Dominique Daniell Mendiola

Senior Director, Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division

Colorado Department of Revenue

Dominique Mendiola is the Senior Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement and Natural Medicine Divisions. She is charged with leading the regulatory oversight of Colorado’s cannabis and natural medicine industries. She is also an attorney, licensed in Texas and Colorado.

Before Mendiola's appointment to Senior Director in 2021, she was the Division’s Deputy Director. She joined the Division in 2014, where she was entrusted to oversee a wide array of the Division’s operations, including the agency’s administrative enforcement actions, licensing, rule-making, legislative testimony, and stakeholder engagement. Additionally, in July 2018, former Governor John Hickenlooper announced Mendiola as Colorado's Director of Marijuana Coordination, a position she held through the end of his term. Mendiola also represents the State of Colorado as a member of the Cannabis Regulators Association. She was elected to CANNRA's Executive Board in 2022 and began her term as President in June 2024.