national brands, and retail service providers.
From 2007 to 2016, Coughlin worked as a partner in Tom Coughlin & Associates, a retail consultancy provider of business-to-business services between retail, consumer products goods, healthcare, and industry service providers.
Ms. Coughlin was nominated as a 2016 “Up and Comer” under 40 by South Florida Business & Wealth Magazine. She holds a B.A. in Communication from Boston College.
In 2017, Coughlin co-founded Kismet Consumer Product Group and currently serves as President.
Len Giancola has nearly 30 years of experience in Executive Management and Business Ownership.
Formerly a Managing Director of Global Securities Finance in New York, responsible for a $16 billion trading portfolio, he is now an Officer/Board Member of over 30 corporations. With well over $100 million in sales over the last decade, including a successful custom home building/development company, vacation rental property management company and diversified investment portfolio, Len is the largest shareholder and Founding Partner of MJ.com, Culture Club VIP, B3 Management and Pot.Live, along with being the Founder of P.O.W.E.R., a high net worth mastermind group of entrepreneurs.
He is the host of The Pot.Live Podcast and a frequent media guest on international podcasts such as Rich Dad Radio with Robert Kiyosaki along with many other entrepreneurial and mentorship vehicles.
Ms. McDougal is an attorney and is certified by the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics as a Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP). In 2013, she founded CLEAResources LLC, a corporate resource for mitigation of legal and compliance risks. Ms. McDougal is also a Director of the International Cannabis Bar Association and chairs its active Ethics Committee.
Previously, Ms. McDougal served as a Special Assistant US Attorney and Air Force Judge Advocate General. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance and received her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School.
Jim Marty, CPA, CVA is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Bridge West LLC, one of the first accounting firms in the world to focus solely on the CBD industry. Jim is a pioneer and a leader in the CBD industry and is a nationally recognized and renowned expert on tax, accounting, and banking issues for these growing areas. Jim has been featured on Fox Business News, CNBC, and numerous other nationwide media outlets. In 2012, Jim founded Bridge West and since 2009, the practice has grown to more than 250 clients nationwide.
In recent years, Jim and Bridge West have expanded into assisting clients in the CBD industry. Beginning with the 2014 Farm Bill and now with President Trump signing the 2018 Farm Bill, CBD companies are becoming a significant part of Bridge West’s client base.
Gerald has an independent family owned crop insurance agency, with over 35 years of sales and service dedicated to the Federal Crop Insurance Program. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is a wholly owned government corporation managed by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the United States Department of Agriculture, providing insurance coverage to agricultural producers and subsidized by the Federal Government. It protects the producer against financial loss due to natural disasters, including but not limited to hail, drought, and excess precipitation.
While Hemp has been included in the 2018 Farm Bill as an insurable crop, we are still waiting for the RMA to institute a policy. Currently, several products with varying sales closing dates exist and are available to provide coverage for excess heat, excess precipitation, lack of precipitation, frost/freeze, and direct hail damage. Gerald Klein has helped create many risk management plans for various crops by understanding the needs of the individual producer and tailoring a program best suited to meet those needs.
I have been in the merchant processing business for over 20 years. I take pride in educating merchants with the truth in credit card processing. In regard to fee structures and what’s truly the best options for my customers. With all the changes and moving parts in the merchant processing industry, I feel it’s important all merchants should understand the impact the banks, processors & credit card companies have on their business.
With thousands of merchant providers out there to choose from I have made my impact with just being honest and doing the right thing. I have the best job on the planet!!
