Jeff Schaffnit, M.B.A.
Business Advisory Board Member

Jeff Schaffnit currently serves as General Manager and Head of Rare Blood Disorders at Sanofi. He has over 20 years of experience in pharma / biotech, including the last 10 years focused on rare and orphan diseases. Prior to joining Sanofi, Jeff served in leadership roles at Shire, Baxalta, and Baxter where he was the commercial head leading the hematology business. 

Jeff spent a decade in various managerial roles at Abbott including serving as General Manager of Global Sales, Marketing & Business Development and Primary Care Marketing. He was also the Director of Biaxin Marketing and Sales Force Optimization. Early in his career, Jeff was a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and an Operations Engineer and Design Engineer at BP. 

Jeff received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his M.B.A. from Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management.