Southern Hemp Expo 2019

Born and raised in the Bluegrass State and a University of Kentucky alumnus, Mr. Hendrix relocated back to Central Kentucky in 2014 on a mission to help rebuild the US hemp industry. Seeing a need to bring farmers, processors, manufacturers and supporters of the industry together, Mr. Hendrix founded the Kentucky Hemp Industries Association that summer and has served as President and on the board of directors for the group. He was also a founding member of the US Hemp Roundtable where he served on the Board of Directors and recently served as President in 2019. In 2015 he created and became President of Hendrix Hemp, a licensed hemp producer that managed hemp cultivation on his family’s, Mayflower Farm, in Mount Sterling, KY for 3 years. In 2019 Mr. Hendrix was also appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for Friends of Hemp, where he currently serves as President, and in early 2020 he was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the US Hemp Authority. Most recently Mr. Hendrix served as the Director of Business Development and Hemp Production for CV Sciences, Inc. where he helped grow the companies revenue 367% from 2015 through 2019. Currently Mr. Hendrix serves as the Chief Growth Officer of Driftless Extracts where he focuses on growing the companies strategic partnerships and revenue across all sectors of the hemp industry.