Dan Anglin, Founder and President
Founder and President of AmeriCanna, a Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturer and Cultivator of both medical and recreational marijuana products in Colorado. Dan has been a high-profile figure in the marijuana industry since 2011, having owned and operated 38 cannabis licensed businesses across the nation.
Dan is considered a national expert in marijuana public policy, having been instrumental in creating legislation that benefits the regulated cannabis industry and serving on rule making working groups for the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division annually.
Dan founded and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, an industry based trade organization that provides advocacy and networking opportunities for the cannabis industry, as well as promoting relationships between the industry and the businesses that service them.
Dan’s ability to influence marijuana policy is rooted in his professional background in legislative analysis and professional lobbying. Dan has worked in both the Arizona State Legislature and the Colorado General Assembly as a policy analyst, and then as a professional lobbyist for the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, (CACI - the State Chamber of Commerce) and owned his own lobbying firm (Anglin Public Affairs), where he represented many clients on various issues.
Dan is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served from 1988 - 1992 as a range safety officer, armorer, and primary marksmanship instructor, and is a Desert Shield – Desert Storm veteran. He attended the University of Arizona earning Magna Cum Laude in English, American Indian Studies and can speak, read, and write the Navajo language.
While Dan’s professional passion is rooted in establishing successful regulatory structures for legalized marijuana cultivation, processing, and sales, his personal passion is spending time with his family out on a lake somewhere where he doesn’t get cell phone reception.