How is Galleon different from a typical cannabis consultancy?

Most cannabis consultancies bring either regulatory and compliance expertise or facility-construction expertise, rarely both. Galleon brings both. Christine Senne led compliance at FLUENT Cannabis as part of the executive leadership team that grew annual revenues from $8.1 million in 2018 to $103.6 million in 2024, with operations across Florida, Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania. Ronald Long has 30+ years of healthcare facility construction experience -- hospitals, laboratories, multispecialty surgery centers -- and brings ICRA, ASHE, ASHRAE, MED GAS 6005, and AAADM discipline to cannabis cultivation and manufacturing. Few firms credibly own both pillars.

Where does Galleon operate?

Galleon engages with cannabis operators nationally. Our regulatory credentials are densest in Florida -- Christine has ~500 variance approvals at the Florida Department of Health and serves as General Counsel to the Florida Medical Marijuana Trade Association -- and our multistate experience spans Florida, Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania through Christine's prior work. Ronald has built healthcare facilities across the Southeastern US, with substantial Florida work. We bring this experience to engagements wherever cannabis is regulated.

What kinds of clients does Galleon work with?

Three main client profiles: (1) new cannabis operators trying to enter the industry without overspending on full-service buildouts, (2) existing operators needing operational or compliance turnaround, and (3) investors, lenders, and acquirers performing due diligence on cannabis assets -- particularly relevant in the current distressed-asset and consolidation environment.

Can Galleon serve as a fractional Chief Compliance Officer?

Yes. Galleon offers fractional CCO services structured around the U.S. Department of Justice's seven elements of an effective compliance program: written policies and procedures, compliance leadership, training, communications, monitoring and auditing, enforcement and discipline, and response and prevention.

Does Galleon handle facility design as well as construction?

Yes. Galleon designs cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing facilities to meet GACP, CSQ, GMP, and cGMP standards, as well as state and federal OSHA, ADA, and licensing requirements. We can serve as either your general contractor or your owner's representative depending on the engagement.

Cannabis Operations Consulting

Cannabis facilities that pass the audit. Operations that protect margin.

Galleon pairs the regulatory and compliance leadership that built compliance for a multistate cannabis operator as it grew from $8 million to over $100 million in annual revenues, with 30+ years of healthcare-grade construction discipline. Built for operators who can't afford to learn compliance the hard way.

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~500: FL DOH variance approvals
30+ Years: Healthcare-grade construction
13x: Annual revenue growth

What we do

A consultancy built around the cannabis value chain.

Twelve service lines spanning regulatory strategy, facility buildout, cultivation, manufacturing, dispensing, security, technology, and management advising. Engagements scale from a single project to fractional executive coverage.

Operational Strategy & Performance Improvement

Diagnose constraints, install systems, improve margin -- from leadership reporting to inventory and procurement.

General Contractor & Owner's Representative

Serve as your general contractor or as your owner's rep -- supervising the contractor and team to ensure on-time, on-budget, on-spec delivery.

Compliance Programs & Fractional CCO

DOJ 7-element compliance frameworks. Fractional Chief Compliance Officer services. Variance and rule-challenge representation.

Site Selection

Evaluate utilities, neighbors, environmental constraints, transportation, and future land-use plans before you commit to a parcel.

Facility Design & Construction

Cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing facilities meeting GACP, CSQ, GMP, OSHA, ADA, and state licensing requirements.

Cultivation Services

Greenhouse and indoor grow design with HVAC, humidity, air quality, IPM, irrigation, and drying/curing tailored to production goals.

Product Manufacturing & Commercialization

Flower, vape, concentrates, edibles, beverages. One-way flow design, C1D1/C1D2 extraction, cGMP-ready production kitchens.

Security & Risk Management

Surveillance, secure storage, and diversion-prevention systems meeting state licensing and DEA standards.

Preventative Maintenance Plans & Services

A keystone of GACP and GMP practice -- and one of the most reliable ways to save thousands in repair costs over a facility lifecycle.

Dispensary Services

New builds and renovations for retail facilities -- visually compelling, license-compliant, with full-spectrum product storage and odor management.

Technology Systems & Operational Visibility

Integrated technology infrastructure for clearer operational decision-making -- ERP integration, dashboards, AI analytics, cybersecurity.

Management Advising

Ongoing strategic and operational guidance for leadership teams. Operational diligence for investors, lenders, and acquirers.

The team

Two pillars under one roof.

Galleon was built so operators don't have to triangulate between a compliance specialist and a facility builder who don't speak each other's language.

