Owen Parker, MPH

Owen has worked with IDPH since 2018 developing and implementing Iowa Code chapter 124E and the compliance infrastructure of Iowa’s medical cannabis program. Owen is also a Voting and Founding Member of the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA), a national organization of principal cannabis regulators across the US, as well as Co-Chair of the CANNRA Special Committee on Medical Use and Research. Owen received his masters of public health degree from the University of Iowa, and a biology degree and minor in chemistry from the University of Northern Iowa. He has been working on the regulatory and operations side of the cannabis since 2015.