Flanagan, Jennifer L.

CommissionerIndependent & Quasi-public Agencies

Official Record

Education
- Leominster High School (1993)
- University of Massachusetts Boston, Bachelors of Science, Political Science (1998)
- Fitchburg State College, Master’s of Science, Mental Health Counseling (2014)
Previous Employment
- Senate Senator, Worcester & Middlesex District (2009-2017)
- State Representative, 4th Worcester District (2005 – 2009)
Organizations
- Board of Directors for Women in Government Caucus
- member of the Regional Transportation Authority Caucus
- member of the Gateway Cities Caucus
- member of the Non-Profit Caucus
- member of the Foster Care Caucus. Serves on the SHINE Advisory Board and the Leominster Education Foundation
- honorary board member of the Gardner Community Action Council.

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.