G. Ryan Ansin is an entrepreneur and impact investor who seeks efficient ways to align stakeholder interest – creating positivity throughout life, across businesses, not waiting for retirement to influence change. Amidst a global career in social entrepreneurship, Ojie the Honeybee is Ansin’s first formal use of a BFA in writing from Emerson College.

Ansin has participated in the growth of dozens of companies within the plant-based medicine sector. He co-founded RevClinics, a leading cannabis company in Massachusetts, with two goals: To create jobs by leveraging dormant assets in mill-towns and to democratize earnings in the cannabis industry. Through RevClinics, Ansin has assisted myriad social-equity licensed companies launch to realize their own dreams. More recently, in witnessing sustained damage by policy makers and oversights by cannabis companies regarding supply chain management, Ansin has taken new tacts: Working with companies to highlight the need for ethical practices down to raw ingredients in edibles and accessories; and using the Ojie book series as a catalyst for communication on how unintended consequences disable progress toward healthier communities.

Ansin lives in Massachusetts with his family, loves adventure, languages, and counter-rhythmic dancing with his babies. His appreciated, lovely wife has come to share value in analyzing menus and clothes for the origin of every thread, ingredient, platter, and utensil.