Board of Directors
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Nicholas Vita co-founded Columbia Care in 2012 and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Nicholas has over 25 years of experience serving in corporate leadership roles, investing capital, structuring and funding public/private partnerships and providing strategic advisory services to Fortune 500
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman and Director
Michael Abbott co-founded Columbia Care in 2012 and serves as Executive Chairman. He also serves as Chairman of its’ Board of Directors and sits on its Nominating and Governance Committee. Michael joined Swiss Bank Corporation in 1990 as an Associate in Equity Capital Markets and was transferred to
Director
Jeff Clarke has been the Co-CEO of Emerge Technology Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:ETACU) since July 2020. ETACU is a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC). Mr. Clarke also serves on the Board of Directors of FTD, LLC. where he was the Executive Chairman from 2019-2020. Mr.
Independent Director
Director
Ms. Hill has spent more than two decades serving on a range of private and public corporate Boards of Directors. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Lord Abbett Family of Funds, a $225 billion New Jersey-based mutual fund management firm. Most recently, Ms.
Independent Director
Director
In December 2015, James A.C. Kennedy resigned from his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of T. Rowe Price Group, a global investment management organization, serving institutions and individuals around the world and retired from T. Rowe Price in June 2016. Mr.
Independent Director
Lead Director
Jonathan May is currently Co-Founder and Managing Director of Floresta Ventures, LLC. Floresta invests, owns and operates restaurant and retail concepts. He is also a co-founder and managing director of Floresta Partners, LLC, a consulting firm focusing on growing multi-unit restaurant and retail
Independent Director
Director
Mr. Savage is the Managing Partner of Savage Holdings, LLC, a closely held advisory company which provides advice to U.S. and foreign companies and investment funds. Mr. Savage has a distinguished career in international banking, venture capital, investment and fund management having held senior
Independent Director
Director
Alison Worthington is an innovative marketing leader with nearly three decades of experience transforming brands, product portfolios and P&Ls to deliver growth and ROI. Ms. Worthington held multiple senior level operating roles for The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) and
Independent Director
Director
Philip Goldberg co-founded Green Leaf Medical in 2014 and served as Green Leaf’s CEO until Green Leaf was acquired by Columbia Care in June of 2021. Mr. Goldberg built Green Leaf Medical into a leading multi-state cannabis operator in the mid-Atlantic region with 500 full time employees, 400,000
Independent Director