Creating a Cannabis Career Starting with Sustainability

Jen Shelbo worked in finance after college, and then pivoted to a career as a high end pastry chef in New York City. Having been there, and done that, she earned her MBA in Sustainability through Bard College’s weekend intensive, New York based program. During her year-long, individually mentored capstone project, she focused on the nascent cannabis industry as her career destination. For this emerging health and food product, she recognized that having a core sustainability strategy would be central to business success. After graduating, Jen was offered a position as Director of Topicals at Coda Signature, in Pueblo, Colorado.

Listen to Jen’s story about how to build a career in cannabis, through a sustainability lens.

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About the Author

Katie Boyle

Katie Boyle is an alumna of Bard's MS in Environmental Policy program who spent more than a decade helping grow the Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability. She played a key role in building the MBA in Sustainability while overseeing admissions, enrollment, marketing, and communications. While she is no longer with the Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability, this biography has been retained to accompany articles she authored and to recognize her contributions to the program.

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