Mark Dant
The Ryan Foundation for Rare Disease Research, United States
Volunteer Executive Director, The Ryan Foundation
Mark is the Founder and Volunteer Executive Director of the Ryan Foundation and is the former Board Chair of the of the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. Mark and his family founded the Ryan Foundation in 1992 shortly after their only child Ryan was diagnosed with MPS I. Since inception, the Ryan Foundation has funded millions in research and provided the critical funding that led to the development of Aldurazyme, the only drug FDA approved to treat MPS I. The Dant family’s journey has been documented on CBS 60 Minutes, the Today Show, CNN and numerous newspapers and news outlets globally. A police officer in Texas for 32 years, Mark retired as an Assistant Chief of Police in 2016.
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