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Who Spoke at the Commission

Who spoke at a public meeting, in what capacity, and what each person is to the issue. The facts come from what people said about themselves, or from a cited source. Never from their opinions.

The meeting

Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission, Lincoln, September 14, 2026, 1:12 p.m. to 2:33 p.m.

Not yet checked

Names and words come from the meeting’s automatic captions, which make mistakes. Nothing here has been checked against the Commission’s official minutes yet. Where a name is garbled, the card says so.

Leah Post Donnier Johnson Angel Loza J.C. Todd Georganna Schroeder-Stanley Logan Biehl Crista Eggers Marci Reed Garrett Elting Shannon Coryell Angelica Marsaglia Commissioner Elworth Commissioner Coffey

How to read a card

The rule

A card says what a person is to the issue: parent, organizer, appointee, grower. That comes from what they said at the podium or from a source named on the card, not from what they think.

Health details, minors and third parties a speaker mentioned are left out on purpose, and each card says what was left out. Commissioners get the same card as everyone else.

Public comment

Leah Post

Public commentCitizenCaregiver

Says about themselvesSpoke first at public comment.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicswhat happened at the last meeting; how the Commission responded

Asked forNone stated.

Left out on purposepersonal details

NameName from captions only

In the meeting, video time00:02:50 – 00:06:06

Donnier Johnson

Public commentCommunity group

Says about themselvesSays he is with a group in Omaha; the organization name is garbled in the captions.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicslicense access; land access; jobs; separating the cannabis and liquor commissions

Asked forSuggested two separate bodies.

NameName garbled, needs the minutes

Captions showDaniel Wright Johnson

In the meeting, video time00:06:11 – 00:09:33

NoteName and organization need the minutes.

Angel Loza

Public commentCitizenWebsite publisher

Says about themselvesPublishes this site.

Relationship sourceself (site owner)

Topicspatient registry; published counts

Asked forPublish the count; write the rules with patients in the room.

NameName given by the speaker

In the meeting, video time00:09:50 – 00:11:46

NoteAuthor of this dataset. Listed for completeness, not special treatment.

Also on the record hereSee where their question or request stands

J.C. Todd

Public commentVeteranOffered education

Says about themselvesSays he is a combat medic from Operation Desert Storm and has studied cannabinoids for nine years.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicscannabis education offer to the Commission

Asked forOffered free cannabis education to the Commission.

Left out on purposemilitary and medical history

NameName garbled, needs the minutes

In the meeting, video time00:11:59 – 00:15:52

NoteName garbled in the captions; needs the minutes.

Also on the record hereSee where their question or request stands

Georganna Schroeder-Stanley

Public commentPatient

Says about themselvesSpeaks as a patient.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicsher own experience as a patient

Asked forNone stated.

Left out on purposehealth details

NameName spelled aloud, captions only

In the meeting, video time00:16:23 – 00:19:37

NoteName spelled from Zoom auto-captions; confirm against the official minutes.

Logan Biehl

Public commentHemp grower

Says about themselvesSays he has grown hemp legally since 2020.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicshemp rules; billboards; state-line dispensaries

Asked forAsked why hemp cannot be grown.

NameName spelled aloud, captions only

Captions showBeal

In the meeting, video time00:19:57 – 00:24:44

NoteName spelled from Zoom auto-captions; confirm against the official minutes.

Crista Eggers

Public commentParentOrganizer

Says about themselvesSays she has advocated at the Legislature for her son for 3,517 days.

Relationship sourceNebraska Examiner, 2025-05-09 (executive director, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana)

Topicsdelay; days since the vote; public comment on rules

Asked forAsked how many more days patients will wait.

Left out on purposehealth details of named third parties

NameName confirmed by a news source

In the meeting, video time00:24:57 – 00:28:21

NoteSpeaks as a parent AND as the campaign's executive director. Both roles stay in the record.

Also on the record hereSee where their question or request stands

Marci Reed

Public commentParent

Says about themselvesSays she is a parent.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicsaccess to oil; county board hearing for a cultivator license

Asked forNone stated.

Left out on purposehealth details

NameName from captions only

In the meeting, video time00:28:38 – 00:32:54

NoteName spelled from Zoom auto-captions; confirm against the official minutes.

Garrett Elting

Public commentCultivator staff

Says about themselvesSays he is a cultivation systems manager at a licensed cultivator (company name garbled).

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicsno lab-testing pathway; storage before harvest

Asked forAsked the Commission to discuss lab testing and storage that day.

NameName spelled aloud, captions only

In the meeting, video time00:32:59 – 00:37:39

NoteName spelled from Zoom auto-captions; confirm against the official minutes.

Also on the record hereSee where their question or request stands

Shannon Coryell

Public commentPatientAdvocate

Says about themselvesSpoke online; says she has advocated in the Legislature and collected signatures.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicscounty boards; regulations

Asked forNone stated.

