Karen O'Keefe

Director of State Policies

Marijuana Policy Project

As the director of state policies at the Marijuana Policy Project, Karen O’Keefe manages grassroots and direct lobbying efforts in state legislatures for the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform organization. Working closely with local advocates and lawmakers, her team has led the advocacy campaigns that resulted in the only two legalization laws to pass through state legislatures -- in Vermont and Illinois. Her team has also played central roles in lobbying campaigns that resulted in more than a dozen medical marijuana and decriminalization laws. 

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