About Us
Leafy Green Agency provides the highest quality education and training for entrepreneurs, career seekers, investors, and medical professionals who want to be successful in the legal U.S. cannabis industry.
Our expert instructors have trained hundreds of people throughout the country to work across the cannabis supply chain via in-person and online certification programs. In addition to educational seminars, we also offer career and business consulting services to help clients navigate the complex legal cannabis industry.
Proving our commitment to quality education, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation approved Leafy Green Agency as a Responsible Vendor Training Provider in 2019. Today, Leafy Green Agency remains one of just a small number of companies offering the state’s required dispensing organization training.
Meet the Team
Vanessa Niles, M.D., R.N., F.A.C.O.G.
Dr. Niles is a recognized expert in medical marijuana patient treatment, education, business consulting, career consulting, and advocacy.
As the co-founder of Leafy Green Agency and founder of Synergy Health, a California medical marijuana practice, she delivers comprehensive cannabis solutions that meet the medical, entrepreneurial, and employment needs of diverse populations. Dr. Niles is a Board Member of the Society of Cannabis Physicians and has worked in multiple cannabis research studies related to anxiety, pain, Alzheimer’s, opioid addiction, and pediatrics.
Her notable work includes an appointment by former President George Bush as an International Medical Ambassador. In this prestigious role, Dr. Niles traveled around the world as a delegate of People to People International (founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower) participating in medical research and innovative medical approaches through a bilateral exchange with medical professional counterparts in countries around the world.
Dr. Niles’ work brought her to Italy, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mexico, Ethiopia, Denmark, Egypt, France, and Haiti where she developed an expertise in a various aspects of medicine, pharmaceuticals, and advanced medical technology.
During her more than 30 years of physician practice, Dr. Niles launched and developed successful medical practices in South Carolina, Georgia, and California. She gained teaching experience as the Assistant Clinical Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia and at Pikeville College of Medicine in Kentucky, and she has earned several notable awards for her contributions to medicine.
Credentials
- Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- California Board of Medicine
- Georgia Board of Medicine
- South Carolina Board of Medicine
- Society of Cannabis Physicians Board Member
- National Physicians Ambassador Program
Awards and Recognition
- United States Public Health Service Regional Administrative Award
- Special Commendation from South Carolina’s Governor Carrol Campbell and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- Appointed by President George Bush to People to People International
- Congressional Medal of Distinction
- American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award National Merit Scholarship