Wednesday // May 5th // 1:45 pm

Session: Addressing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Cannabis Law

Yvette McDowell

Municipal Cannabis Consultant

Entering her 27th year as an attorney, meet Yvette McDowell. With life experience  including careers as a firefighter-paramedic, a City Prosecutor, a trial attorney and more  recently a Cannabis Law Consultant, Yvette has always pursued a pathway of service  exemplified by a long-standing commitment to the betterment of community guided by  respect and justice. This was demonstrated when she won an Emmy for the creative  concept of a documentary based on a community program she coordinated as a  prosecutor. 


Yvette brings those guiding principles to the cannabis industry through her  focus on social justice through social equity since 2017. Yvette McDowell serves  on CCIA's Board of Directors (recently re-elected to a second term) and currently co chairs CCIA's Diversity, Inclusion and Social Equity Committee (DISE). Under Yvette's  leadership, the DISE Committee produced a Preferred Language Document which  seeks to provide alternative language to common terms used in the industry that  are racially divisive. 



This Preferred Language Document has been endorsed by Los  Angeles Bar Association's Cannabis Division. Yvette currently serves and has served as a member of the California District Attorneys Association, California Cannabis Industry Assn, International Cannabis Bar Association where she co-chairs the Social Equity Committee, a Southern California speaker for the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), California Peace Officers Association, Minority Cannabis Business Association, Women Leaders in Law Enforcement, and the Los Angeles Cannabis Bar Association where she serves as chair of the newly formed Social Equity Committee and an executive committee member. 


“Experience and perspective are imperative in effective policy reform, and we thank CCIA Board Member Yvette McDowell for her long-standing commitment to the betterment of community.”

California Cannabis Industry Assn



Yvette McDowell

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