Meet the Team
Founder & President 
Jenny Germano
Jenny is a seasoned national cannabis compliance expert with deep roots in Colorado’s market, having witnessed its evolution from the unregulated wild west of 2009 to the highly regulated landscape of 2025.
After a 23-year career in hospitality, she transitioned into the cannabis industry in 2009 and quickly rose through the ranks - eventually becoming Chief Operating Officer of a vertically integrated, multi-million-dollar operation in Denver by 2014.
In 2015, Jenny founded ICS Consulting, drawing on her firsthand operational experience to offer fractional compliance services to licensed operators across the country.
Her company specializes in a wide range of regulatory compliance support, operational readiness, and start-up services. As a passionate advocate for sound cannabis policy, she has been actively involved in government workgroups, drafting regulations and lobbying efforts since 2015, including multiple initiatives in Washington, D.C.
Director of Quality & Safety 
Alex Hearding
A cannabis enthusiast and advocate. Alex has an educational and professional background in science, engineering, and occupational safety. When ‘Colorado’s Green Rush’ happened, in 2009, Alex became a licensed caregiver growing the plant for patients and worked with medical dispensaries. In 2014 a partner and he received one of the first recreational cultivation licenses, in Colorado. Alex has been involved starting multiple cannabis operations, everything from license application writing, designing and building facilities, operations management, compliance auditing, inventory management, and consulting.
In the cannabis workplace he witnessed hazards being improperly controlled, because of a lack of standards, and Alex started to help the industry with occupational safety, which lead him to product safety and risk management. Since 2017 Alex has dedicated his career to improving organizational health and managing risk of cannabis businesses with a mission of lowering the human and financial cost of operations.
Team Certifications
- ServSafe® Food Safety Instructor & Proctor
- OSHA 10-hour General Industry
- OSHA 30-hour General Industry
- Metrc Seed-to-Sale Certified
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Cannabis Cultivators Training - CU Center for Health, Work & Environment
- Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Qualified Trainer
- Hazardous Waste - Health & Safety (OSHA) 1910.120 CFR
- BCSP - Associate Safety Professional
- Pesticide Applicator Program
- Property and Casualty Insurance License
- Professional Cannabis Risk Manager
Our Mission
To Empower Cannabis Operators with the Knowledge, Tools, and Skills to Create a Culture of Compliance
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ICS Consulting are national cannabis compliance experts specializing in licensing, OSHA compliance, workplace safety programs, operational readiness, and regulatory advisory services for operators, government agencies, and legal professionals across regulated and emerging U.S. cannabis markets. For more information on how ICS Consulting can help your cannabis business, book a free 30-minute consult.