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Cathie Bennett Warner

Board Secretary

Cathie Bennett Warner is currently serving as CEO of a Public/Government Relations company, The CBW Group, Inc., a company she founded in 2005. From 2014-2018, she served as Vice President, Public, Government and Investor Relations for Steep Hill. She promoted the Steep Hill brand during its growth from a local Northern California company to being recognized globally as the premier cannabis testing brand. Cathie has more than 30 years of experience in the public relations/public affairs arena. Previously she held management roles in several national public relations firms, including Burson Marsteller, Public Strategies (now Hill & Knowlton), and Manning, Selvage & Lee. She has produced major external projects for four California Governors, and served in government in the US Senate, the CA Governor’s Office, the US State Department (USAID), and was key staff on the 1981 Reagan Inaugural Committee and the 1980 Presidential Campaign.

A graduate of The George Washington University, Cathie served for seven years on the Board of Directors of the Marin General Hospital Foundation, during a period of rapid growth and new hospital build. Previously she served for four years as the Chair of the California Medical Assistance Commission and as a Public Member of the California State Medical Board. She is currently a Member of the Board of the Bothe-Napa Valley Parks Association and of the Patient Advisory Board to Marin General Hospital.

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