During this session, Tahir Johnson will tell his story of entrepreneurship, career development and economic empowerment in his own words. Tahir founded Simply Pure, a dispensary in Trenton, New Jersey. As the first black-owned, social equity dispensary in the state, Tahir’s story is a familiar one for many stakeholders in the cannabis industry. He will share how he came from the finance space into the cannabis industry, serving in leadership roles at multiple nonprofits and eventually to where he is today, CEO of the first black owned social equity dispensary in New Jersey.