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Co-Founder

Christine Senne

Compliance & Regulatory

Led compliance and regulatory matters at a multistate cannabis company with 7 cultivation facilities, 3 manufacturing sites, and 39 dispensaries across 4 states. Experience with licensing and regulatory matters in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Canada. As part of the executive leadership team, helped grow the company from $8.1 million in 2018 to $103.6 million in 2024 in annual revenues. Developed compliance programs for cannabis licensees in multiple states. Hundreds of licensure approvals with state regulators, including ~500 variance approvals at the Florida Department of Health.

Co-Founder

Ronald Long

Healthcare-Grade Construction & Compliance

30+ years in healthcare facility construction — hospitals, laboratories, and multispecialty surgery centers. Brings medical-grade discipline (ICRA, ASHE, ASHRAE, AAADM, medical gas) to cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing facilities, including the specialty mechanical systems (RO, dehumidification, fertigation) that determine whether the building actually performs.

Why now

Cannabis is moving toward a healthcare standard.

Federal rescheduling, April 2026.

The DOJ's April 23, 2026 final order moved FDA-approved and state-licensed medical marijuana to Schedule III. 280E disappears for state-medical licensees. Operators flush with new capital reinvest in compliance maturity and facility upgrades.

GMP / cGMP requirements are spreading.

New York mandates GMP processing with third-party audit within 12 months of operation. CSQ 2.0, the cGMP-conformant cannabis cert, launched January 2026. Florida, California, and Massachusetts are likely to follow.

A six-billion-dollar debt wall.

$6B in cannabis debt matures through end of 2026. Active distressed-asset work creates demand for emergency turnaround on a budget -- and for diligence partners who can credibly evaluate compliance and buildout debt that acquirers are about to inherit.

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Field notes from the practice.

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A worker in PPE walks down a long cultivation-facility aisle with vertical racks on either side — the room-by-room view inspectors take when cross-referencing a license application against the built facility.

Compliance

You Got Your Florida MMTC License. Now the Real Work Starts.

Variance requests, the 40-60 day timeline, and what inspectors check against your application. Practical pre-operational guidance for Florida MMTC licensees.

Christine Senne May 11, 2026

Empty cultivation room ready for fit-out: polished concrete floor, white walls, exposed steel-joist ceiling, six Quest dehumidifiers and insulated ductwork installed overhead — a healthcare-grade build before equipment goes in.

Construction

Cannabis recalls aren't a cultivation problem. They're a build problem.

California's 800% recall increase wasn't a cultivation failure. It was an HVAC failure decided when the building was built. Why the GC matters as much as the architect.

Ronald Long May 6, 2026

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Common questions

How is Galleon different from a typical cannabis consultancy?: Most cannabis consultancies bring either regulatory and compliance expertise or facility-construction expertise, rarely both. Galleon brings both. Christine Senne led compliance at FLUENT Cannabis as part of the executive leadership team that grew annual revenues from $8.1 million in 2018 to $103.6 million in 2024, with operations across Florida, Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania. Ronald Long has 30+ years of healthcare facility construction experience -- hospitals, laboratories, multispecialty surgery centers -- and brings ICRA, ASHE, ASHRAE, MED GAS 6005, and AAADM discipline to cannabis cultivation and manufacturing. Few firms credibly own both pillars.
Where does Galleon operate?: Galleon engages with cannabis operators nationally. Our regulatory credentials are densest in Florida -- Christine has ~500 variance approvals at the Florida Department of Health and serves as General Counsel to the Florida Medical Marijuana Trade Association -- and our multistate experience spans Florida, Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania through Christine's prior work. Ronald has built healthcare facilities across the Southeastern US, with substantial Florida work. We bring this experience to engagements wherever cannabis is regulated.
What kinds of clients does Galleon work with?: Three main client profiles: (1) new cannabis operators trying to enter the industry without overspending on full-service buildouts, (2) existing operators needing operational or compliance turnaround, and (3) investors, lenders, and acquirers performing due diligence on cannabis assets -- particularly relevant in the current distressed-asset and consolidation environment.
Can Galleon serve as a fractional Chief Compliance Officer?: Yes. Galleon offers fractional CCO services structured around the U.S. Department of Justice's seven elements of an effective compliance program: written policies and procedures, compliance leadership, training, communications, monitoring and auditing, enforcement and discipline, and response and prevention.
Does Galleon handle facility design as well as construction?: Yes. Galleon designs cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensing facilities to meet GACP, CSQ, GMP, and cGMP standards, as well as state and federal OSHA, ADA, and licensing requirements. We can serve as either your general contractor or your owner's representative depending on the engagement.

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