Collins, Shawn

Executive DirectorIndependent & Quasi-public Agencies

Official Record

Year Started Current Position 2017
Years in Current Position 10
Years in State Service 21
Job Description To oversee and administer the daily operations of the Cannabis Control Commission (“the Commission”); chair the Cannabis Advisory Board; and ensure that the Commission is fulfilling its statutory mandate efficiently and effectively.

Education
- Suffolk University
- Suffolk University Law School
Previous Employment
- Assistant Treasurer and Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs to Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg
- Chief of Staff and General Counsel to former Sen. Richard T. Moore
Organizations
- Town of Webster School Committee

The mission of the Cannabis Control Commission is to honor the will of the voters of Massachusetts by safely, equitably and effectively implementing and administering the laws enabling access to medical and adult use marijuana in the Commonwealth.
The Commission will foster the creation of a safely regulated industry that will create entrepreneurial and employment opportunities and incremental tax revenues in and to communities across the state and which will be a best practice model for other states. The industry will be characterized by participation by small and larger participants and with full and robust participation by minorities, women and veterans. We will develop policies and procedures to encourage and enable full participation in the marijuana industry by people from communities that have previously been disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition and enforcement and positively impact those communities.