Ann Sacher is a retired general surgeon and active community volunteer. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Barnard College and the Advisory Board for Columbia University’s Global Mental Health Program. She recently joined the board of The Lost Women of Science – a non-profit educational organization with the overarching goal of inspiring girls and young women to embark on careers in STEM. Last year she completed two terms as Chair of the Board of the Scarsdale Adult School – an approximately 5,000-student continuing education program that offers an enriching and varied curriculum to lifelong learners primarily based in suburban New York. In addition, Ann taught Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Physiology at Lehman College (a senior college of the City University of New York) in the Bronx for ten years.

Ann holds a BA in Economics from Barnard College and an MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She lives in suburban New York with her husband.