Dominique Daniell Mendiola

Senior Director, Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division

Colorado Department of Revenue

Dominique Mendiola serves as the Senior Director for the Colorado Deparment of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division, the agency responsible for licensing and regulating Colorado's medical and adult-use cannabis industries. She also serves as a board member for the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA). Mendiola began her work in the Marijuana Enforcement Division in 2014, where she previously served as the Division's Deputy Director. In July 2018, former Governor John Hickenlooper announced Mendiola as Colorado's Director of Marijuana Coordination, where she provided cross-agency coordination and advised on Colorado's cannabis framework. Prior to joining the Marijuana Enforcement Division, she practiced law in Texas and Colorado with a focus in family law and medical and legal malpractice.