James . Burack

Dept of Revenue - Marijuana Enforcement Division
James (Jim) Burack, Esq., was appointed Director of the Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) in February 2016, after joining MED as Chief of Investigations in 2014. Previously he served from 2001-14 as police chief in Milliken (CO), and from 2008 he simultaneously was Milliken's town administrator. Prior positions have included U.S. Senate staffer in Washington, D.C., Westminster (CO) Police Department patrol officer, and Counsel and Director of Operations with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) also in Washington, DC. A U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, Jim's reserve tours have included senior liaison officer to FEMA Region VIII (Denver); Staff Judge Advocate at Marine Forces Pacific, Hawaii; and Department of Defense Inspector General evaluator at the Pentagon.  Active duty assignments include civil affairs officer in Ramadi, Iraq in 2004-05; civil affairs team leader in Kosovo in 1999; and military prosecutor, security platoon commander, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Southern California. Jim holds a MA from the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado-Denver, J.D. from the University of Colorado, and bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College.  He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (230th) and the Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP), and he was an adjunct faculty member in criminal justice at the University of Northern Colorado. He is member of the Colorado, California and D.C. bars.
 
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