Left out on purposehealth details

NameName spelled aloud, captions only

In the meeting, video time00:38:05 – 00:40:26

NoteName spelled from Zoom auto-captions; confirm against the official minutes.

Angelica Marsaglia

Public commentVoterPatient

Says about themselvesSpoke online; says she voted for medical cannabis in Oklahoma and in Nebraska.

Relationship sourcesaid by the person in the meeting (captions)

Topicscomparison with Oklahoma; alcohol rules; how the Commission responded at the last meeting

Asked forAsked for support, not opposition.

Left out on purposehealth and personal history

NameName spelled aloud, captions only

In the meeting, video time00:40:42 – 00:44:04

NoteName spelled from Zoom auto-captions; confirm against the official minutes.

Commissioners

Commissioner Elworth

CommissionerAppointeeLiquor Control Commission member

Says about themselvesSays he and Commissioner Synhorst were appointed to the Liquor Control Commission in mid-to-late November 2025, which put them on this Commission.

Relationship sourceself-stated in the meeting; named by Commissioner Coffey (captions)

Topicstimeline since the 2024 vote; funding first appropriated April 2026; Oklahoma comparison

Asked forNone stated.

NameNamed by another commissioner

In the meeting, video time00:46:19 – 00:53:20

NoteIdentified by elimination: he says he and Synhorst were appointed in Nov 2025, and Synhorst was absent.

Commissioner Coffey

CommissionerAppointeeFormer judge

Says about themselvesSays he served in the Army before Vietnam, practiced law 24 years and sat 25 years on the Douglas County district bench.

Relationship sourceself-stated in the meeting; called 'Judge Coffey' by Commissioner Elworth (captions)

Topicsoaths; no directives from the Governor or Attorney General; funding arrived about May 2026

Asked forNone stated.

NameNamed by another commissioner

In the meeting, video time01:11:24 – 01:14:13

NoteStatement is his answer on the record to the claim that the Commission takes orders.

Questions no one answered in the room

Public comment at this meeting was, in the presiding commissioner’s words, not a question and answer session. So these were said to the Commission and left there. Each card shows what was asked, in the person’s own words, and where it stands.

Right of reply

Any response from the Commission, from the whole Commission or from any one commissioner, is printed here in full, unedited, with the date and who sent it. No response is recorded as exactly that, and is never called a refusal. The same questions go to the whole Commission on the same day, in the same words.

Q1

QuestionAsked in the room: 2026-09-14Sent in writing: 2026-09-30Response: none yet

Asked byCrista Eggers

As asked, in their wordsHow many more people will make that list before this program is actually started? How many more days will these patients wonder if they will be on that list?

Where it standsPublic comment is, in the presiding commissioner's words, not a question and answer session. In the captions, no Commissioner answers it. A Commissioner later gave a timeline of the delays (00:46:19), which speaks to the causes, not to a date for patients.

In the meeting, video time00:27:02 – 00:27:13

Q2

RequestAsked in the room: 2026-09-14Sent in writing: 2026-09-30Response: none yet

Asked byAngel Loza

As asked, in their wordsPublish the count. How many recommendations? How many patients? … Include people who actually live with pain in writing the rules.

Where it standsTwo requests, not questions. In the captions, no Commissioner responds to either.

In the meeting, video time00:11:17 – 00:11:44

Q3

RequestAsked in the room: 2026-09-14Sent in writing: 2026-09-30Response: none yet

Asked byGarrett Elting

As asked, in their wordsThe main one being laboratory testing. We are roughly six weeks at most, probably closer to four or five weeks away from harvest, and we still don't have any pathway for laboratory testing. … If you could please discuss that today, I'd really appreciate it.

Where it standsHe asked the Commission to discuss it that day. In the captions, the Commission does not mention lab testing after his comment.

In the meeting, video time00:33:48 – 00:37:14

Q4

OfferAsked in the room: 2026-09-14Sent in writing: 2026-09-30Response: none yet

Asked byJ.C. Todd

As asked, in their wordsI want to provide free cannabis education to this panel. … My invitation to educate this board stands.

Where it standsAn offer, not a question. In the captions, no Commissioner responds to it.

In the meeting, video time00:12:56 – 00:15:05

Q5

Process questionAsked in the room: 2026-09-14Sent in writing: 2026-09-30Response: none yet

Asked byProcess question, from this site

As asked, in their wordsPublic comment is not a question and answer session. Will the Commission post written answers to the questions raised in public comment?

Where it standsAsks about the Commission's own meeting rule, stated at 00:01:29. It is a question about a rule, not about any one person.

In the meeting, video time00:01:29 – 00:01:35

Ask it yourself

These are the ways the Commission announced at the meeting for people to reach it. Confirm them at mcc.nebraska.gov before you rely on them.

Email: mcc.contact@nebraska.gov

Mail: Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission, PO Box 95046, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5046

Public hearing on proposed rule changes, mainly fees: October 15, 2026, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Lincoln. Three minutes each.

Next Commission meeting: October 19, 2026, 1 p.m., Lincoln.

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