Marijuana Business Magazine

• Jennifer Flanagan, a former Democratic state senator. • Shaleen Title , a longtime canna- bis advocate and founder of THC Staffing. Title reportedly is the only member of the panel who voted for the state’s adult-use ballot measure. San Francisco’s Office of Canna- bis Gets Director Longtime San Francisco City Hall aide Nicole Elliott was picked to head the city’s newly established Office of Cannabis. Elliot will leave her post as Mayor Ed Lee’s liaison to the Board of Supervisors to accept the director’s posi- tion. Elliot, who also previously worked in the office of former Mayor Gavin Newsom, will have an annual salary of $149,459. iAnthus Capital Hires COO iAnthus Capital Holdings, a marijuana investment and operations company based in New York, appointed Carlos Perea as chief operating officer. Perea is a technology and operations vet- eran with more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive in venture capital-backed companies in highly regulated markets. Perea most recently served as president of Nutiva, an organic food company based in Richmond, California. He also served as CEO of MIOX Corp., a maker of onsite generators for water disinfection based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. United Cannabis Taps Drug Expert United Cannabis Corp., a Denver biotech company, selected Murray Jensen to join its medical advisory board. Jensen is tasked with overseeing the company's investigational new drug application process with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Jensen has over 25 years of experience in research for pharmaceutical, Carlos Perea Jennifer Flanagan Shaleen Title 178 • Marijuana Business Magazine • November / December 2017