ICR Governing Board
Governor Polis Announced Board and Commission Appointments
The Board was created through HB19-1311. The role and mission of the institute are to conduct or fund research related to cannabis and publicly disseminate the results of the research. The Governing Board is tasked with overseeing the institute and approving its annual budget. The Governing Board shall advise any Colorado institution of higher education that is developing a cannabis-related curriculum and provide input to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education before it approves any cannabis-related degrees or certifications.
- Joanna Zeiger
- Appointed
- Serve as a scientist from a relevant field
- Boulder, Colorado
- Malik Muhammad Hasan
- Appointed
- Serve as a member associated with cannabis-related industries
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Sherard Marshon Rogers
- Appointed
- Serve as a member associated with cannabis-related industries
- Denver, Colorado
- Salvatore Pace
- Appointed
- Serve as a member associated with cannabis-related industries
- Pueblo, Colorado
- John Desmond Lord
- Appointed
- Serve as a member associated with cannabis-related industries
- Golden, Colorado
- L. Cinnamon Bidwell
- Appointed
- Serve as a scientist from a relevant field and as Chair
- Boulder, Colorado
- Currently Vacant
- Serve as a scientist from a relevant field
Designated Members
- Dr. Timothy Mottet
- Designee of the Chancellor of the CSU System
- President of Colorado State University Pueblo
- Mr. Scott McWhorter
- Designee of the Executive Director of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education
- CEO Rocky Mountain Extraction Services
- Dr. Jon Reuter
- Designee of the President of the University of Colorado
- Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Research Integrity & Compliance University of Colorado Boulder
- Ms. Elyse Contreras
- Designee of the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
- Manager and Senior Epidemiologist, Marijuana Health Monitoring & Research Grants Section
