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Executive Director of the Cannabis Regulatory Agency
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In 2018, Andrew Brisbo led the unprecedented launch of Michigan’s first-in-the-nation unified cannabis licensing system, integrating medical and adult-use oversight under one agency before any other state had done so. He personally oversaw the design of the state’s real-time seed-to-sale tracking platform, requiring all licensees to report inventory movements within 15 minutes, a standard that became a national benchmark for enforcement integrity. Unlike regulators who deferred to legacy alcohol frameworks, Brisbo insisted on tailoring rules to cannabis-specific supply chains: he mandated lab-certified potency testing for edibles before retail sales began, blocked vertical integration loopholes in early application scoring, and created the nation’s first dedicated equity review panel to audit social impact criteria in licensure decisions. His office issued over 3,200 licenses by 2023, not through volume-driven approvals, but via iterative compliance audits that paused processing for applicants failing traceability or security plan validations. That rigor helped Michigan avoid the market saturation and illicit diversion seen in less structured rollouts.
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- “How did your team resolve the conflict between local opt-out ordinances and state licensing timelines?”
- “What specific data points from METRC triggered your 2021 enforcement pivot on delivery-only licenses?”
- “Why did Michigan require third-party security audits before issuing processor licenses?”
- “How did you calibrate the social equity scoring rubric for the 2022 Conditional License Lottery?”