OLCC Director Steve Marks resigns amid Oregon bourbon scandal

Steve Marks

Steve Marks, longtime executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, in dated file photo from 2018. Marks resigned from his job Monday. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com) Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com

Steve Marks, the longtime executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, said he will resign effective Wednesday, but didn’t publicly acknowledge the scandal engulfing the agency he has led for almost a decade.

Marks on Monday morning submitted his one-paragraph resignation letter to Paul Rosenbaum, chairman of the liquor commission, and the other six members, saying his resignation is effective at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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