Faculty

Hirsh Jain is the Founder of Ananda Strategy, which advises leading cannabis brands, retailers, ancillary technology businesses and venture capital funds in the United States. Ananda works with many of California’s leading cannabis operators, helping lead their expansion strategy, competitive licensing efforts and M&A activity within California. Hirsh serves as Vice Chair of the California Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, which aims to promote the common interests of cannabis businesses in Los Angeles County by advocating for sound public policy and facilitating collaborations between cannabis operators. Hirsh is also on the Board of Directors of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) in California, which for fifty years has been working to reform California’s cannabis laws, led the opposition to the War on Drugs in California, and co-sponsored the nation’s first medical cannabis law, Prop 215, in 1996. He teaches Economics and other Business Department courses at Oaksterdam University.