CHERI HACKETT



In 2010 and 2014, Cheri Hackett co-founded the medical and recreational cannabis dispensary and cultivation operation BotanaCare, LLC located in Northglenn, Colorado. BotanaCare, LLC is one of Colorado’s premier cannabis operations with a focus on providing both their recreational and medicinal customers a positive experience with cannabis. Cheri has spent the last six years working tirelessly in Colorado with the with law makers, members of state and county agencies, and local citizens to bring the medical benefits of cannabis to the public.

Being on the cutting edge of industry change is natural for Cheri, prior to joining the cannabis industry in 2010, she spent nearly 30 years in the Structural Steel Industry as one of the first female iron workers pioneering the rights of women and minorities. There, she learned the importance of regulation, compliance, and hard work. With a strong work ethic and an unshakable commitment to her personal accomplishments, Cheri was able to successfully progress positive change in the Structural Steel Industry in regards to minority rights and equal pay. She volunteered to work on a task force for prompt paid laws for subcontractor with former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb.

Cheri rides the day to day operations roller coaster known as the cannabis industry while balancing her time between state and local educational and political events to ensure the industry creates and maintains quality standards, safe and efficient product development, process rules and regulations, and community interactions that will move the cannabis industry in the right direction. Cheri sits on city and state committee boards and volunteered as a key contributor on Governor Hickenlooper’s task force to legalize medical and recreational cannabis. In hopes to further advance cannabis research, Cheri and her sister Robin co-founded a nonprofit, the Hackett Foundation, with a two part mission, (1) to bridge the gap between caregivers/doctors and patients and (2) to collect patient reported data comparing cannabis use to symptom and condition relief. Cheri Hackett is a key contributor to the success of the cannabis movement here in Colorado and nationwide.

Besides her daily involvement with BotanaCare, LLC, Ms. Hackett is the founder of the nonprofit Hackett Foundation whose mission is to promote “Progressive Cannabis Research by Bridging the Gap between the Patient and Doctor.