As CFO, Autumn oversees strategic planning, marketing, compliance, legal, human resources, and finance. Autumn has been successfully navigating the unchartered waters of California’s Prop. 215 and the Regulated California Cannabis industry (Prop. 64) since 2015 and is a sought-after panelist and public speaker on the nuts and bolts of operating a licensed California cannabis cultivation business. In 2021, under Autumn Shelton's leadership as President of CARP Growers, the Cannabis Association for Responsible Producers concluded a yearlong negotiation and reached a historic agreement between the CARP Growers and the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis on a cooperative agreement for odor abatement. Before moving to the agriculture sector, Shelton was focused on a career in commercial property development and management utilizing her CA Brokers License. Autumn lives with her husband, Abe, son, Lennox, and daughter, Jade, in Santa Barbara, Calif., and enjoys hiking and camping in her free time. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a minor in Italian.