One of Angela Pih\u2019s favorite aspects of the cannabis industry is its velocity. What she\u2019s referring to is the \u201cincredibly exciting\u201d speed of bringing new products to market within months. With extensive experience across retail, consumer packaged goods and cannabis, Pih is head of marketing for StateHouse Holdings, a vertically integrated California-based cannabis enterprise. From the moment she engages you in conversation, it\u2019s quite evident the woman knows what she\u2019s talking about.<\/p>\n
One industry trajectory Pih isn\u2019t<\/em> a fan of is the dramatic decrease in the number of women in the C-Suite holding leadership positions. Over the last year, she says, many women have either been pushed out or simply burned out.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody\u2019s struggling right now,\u201d Pih says, naming the challenges of over-taxation and overregulation as particularly responsible for the woeful decline in women executives. \u201cAs companies become leaner, many women are trying to weather the storm.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n With fewer women in leadership roles, Pih is eager to support other women and nurture the next generation of female executives and leaders in cannabis.\u00a0 \u201cWhat are we doing to cultivate that level of expertise so that they can sustain the challenges and growth within this industry?\u201d Pih asks. \u201cWe all talk about it, but are we doing anything about it? Actions speak louder than words.\u201d<\/p>\n Pih says she feels lucky when it comes to her own experience as a leader, as she\u2019s been widely respected and supported. However, she acknowledges that if women aren\u2019t in the founder role or in the CEO\u2019s office, it can be \u201cvery challenging for women to keep within the decision-making roles of a company.\u201d<\/p>\n For other women wanting to move into cannabis, Pih says it\u2019s important to be confident and to know your worth.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople get very excited about joining a cannabis company because it\u2019s exciting and they allow themselves to accept roles that are maybe below what their expertise is\u2014and maybe below the kind of compensation they should have,\u201d Pih says. \u201cHistorically, women aren\u2019t as good at negotiating as men, especially when it comes to their salary compensation. I always say to women to know what they\u2019re worth. You\u2019re going to bring something to the table and it\u2019s important to stand up for that.\u201d<\/p>\n Legacy growers and small farmers play an important role at StateHouse Holdings. Pih spearheaded an initiative that ensures shelf space for small craft sungrown farmers in StateHouse-owned dispensaries, including history-making Urbn Leaf West Hollywood\u2014the first adult-use dispensary to open in Los Angeles\u2019 fabled Sunset Strip.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are fewer and fewer legacy farmers and craft growers because they\u2019ve been unable to operate,\u201d says Pih, who reveals she wants to \u201csupport these farmers, preserve their expertise and preserve strain diversity during these very early stages of our industry\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n Pih is also determined to band together for a unified cannabis industry. She says she sees it as a requirement for more favorable taxation laws. \u201cWe\u2019re not able to do anything about it as individual companies; we have to come together as an industry, regain trust for one another and find ways to be effective as a collective.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n As the proverb says, unity is strength. Exactly.<\/p>\n This story was originally published in issue 48 of the\u00a0print edition<\/a>\u00a0of Cannabis Now. Read it now on the Cannabis Now\u00a0iTunes app<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Women of Influence: Angela Pih Is Walking the Walk<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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