Cannabis Advisory Board Selects New Director Prior to Availability Confirmation and Background Check

The Cannabis Advisory board spent most of Tuesday’s brief meeting in executive session, emerging to announce that it had selected the next head of the Office of Cannabis Regulation.

Hannah Carty, former deputy commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, was appointed in 2021 as OCR’s executive director. Her resignation, effective March 8, prompted the board to begin a search for her replacement, which chair Catherine Kean announced has been successful.

“It pleases me to let the public know that we have selected someone to serve as our new executive director for the Office of Cannabis Regulations,” Ms. Kean said during Tuesday’s meeting. However, she was not yet able to present this person to the public. “Prior to revealing the person’s identity, we have to confirm the individual’s availability and conduct a background check. So that will be forthcoming,” the board chair noted.