OWNER’S DESK

Linda Mercado Greene

Owner and CEO

Linda Mercado Greene is the Owner, Board Chair, and CEO of Anacostia Organics, the first medical cannabis dispensary located East of the River in Washington, DC in Historic Anacostia, becoming one of the very few 100% black woman-owned licensees in the US. She is also the Founder/CEO of The Linda Greene Group, a public relations/public strategies firm. Considered a Washington insider, she has been very influential in shaping the cannabis industry, locally and nationally, and is a sought-after speaker for cannabis conferences and organizations. Amongst the many boards she serves, Linda chairs the DC Cannabis Trade Association, serves on the Board of the United States Cannabis Council, chairing the USCC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force (formerly the CTF DEI Task Force). She is the host of the only government funded cannabis programming, Cannabis Conversations Podcast with Linda Mercado Greene. Linda has been featured in many articles, publications, and television interviews, and was recently listed in the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 Class of 2022. She is a 2-term Mayoral appointee on the Historic Preservation Review Board, in addition to serving on numerous local and national boards. Linda has been a political and strategic consultant to Members of Congress, African Heads of State, and the publicist for national entertainers and athletes.