Harvest Health Announce COO To Go & He Won’t Be Replaced

The press release is short and sweet but it looks as though they won’t be re-hiring until some point in 2021, if at all.

Harvest Health & Recreation Inc.  (“Harvest”) (CSE: HARV, OTCQX: HRVSF), a vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S., today announced the retirement of Chief Operating Officer Ronald Goodson, effective December 31, 2020.

Harvest has no immediate plans to fill the Chief Operating Officer position. The responsibilities held by Ron Goodson will be assumed by other members of Harvest’s senior leadership team.  “We thank Ron for his service over the past year and wish him all the best in his retirement,” said Chief Executive Officer Steve White.

The former Pepsi exec had only been in the position since Jan 2020 – so it all seems a bit short lived

CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verano Holdings (Verano™), a rapidly expanding, vertically integrated operator of licensed cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and retail facilities, has hired Ron Goodson, a seasoned senior executive in the food, beverage and consumer goods industry, as President and Chief Operating Officer to lead development and operations. Goodson, most recently served as Vice President & General Manager of the Southwest Market in North America for PepsiCo and has expertise in next generation advanced cannabis extraction technologies.