Hemp industry pioneer. Co-founder and CEO of hemp clothing and lifestyle brand Ecolution in 1993. Steenstra was a founding member of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and served as its Executive Director from 2007 through 2016. During that time he grew HIA membership by more than 300%. Steenstra now serves as the president of Vote Hemp, the political advocacy organization that he co-founded in 2000. He cofounded Vote Hemp, a 501 (c)4 non-profit advocacy group working to bring back hemp farming in America.