ANA’s Board of Directors welcomes new member Michael Schain. Michael was born with sporadic aniridia and has a passion for improving outcomes for people with aniridia. For the past two years, he has served on the ANA Patient and Family Advisory Board.
“We are so pleased to have Michael join our team,” said Peter Netland, ANA Board Chair. “His wealth of experience regarding living with aniridia, his background in news production, his knowledge of business, and his enthusiasm for finding ways to facilitate aniridia knowledge will be a great asset to ANA’s mission.
“I am honored to be a part of the work that ANA is doing,” Michael said. “I look forward to keeping an ‘eye’ on the goal of helping other patients like myself.”
Michael spent most of his life in New City, N.Y. and now has moved across the Hudson River to reside in White Plains, N.Y. with his mom, Bobbi. After graduating from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, he worked in television. During his career, he spent time at various entities in the NBC family with ultimately becoming a Segment Producer at CNBC. His interests vary greatly, but he has a passion for game shows & sports. He was a Teen Week winner on “Wheel of Fortune”.
Read more about Michael and other ANA Board members here.
