Cee Stanley

(she/her)
Green Heffa Farm

Clarenda “Farmer Cee” Stanley is a fifth-generation farmer originally from Anne Manie, Alabama. Although she did not set out in life to follow her family’s agrarian path, in 2017, she found herself returning to her roots as the CEO of Green Heffa Farms (GHF), a medicinal plant and hemp farm in Liberty, NC. As one of the first black women to be licensed in North Carolina, she was selected as the 2019 Featured Farmer for Hemp History Week, the nation’s largest grassroots campaign for the federal legalization of industrial hemp. She has been featured in more than 200 national and international publications, including April’s Oprah O Magazine, and is a frequent speaker at national conferences.

Cee earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a master’s degree in education from Troy University. She was selected by her peers as the 2016 Fundraiser of the Year for the Triangle Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals, and in 2017 she received the C-Suite Award for nonprofit leadership. In addition, Cee has earned the coveted designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).