Stacie Frerichs
CCA Executive Director

Stacie Frerichs was appointed as CCA Executive Director in June of 2024. She is also Director of Business Programs for the California State Association of Counties Finance Corporation (CSAC FC) Stacie brings broad experience in nonprofits, business, and finance.

Prior to joining CSAC Finance Corporation, she served as the Executive Director of Davis Arts Center where she successfully led an arts and culture organization during the Covid-19 Pandemic. She also led the development of a visual arts curriculum used by thousands of elementary school students in California.

Prior to Davis Arts Center, Stacie was a Client Services Director at Government Financial Strategies where she helped advise School Districts, Cities, and Counties throughout California on bond issuances. She also consulted on the formation of the Government Financial Services Joint Powers Authority, which supports government entities in their financial needs.

After earning her master’s degree in business administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, she worked as a business analyst for Chevron Corporation. Early in her career, she used her undergraduate Geology degree to work on analyzing and cleaning up contaminated sites in the Western US, where she developed a deep love of the diversity of the land, issues, and people in California.

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Adam Crabtree

Adam Crabtree
Technology Consultant

Adam is the Founder and CEO of Nationwide Compliance Specialists, Inc. (NCS), headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Adam began his career in banking, managing sales, operations, and compliance with a Tier 1 bank. It was here that he recognized the inherent flaws and the systemic disconnect between banks, state government, and the cannabis industry. Using his background and acumen in banking, he developed the NCS Platform, a patent-pending predictive analytical algorithm-based system capable of aggregating and analyzing tens of millions of data points that are then transformed into clear, concise, detailed reports.

This solution has given him the opportunity to work collaboratively with state officials as well as financial institutions in Colorado and California. He’s been a guest speaker or conducted training to the California Assembly, Alaska Bar Association, State Board of Equalization, Native Nation Conferences and numerous elected officials spanning from Hawaii to Massachusetts. Adam is a proud three-time graduate of the University of Colorado (BA, MBA, MSF), and currently serves as a member of the Track and Trace Advisory Board for the State of Colorado.