Shaleen Title
Shaleen Title is an Indian-American attorney and longtime drug policy activist who currently serves as co-founder of the Parabola Center. She is also vice-chair of the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition. She was appointed by the Massachusetts governor, attorney general, and treasurer to serve as one of five inaugural commissioners of the Cannabis Control Commission from 2017 to 2020. During her time as a regulator, she was named to the Boston Magazine, Boston Business Journal, and Worcester Business Journal lists of most powerful people and was widely recognized for her focus on racial justice and her efforts to make the cannabis industry more fair and inclusive. Before her term as commissioner, she worked on multiple state marijuana legalization campaigns, and as a founding board member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association she led the drafting of the first model bill created to give states guidance to implement a process of reinvestment and reconciliation.
Shaleen is a frequent lecturer on cannabis policy and has testified in front of governmental bodies around the world about restorative justice in marijuana laws. She has been interviewed by PBS NewsHour, Politico, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and the Guardian, and her tweets have been mentioned in the New York Times and on Vice News, MSNBC, and several NPR stations. She routinely partners with leading drug policy organizations to support drug policy reform, particularly the decriminalization of drug possession and the utilization of marijuana laws to bring economic justice to the people most heavily impacted by the war on drugs. Shaleen is an alumna of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a public magnet school with an emphasis on developing problem solvers, and she holds a business degree, law degree, and graduate degree in accounting from the University of Illinois.