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Bearman, David
Clare, Dale
Deisel, Sarah
Duncan, Don
Jones, Jeff
Kroger, William
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Dale Sky Clare
Executive Chancellor
Medical 101
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Dale divides each week between the Oakland Campus (OU) and the Los Angeles Campus (OULA), with additional field trips to launch the North Bay (OUNB) and Michigan (OUMI) campuses. Since OULA began in early 2008, she has been facilitating and developing courses, is a professor for all locations for the Medical 101 class, the Legal Rights 102 Workshop, and has also launched full Semester Courses in Southern California.
Dale is focused the improvement and additions to our curriculum, Oaksterdam expansion projects, and bringing educational seminars to new locations. She is focused on implementing systems to support the long-term sustainability and rapid growth caused by the intense interest in quality training for the cannabis industry. Dale is also working to educate folks about the Tax and Regulate ballot initiative; learn more at www.taxcannabis2010.org
Within the mission for safety through self-regulation, she helped establish the Medical Cannabis Safety Council (MCSC) in early 2008 with cannabis industry stakeholders concerned with self-regulation. MCSC is improving patient safety by forming guidelines for the cultivation, production, handling, dispensing, and utilization of cannabis medicine. She works as Regional Coordinator for Southern California to develop standardized quality assurance practices and testing methods. Dale is Chairperson of the Education & Research Committee, developing programs through which patients, doctors, providers, and regulating authorities can be more confident in the medical cannabis continuum, from the plant to the patient. www.cannabissafety.org
Dale is on the board as Director of Public Relations and Patient Advocacy with the Medical Cannabis Association (MCA), the trade association promoting and uniting the many facets of the medical cannabis industry. Industry Leaders keep their individual identity and philosophy while forming regulations favorable to business. Individual Participants have a voice in setting industry priorities for safe access to patient services and jobs. Professional and Support Community help identify industry expectations and implement quality assurance standards and skill share. www.MedicalCannabisAssociation.org
Dale has developed a diverse list of industry leaders who she calls upon for support and consulting for Oaksterdam University. The secret to her success the talented people she surrounds herself with. Her remaining time is spent trying to catch up on e-mails!
Los Angeles Campus: 323-852-1039
Please contact:
Amanda Rain
Facilitator, Civics 101 and 102 Instructor, Executive Assistant to Dale
amanda.rain@oaksterdamuniversity.com
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Sarah Diesel
Facilitator
Budtending
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Sarah Diesel is a dedicated patient advocate in the fight for Medicinal Cannabis use. She has spoken at LA City Council meetings, attended protests and volunteered her time in Southern California to help promote the medicinal use of cannabis. She believes ill patients deserve high quality organic medicine at compassionate prices. Sarah also believes strongly in educating the public about the benefits of medical cannabis.
In 2005 Sarah started her career as a Bud-tender and later Manager at local collectives in Los Angeles. In 2006 Sarah started working with GLACA (The Greater Los Angeles Collectives Alliance), a voluntary association of medical cannabis collectives and co-operatives. Also that year, she founded the 'PotLuck Girls', a group of professional women who are patients and advocates for the medicinal use of cannabis. In the spring of 2008, she became a Facilitator and Professor for Oaksterdam University in Los Angeles, California. Recently, Sarah also became the Co-Host of "Cannabis Planet."
For more information, please visit her website: www.sarahdiesel.com.
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Jeff Jones
Horticulture
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Jeff Jones has provided expertise in the medical cannabis field to Californians for over fourteen years. He co-founded the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative in 1995; and was named defendant in the OCBC Federal Civil case, one of the longest-running medical cannabis cases in history. Jeff also serves on the Board of the Medical Cannabis Association (MCA) and the Green Aid Medical Cannabis Defense Fund. His active involvement with the Patient ID Center (formerly OCBC) has brought him into contact with thousands of medical cannabis patients, professionals and experts.
Jeff and his team opened a second ID Center in Los Angeles, which currently hosts OULA, and re-named the OCBC the Patient ID Center to better reflect both locations. Their mission carries on the tradition of issuing private ID cards and offering patient services such as education and referrals to compassionate provider groups, caregivers and lawyers in California. Jeff also helped establish Alameda County Patient Services, which provides patients and caregivers official State of California Medical Marijuana ID cards in Alameda County, California. With Jeff's assistance, the City of Oakland became the first the U.S. City to contract with medical cannabis providers in 1998, and implemented a program to issue compassionate provider permits in June of 2004.
