David Abernathy started his project administration and management career for a London-based engineering and consulting firm. From there he transitioned to an Australian investment bank where he worked with the Infrastructure Legal team financing multi-billion-dollar wind farm projects. He spent several years doing investment due diligence, freelance business development, and business administration consulting.
From 2009–2012, he ran a financial services and consulting firm for the medical cannabis industry whose clients included cultivation collectives, dispensaries, equipment manufacturers, and cannabis research and development companies around the State of California. Mr. Abernathy worked as an adviser to UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy on a report for the City of Oakland about the economic impact of regulated, large-scale indoor cannabis cultivation.
David spent over six years as a vice president at the cannabis industry’s leading investment firm Arcview.
David currently works as the Executive Vice President of Business Solutions at New Frontier Data, a cannabis data, analytics, and market research firm; serves as a Board Member for the Minority Cannabis Business Association, co-owns two indoor miniature golf courses and helps run a nonprofit cat rescue organization which built America’s first Cat Cafe.