Dr. Chanda Macias, MBA, Phd

Dr. Chanda Macias, MBA, PhD, is the CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare in Louisiana and the Owner and General Manager of the National Holistic Healing Center Medical Marijuana Dispensary (NHHC) in Washington, DC.  NHHC is a patient advocated company dedicated to providing alternative allopathic medicine to individuals with debilitating medical conditions.  NHHC provides patient education and support, medical marijuana, and medical marijuana-infused products to qualifying patients or designated caregivers in compliance with the DC Department of Health.

Chanda earned her PhD from Howard University in 2001 with a concentration in Cell Biology.  She was extensively trained at the Howard University Cancer Center and evolved her studies to focus on developing a model to understand prostate cancer bone metastasis (Macias et al., 2002).

Chanda was recruited from graduate school to Colgate Palmolive to research oral diseases and possible treatment options.  Chanda’s innovative research at Colgate Palmolive resulted in three US Patents and eleven Global Patents (World Intellectual Property Organization).

She currently serves as the First Vice Chair to the National Cannabis Roundtable – a consortium chaired by Speaker John Boehner.