Kathy Hoffman, PhD in Leadership and Change student, was awarded the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Director’s Office Employee of the Year Award in recognition of the way in which she changed the agency’s business related to stakeholder engagement, public processes and outreach, and overhauled their policy and regulatory development.
Additionally, she was invited to serve on a four-person panel to discuss cannabis regulation from the regulators perspective at the 5th Annual Cannabis Law Institute hosted by the International Cannabis Bar Association at George Washington University Law School in Washington DC. She is also a panelist on several topics (Delta-8T HC and other cannabinoids, packaging and labeling, and advertising to name a few) at the annual Cannabis Regulators Association meeting.