The Patient ID Center hosts both the weekend and semester courses for Oaksterdam University in Los Angeles. PIDC also issues OU Student I.D. Cards at both Oakland and LA branches during normal business hours, and goes on the road for OU Field Trips to Michigan and North Bay as well!
Jeff Jones recently signed on as a proponent of the Tax and Regulate Cannabis Act of 2010 based on helping medical patients. "Passing this initiative will actually help to protect medical cannabis patients by making them less of a target for law enforcement." With community feedback collected, several individuals came together to pen amendments that specifically ensure the rights of qualified patients; any activities allowed by SB 420 and Prop 215 are protected. www.taxcannabis2010.org
Oaksterdam University has offered a ballot proposal to regulate cannabis similar to alcohol: The Tax and Regulate Cannabis Act (T&R 2010) allows adults 21 years and older to possess and cultivate a small amount of cannabis, and gives local jurisdictions the option to tax and regulate sales and commercial cultivation.
www.patientidcenter.org
www.imedicalcannabis.org
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Don Duncan
Politics of Cannabis
Cannabusiness
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Don Duncan has served on the Board of Directors since he co-founded American for Safe Access (ASA) in 2002. As California Director, he is coordinating the grassroots and “grasstops” campaign to fully implement the state's medical cannabis laws, respond to federal interference, and build a broader and more powerful coalition for medical cannabis in California.
Mr. Duncan's work is instrumental in galvanizing grassroots resistance to federal interference and intimidation, and he plays a key role in seeding local self-regulatory alliances for medical cannabis providers statewide. He works closely with elected officials, law enforcement, collective operators, and community members in local implementation efforts in California cities and counties – including work with the Los Angeles City Council and city staff to write permanent regulations for medical cannabis collectives in that city.
Mr. Duncan led the campaign to adopt legislation to protect patients' employment rights in California in 2008. He also worked with the California Board of Equalization on issues related to sales tax and medical cannabis since 2005, helped craft ASA's input into the California Attorney General's guidelines for medical cannabis in 2008, and coordinated ASA's statewide symposia on medical cannabis collective operation in 2006 and 2007. He is currently working to coordinate strategic support for ASA's Federal Policy Agenda in California – helping to facilitate recent progress in Congress and the Obama Administration.
Mr. Duncan co-founded one of the oldest and most reputable families of medical cannabis dispensing collectives in California, helping to open legal facilities in Berkeley, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood. He is a leading consultant in the field of medical cannabis. Mr. Duncan helps new collective operators understand the legal nature of their organizations, lay out strategies for compliance, and overcome common pitfalls – including permitting, public relations, government relations, personnel issues, landlord negotiations, and promotions. His clients include some of the largest medical cannabis collectives in California, as well as numerous smaller patient associations.
60 Minutes called Mr. Duncan "an elder statesman in the world of medical marijuana", and he has been featured in major media coverage, including 60 Minutes, Dan Rather Reports, Retirement Living TV, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others.
Learn more at www.aboutmedicalmarijuana.com. Contact Don Duncan at dondduncan@yahoo.com or by calling (323) 326-6347.
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Dr. David Bearman
Medical Cannabis
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Dr. Bearman is one of the most clinically knowledgeable physicians in the U.S. in the field of medicinal marijuana. He has spent 40 years working in substance and drug abuse treatment and prevention programs. Dr. Bearman was a pioneer in the free and community clinic movement. His career includes public health, administrative medicine, provision of primary care, pain management and cannabinology. His almost 40 year professional experience in the drug abuse treatment and prevention field includes being the Co-Director of the Haight-Ashbury Drug Treatment Program, being a member of Governor Reagan's Inter Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse, a member of both the Santa Barbara and the San Diego County Drug Abuse Technical Advisor Committees, and a consultant to Hoffman-LaRoche, Santa Barbara County Schools and the National PTA.
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William Kroger
Legal Issues
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William S. Kroger's track record speaks for itself when it comes to defending clients in criminal cases. For over a decade, Mr. Kroger has successfully defended celebrities and well-known executives against criminal charges while upholding their rights and maintaining their privacy during difficult times. Mr. Kroger represents many out-of-state clients, as well as many clients in California, in both federal and state courts. He has appeared in federal court in 10 different states, including New York, Texas, Florida, Michigan,Utah, Wyoming and Mississippi. His knowledge of both federal and state procedures and statutes gives him the edge needed to obtain desirable and efficient results.
www.420attorney.com
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