This Week Speaker - Lewis Koski,Marijuana Enforcement

Lewis Koski serves as the Division Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED).  He is responsible for managing a $7.4 million annual budget and a Division that licenses and regulates both the Medical and Retail Marijuana industries through comprehensive monitoring and enforcement activities.  Koski has served in a leadership role with MED since the beginning, when he joined the Division in 2010 as a supervisory investigator.  In his previous role as Chief of Investigations, Koski was essential in helping the Division prepare for the implementation of retail marijuana.  He has been instrumental in developing streamlined licensing processes and forming the Division's field investigations unit, all while shepherding the Division through a difficult budget short-fall. Koski has assisted the Senior Management of the Department in restructuring and expanding the Division, promulgating regulations, launching technology solutions and serving on various workgroups grappling with marijuana policy. Prior to joining the Colorado Department of Revenue in 2004, Koski served as an Arvada, Colorado police officer and in the Colorado Army National Guard as a military police officer and infantryman, with service in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. Koski holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in international business and is pursuing a Doctorate in Public Administration with a focus on policy analysis.