One of the nation’s top marijuana reform organizations, Drug Policy Alliance, has a new leader. DPA’s board of directors on Tuesday unanimously selected Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno to serve as executive director, according to a news release. McFarland Sanchez-Moreno – who will take the DPA helm on Sept. 5 – has roughly 13 years of drug policy experience with Human Rights Watch, also headquartered in New York. McFarland Sanchez-Moreno – currently a co-director of Human Rights Watch’s U.S. program – replaces Ethan Nadelmann. DPA has been a consistently strong national voice for marijuana reform and legalization, including its heavy involvement in last year’s historic recreational cannabis win in California – voters’ passage of Proposition 64.
One of the nation’s top marijuana reform organizations, Drug Policy Alliance, has a new leader.
DPA’s board of directors on Tuesday unanimously selected Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno to serve as executive director, according to a news release.
McFarland Sanchez-Moreno – currently a co-director of Human Rights Watch’s U.S. program – replaces Ethan Nadelmann.
Nadelmann stepped down as head of the New York-based nonprofit on May 1 after leading the organization for 17 years.
McFarland Sanchez-Moreno – who will take the DPA helm on Sept. 5 – has roughly 13 years of drug policy experience with Human Rights Watch, also...
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