Dan is a seasoned and respected industry thought leader. His career has been rooted in improving ownership, integrity and accountability - in all of his endeavors. You won’t meet a more interesting and intuitive leader with a genuine trustworthiness his team greatly admires. Previously a Journeyman Machinist for Boeing (23 years) as well as a pioneer in opening one of the first medicinal cannabis dispensaries in Oregon. His entrepreneurial mind (which does not have an off switch) eventually pivoted towards laboratory testing, analytics and accountability toward home health and wellness. This has ultimately led to the expansion into environmental test services. He has successfully owned and operated Rose City Labs in PDX since 2012, and in 2023 opened a second Full service and enviro Lab in Bend.

Daniel’s huge capacity for helping others is second nature in many areas of his life. He is a firm believer in ‘you get what you give’ attitude, so it’s no wonder his successes find him expanding to consulting, all with his ego contentedly managed. He is a long time advocate for the potential health benefits of medicinal mushrooms - in fact you can often find him foraging the dense mossy woods of the Pacific Northwest looking for rare & delightful fruiting fungi.

EDUCATION

BA | Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology

AA | Machine Tool and Technology MHCC

Natalie is one of our hidden gems. She oversees internal quality systems for compliance with regulatory and laboratory standards and assists our personnel with implementation of our quality assurance program.

Natalie brings us over 20 years of experience working as a scientist in scientific, pharmaceutical, environmental, and mechanical testing laboratories around the world, with the focus on QA. Her ability to ensure compliance with The Daniel Huson Group company standards helps us operate efficiently. She elevates the technical side of operations by improving our internal regulated processes as well as overseeing and integrating customer input.

Her career growth in the QA field started from QA Chemist to QA Coordinator, regional and finally national QA Manager. She also brings experience working in GMP, GLP, and Aerospace 5S methodology environment together with great knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025, TNI Standards and other regulatory rules and requirements.

Natalie enjoys spending time with her family, especially her bundle of love young grandson as well as holiday dinners, and evening tea socials.

EDUCATION

MS Biology | Teaching of Biology and Chemistry PhD Courses

Plant Physiology |Biochemistry | Belarusian State University

Bjorn is our senior chemist and go-to expert in research and development with nearly 20 years of experience helping our environmental and cannabis customers with their unique product testing challenges. Specializing in analytical and extraction chemistry, Bjorn uses his experience and critical thinking to streamline the many challenges of developing new testing protocols for custom test requests - all the while upholding industry standards.

He has also been an effective panelist - when a Psilocybin testing overview is needed. By focusing on Science First philosophy, he puts his many years of professional experience to good use. It would be an enormous docket to list the voluminous successes of his custom developed tests and polymorphic programs. Over the years, Bjorn’s strengths at various Labs have garnered some high-level recognition for his first to market accomplishments.

Bjorn’s attire proudly and haughtily includes his comedic T-shirt collection of ‘Science Cats’ garnering un suspecting and delayed grins from co-workers and visitors alike. He has also given homage to most of the labs robotic apparatuses by naming them after famous historical scientists. He is an avid outdoor hobbyist and loves spending time in the Pacific northwest.

Education

BA | Chemical Engineering | Dortmund University

Joya is a driven and innovative designer with over 25 years of experience and an agency background emphasizing brand management, advertising, marketing, design decks and public relations.

She is one of those people who can easily navigate through many projects - taking great pride in seeing them through to completion no matter what challenges are thrown at her. She’s detail-oriented with exceptional senior level skills and experience in various mediums such as illustrations, digital design, collateral deliverables and web development.

She’s an idea person with talents that transfer to multiple marketing channels, public relations, PR and presentations- all which elevate our brand. “One of the things I love about my job is traversing projects with Dan and his sandbox of ideas. Especially with the Psilocybin industry growing in every direction, it’s an exciting time to be assisting Dan and his expansion in the counter culture consultation arena, Joya says.

To keep her creative cup full… Joya loves to travel - has been to 29 Countries and has attended 7 Olympics. She’s an artist, enjoys all facets of decorating, up-cycling and repurposing old furniture and cultural cooking. Fun fact: she has an impressive 300+ piece collection of Wonder Woman memorabilia! On weekends you’ll find her outdoors and unplugged - fishing, crafting and doing projects at their cabin on Eagle Creek.

Education

BA | Art Education Smith College | Oregon College of Education

AA | Graphic and Commercial Art | PNCA

NCIDQ | Interior Design & Color Theory | Heritage School of Design

Our hardworking and versatile Administrative Assistant Kim, helps out daily with her amazing organizational skills and thorough knowledge of policies and procedures. She’s responsible for ensuring office operations and tasks are organized, correspondences are controlled, projects reviewed, samples logged, and all clerical intake ordering functions are properly assigned and monitored. Her excellent communication and people skills reassures the rest of us that all things are easily handled no matter what challenges come through the door or over the phone. She is a scheduling unicorn, never missing a beat and multi-tasking with magical ease. With a nursing background, she exemplifies extensive people ‘care’ skills and her capabilities literally include juggling many tasks, all with a never ending smile and contagious charm. Every front office needs a Kim!

Prior to working at DHG, Kim was in the Healthcare industry wading in the ubiquitous uncharted waters during the height of Covid. This ultimately led to her realization that perhaps there were greener pastures outside the nursing field. Her base experience was an easy shift to the home health hazards and testing services at the Laboratory level, and we are so lucky to have her skillset and sensibilities. When asked about what she likes about working at DHG, Kim says: “I love feeling like I’m helping others through preventative services.”

In her free time, Kim loves to go fishing, hunting and camping. She enjoys trips to the beach, sunsets, spending time with her family and her lab, Maggie. She also loves to laugh, and thinks everyone outta try it a bit more!

Education

CNA | Portland Community College

AA | Accounting PCC