River Valley Relief names Kenaga as president

July 6, 2022 By Griffin Coop

River Valley Relief has named Ryan Kenaga as its president. Kenaga recently worked as the Fort Smith cultivator’s vice president of processing.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Kenaga previously worked in the cannabis industry at Elf Extraction, Holos Botanica and Terpenetics in Oklahoma as well as Head of Honey and Kenaga Consulting.

Kenaga started at River Valley Relief in August 2020, according to LinkedIn.

River Valley Relief is one of eight cultivators in the state and announced last month that it was bringing the gummies brand Wana to the Arkansas market.

From a press release:

Fort Smith, Arkansas – River Valley Relief is pleased to announce that it has named their current VP of Processing and Arkansas Native Ryan Kenaga, as the new President of RVR effective immediately. “Ryan’s years of industry experience in multiple markets and knowledge of the inner workings of River Valley Relief made him an obvious choice. Ryan’s passion for bringing the best quality medication to Arkansas patients is apparent to anyone that meets him and fits perfectly with the purpose of our company” said Director of Revenue Adam Grimmett.

River Valley Relief (RVR) is a family-owned medical cannabis cultivator located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. River Valley Relief’s founding purpose is to help give Arkansans an alternative to prescription opiates, and RVR’s commitment is to provide high quality, affordable cannabis to the patients of Arkansas. River Valley Relief offers a wide variety of hand-finished, heirloom marijuana flower to the dispensaries of Arkansas, and Relief by RVR produces both live and cured cannabis extracts with a focus on the healing properties of terpenes. River Valley Relief has partnered with Wana Brands to bring North America’s #1 Gummie to the State of Arkansas.

“I am very excited to assume the role of President in this world class cultivation facility. I look forward to leading our extremely dedicated team to become even more efficient to better serve the patients in our great state.” said Ryan. We expect to see some exciting new things coming from River Valley Relief at dispensaries all over Arkansas very soon.