The Controlled
Substances Act
at 50 Years

February 20-22, 2020
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Phoenix, Arizona

Confirmed Speakers

Keith Humphreys Esther Ting Memorial Professor - Stanford University

Richard J. Bonnie Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, Director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy - University of Virginia

Deborah Small Executive Director and Founder - Break The Chains

Daniel Satterberg Prosecutor - King County, WA

Carmen Best Chief of Police - Seattle Police Department

Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Commonwealth’s Attorney - Arlington County, VA

Dr. Kelly K. Dineen Director, Health Law Program - Creighton University

Betsy Jividen Commissioner - West Virginia Division of Corrections

Beau Kilmer Director - RAND Drug Policy Research Center

Anne Boustead Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy - University of Arizona

Shima Baradaran Baughman Professor, College Of Law - University of Utah

Patricia J. Zettler Assistant Professor of Law - The Ohio State University

Michael S. Vastine Professor of Law & Director, Immigration Clinic - St. Thomas University

Stephanie Holmes Didwania Assistant Professor of Law - Temple University

Jonathan Wroblewski Director, Office of Policy and Legislation, Criminal Division - U.S. Department of Justice

Paul J. Larkin Jr. Senior Legal Research Fellow - Heritage Foundation

Roz McCarthy Founder, Minorities for Medical Marijuana

Marisa Rodriguez Director, San Francisco Office of Cannabis

Kent Volkmer County Attorney, Pinal County, AZ

Peter Reuter Professor of Public Policy and Criminology - University of Maryland

Mathew Pembleton Author: Containing Addiction: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Origins of America's Global Drug War

Jennifer D. Oliva Associate Professor of Law - Seton Hall University

Neill Franklin Executive Director - Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Jerry Clayton Sheriff - Washtenaw County, MI

Miriam Krinsky Executive Director - Fair and Just Prosecution

Andrea Harrington District Attorney - Berkshire County, MA

Jeffrey Singer Senior Fellow - Cato Institute

Richard Van Wickler Superintendent - Cheshire County Department of Corrections, NH

Ethan Nadelmann Founder - Drug Policy Alliance

Lauren Ouziel Associate Professor of Law - Temple University

Oliver Kim Adjunct Professor of Law - University of Pittsburgh

Alex Kreit Professor of Law - Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Jesenia Pizarro-Terrill, Ph.D Associate Professor & Director of Master’s Degree Programs, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Erica Zunkel Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Associate Director of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic - University of Chicago

Toi Hutchinson Senior Advisor to the Governor for Cannabis Control – State of Illinois

Shanita Penny CEO, Budding Solutions (former President, Minority Cannabis Business Association)

Erik Luna Director, Academy for Justice - Arizona State University

Leslie Herod State Representative - State of Colorado

William Vodra Former Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs - FDA

Dr. John Molina Corporate Compliance Officer - Native Health

Aila Hoss Visiting Assistant Professor; IU Grand Challenge Fellow - Indiana University

James Hodge Director, Center for Public Health Law and Policy - Arizona State University

Allister Adel County Attorney - Maricopa County, AZ

Wesley Bell Prosecuting Attorney - St. Louis County, MO

Leo Beletsky Professor of Law and Health Sciences and Faculty Director, Health in Justice Action Lab - Northeastern University

Annie Ramniceanu Director - Vermont Department of Corrections Addictions and Mental Health Systems

Cat Packer Executive Director, Department of Cannabis Regulation - City of Los Angeles

Zachary C. Bolitho Assistant Professor of Law - Campbell University

Melanie Reid Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor - Lincoln Memorial University

Drury Stevenson Professor of Law - South Texas College of Law Houston

Valena Beety Professor of Law & Deputy Director, Academy for Justice - Arizona State University

Jelani Jefferson Exum Philip J. McElroy Professor of Law -University of Detroit Mercy

Daniel B. Rodriguez Harold Washington Professor of Law - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Wanda James CEO, Simply Pure Dispensary

Maritza Perez National Affairs Director, Drug Policy Alliance

Douglas A. Berman Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law - The Ohio State University

Zach Klein City Attorney, Columbus, OH