James Edward Parco (born October 22, 1968) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel, professor, entrepreneur and corporate executive.
He went on to earn his Master of Business Administration from The College of William & Mary and later, his doctorate from the University of Arizona studying under Amnon Rapoport and Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith.
[5][6][7][8][9] Parco served on the National Security Council at the White House during the Clinton Administration, overseas with the American Embassy in Tel Aviv and spent two tours as a faculty member at his alma mater.
[14] After returning from overseas in 2003, Parco resumed his teaching post at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs where he began forwarding evidence of systemic evangelical proselytizing to the institution's chain of command.
In June 2019, Medicine Man Technologies signed a binding term sheet to acquire the Mesa Organics chain of dispensaries and Purplebee's, a large-scale cannabis extraction plant.