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About CRCC

The members of the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition (CRCC) represent multiple legal cannabis jurisdictions from across the country, including California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, Connecticut and Oklahoma. Most importantly, as the leading architects of cannabis equity and policy reform in the United States, our mission is to be a source of information and education for legislators and government agencies that aim to build sustainable cannabis regulatory frameworks that are also designed to deliver on the reparative and restorative potential of the global cannabis legalization and decriminalization movement.

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Founding Members of Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition [in alphabetical order]

  • Dasheeda Dawson (Founding Chair) - Former Cannabis Program Manager, City of Portland OR

  • Toi Hutchinson - Former Senior Advisor to Illinois Governor on Cannabis Control

  • Dr. Rachel Knox, MD MBA - Former Chair, Oregon Cannabis Commission

  • Dr. Erica D. Lindsay, PharmD MBA - Former Deputy Director, Illinois Medical Cannabis Unit

  • Lanese Martin - Former Chair, Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Commission

  • Cat Packer - Former Executive Director, Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation

  • Nina Parks - Chair, San Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee

  • Danielle Perry - Former Illinois Cannabis Regulatory Oversight Officer

  • Shaleen Title - Former Commissioner, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission 

  • Chaney Turner - Former Commissioner, Oakland Cannabis Regulatory Commission

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Catalyst Conversations: A Regulator's Perspective on Equity 

NCIA’s Catalyst Conversations was a webinar series curated in 2020 to give Social Equity Scholarship program recipients the opportunity to network and gain access to valuable knowledge that would help them excel in the cannabis industry. 
 

In the inaugural Catalyst Conversations webinar, the discussion was the catalyst for the formation of Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition (CRCC). 

 

Speakers Included:


• Founding Member Shaleen Title, Former Commissioner, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
• Founding Member Nina Parks, Madam Chair, San Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee
• Founding Member Chaney Turner, Former Cannabis Regulatory Commissioner, City of Oakland
• Founding Member Dasheeda Dawson, Former Cannabis Program Manager, City of Portland, OR
• Founding Member Cat Packer, Former Executive Director, City of Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation

• Tahir Johnson, Former Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager, National Cannabis Industry Association (Moderator)
• Roz McCarthy, Founder & CEO, Minorities for Medical Marijuana (Moderator)

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