Why we founded MCRAA
The Medical Cannabis Research Advocacy Alliance (MCRAA), a physician led, patient focused, multi-stakeholder coalition, seeks to educate patients, policymakers, and the medical community about the crucial need to advance medical cannabis research in order to protect patients, further scientific knowledge, and to realize the full potential of evidence-based medical cannabis treatments that can positively impact and improve patient health and wellbeing.
Our Board of Directors
Carrie Armour, JD
Armour Advocacy
Principal
Robert Aseltine, Jr, PhD
University of Connecticut
Professor and Chair, Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, Director Center for Pop Health
Mark Bolton, JD
Greenwich Biosciences
Senior Director US Policy & Senior Legal Counsel
Yvonne Choong, MPP
California Medical Association
Vice President Center for Health Policy
Kennedy Ganti, MD
Medical Society of New Jersey
President-Elect
Nitin Gotay, MD
American Psychiatric Association
Deputy Medical Director and Director of Research
David Hass, MD
Gastroenterology Center of CT
Managing Partner, CSMS Secretary
John Ireland, MS, MBA
Cultivation Bureau
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Katz, MS
MCK Health Strategies
Chief Executive Officer
Kelly Kenney, JD
K2 Strategies
Chief Executive Officer
Ryan LaRosa
Medical Association of Georgia
Director of Corporate Relations
Denise Morrisey
Capitol Counsel
Founding Partner
Gene Ransom III, JD
MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
Chief Executive Officer
Joseph R Sellers, MD
Medical Society of the State of New York
President-Elect
Jordan Tishler, MD
Association of Cannabis Specialists and InhaleMD
President
Mark Ware, MD
Canopy Growth
Chief Medical Officer
Theodore Zanker, MD, DLFAPA
Alliance and CT Hospice
MCRAA Chair, Past President of CSMS, AMA Delegation Chair, Associate Clinical Professor, Yale Child Study Center
Our Advisory Council
Jan Burrus
Greenwich Biosciences
Director, State Government Affairs
Bryan Campbell
Colorado Medical Society
Chief Executive Officer
David Culver
Canopy Growth
Vice President, US Government and Stakeholder Relations
Jack Donaldson IV
Sanare Bioscience
President
Larry Downs, JD
Medical Society of New Jersey
Chief Executive Officer
Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD
Board Certified Medical Oncologist and Internist
John Malanca
United Patients Group
Founder
Margaret Roberts
Association of Cannabis Specialists
Management Staff
Joseph Sacco, MD
Connecticut Hospice
Medical Director
Phillip Schuh, CPA
Medical Society of the State of New York
Chief Executive Officer
Tammie Simao, CMPE
Independent Practice Advisor, LLC
President
