Todd Mitchem, a Leader, Entrepreneur, and father

Todd Mitchem is a leader, entrepreneur, son, father, and devoted
husband who cares deeply about America and like you has grown
tired of the destruction going on in Washington. It's Time for
this to change and Todd Mitchem is the person to make it happen!


A LEGACY OF SERVICE AND STRENGTH


Born in the small, rural, mining town of Bluefield, West
Virginia, Todd came from humble beginnings. He grew up observing
the power of hard work from his WWII veteran and blue collar,
coal mining grandfather, Roby, who taught him that you never give
up on this country or yourself.  Todd, also learn valuable
lessons from his father, also a military veteran, who worked for
nearly four decades at the same company starting as a
meter-reader and retiring as a senior executive leader. 


THE WILL TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE


Todd Mitchem learned his survival instincts from the powerful
women in his life, like his mother, a two-time cancer survivor,
who never quit in the face of certain death. After receiving a
diagnosis of only six months to live, Todd's mother not only
decided to fight cancer, she decided to win. She taught him the
power of perseverance and taking risks to beat any obstacle. The
health care system failed her during her second cancer by telling
her to "give up," and then sending her massive bills that were
not covered by insurance. But being a fighter, Todd's mom turned
to cannabis and is still alive today. It is her drive "to never
give up" which Todd has adopted into his own life and business
ventures.


A LEADER IS MADE NOT BORN!


Todd Mitchem knows how to get things done in the face of
incredible odds and knows how to turn talk into action that gets
results. 


For ten years, Todd worked as a leadership developer and business
development expert.  During that time, he built learning as
well as management change initiatives for companies all over the
world. As a senior leader for one of the world's top change
management companies, Eagle's Flight, Mitchem helped to create
powerful and efficient solutions for some of the toughest
leadership and organizational challenges in many of the world's
fortune 500 companies.


TAKING ON HUGE CHALLENGES


After his mother's incredible survival miracle from cancer, Todd
became more interested in the fast-growing marijuana industry.
 So, in 2013 he joined the emerging cannabis industry to
help build companies, educate leaders, and raise standards. Never
one to back down from a challenge, Todd quickly developed huge
success in spite of incredible odds.  He helped develop the
largest brand in the space, O.penVAPE with over 1,600% growth in
12 months. Todd built the world’s first global social network
unique to the cannabis consumer called High There! which grew
from zero users to over 300K in less than a year. After marijuana
legalization, he also developed the world’s first marijuana job
fair called, CannaSearch which saw over 3400 job hopefuls, who
ended up filling over 1000 new jobs in Colorado alone.  Todd
Mitchem also leads the industry as the first person to speak to
Attorneys General on the need for standards in marijuana
tracking, youth prevention, production, and business leadership.
 


Currently, Mitchem and his wife, Diana run a successful
government affairs and community outreach company, TMC Partners,
which develops initiatives in the cannabis space for businesses,
including the state's number one company, The Green Solution. For
his expertize and ability to get things done, Todd was asked to
speak to countless conventions, youth prevention summits, and
government town hall debates. Todd Mitchem is seen as "The smart
level-headed problem solver" by municipalities in which he drives
fundamental changes. He has spent the last four years working to
protect consumers and workers while building a robust job
creating industry, which now employees over 25,000 people in
Colorado alone.


PASSIONATE AND POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS


Todd is a loving husband to his wife Diana, who herself is an
immigrant to this country. Diana Mitchem immigrated to the United
States from war torn Lithuania at the age of twelve after not
seeing her mother for seven years. She taught herself English by
the age of fourteen, graduated high school early and went on to
get two degrees from CU Boulder. Diana and Todd live in district
two just up the hill from Golden, and work each day to make this
world better than they found it. Diana and Todd work together,
parent three amazing kids, and they never give up on each other
or this country they love!


You can learn more about Todd Mitchem, his strategies for work
and life, as well as his powerful philosophy for how to build
collaborative environments in Washington from his book, YOU,
DISRUPTED.


IT'S TIME FOR A NEW KIND OF LEADER, in his own
words.


"I decided it was time to serve my country as my father
and grandfather did before me, by entering the race for Congress.
 Like millions of Americans, I have felt the sting of rising
taxes making it hard to thrive.  Also like many people, I
have felt first hand the blunt force hit of a broken health care
system, which nearly destroyed my family financially. Like you, I
am tired of the talk in Washington, the fighting, and the massive
levels of government waste that pushes each citizen into deeper
despair. From college students to our seniors and retirees,
countless people have been left behind culturally and
economically. It's time to stop the pointless talk and finally
take action toward tangible solutions. We are all in this
together, and it is together that we will show the world It's
Time for action."


- Todd Mitchem