Lewis Koski

Lewis Koski, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Metrc, helped develop and advance its cannabis track-and-trace system and proprietary radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to secure, enable, and strengthen legal cannabis markets. He remains intimately involved in supporting the development and implementation of cannabis policy from the infancy of medical markets to the realization of legalization while uniquely balancing public health interests and safeguarding the needs and concerns of private businesses. Prior to Metrc, he served as the deputy senior director of the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Enforcement Business Group, directing state policy surrounding regulated markets and its enforcement. Koski also served as the director of the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, where he helped build the first state agency in the U.S. to develop and implement medical and adult-use cannabis policy.