The embattled Cannabis Control Commission on Monday offered the agency's executive director position to a candidate familiar both with the agency itself and cannabis regulation more broadly.
David Lakeman is currently the head of the cannabis division at the Illinois Department of Agriculture – a position he has held since September 2020. He is familiar with cannabis policy in Massachusetts and the commission itself, having served as head of government affairs at the Cannabis Control Commission between 2018 and 2020.
The agency has been without an executive director since the fall of 2023 when Shawn Collins resigned from the post. The commission's chief people officer, Debra Hilton-Creek, has held the role of acting executive director in the interim.
Following interviews of the four candidates up for the position, the commission quickly and unanimously landed on Lakeman.
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