Anje is a member of the third generation of Schaefer's to be involved in running the family business. She graduated from Regis University, in Denver, in 1997, with a bachelor's degree in accounting and business administration, and, in 1998, she received her master's degree in business administration. She joined her father, George, and her Aunt Gene at Schaefer's in 1999.

After so many years spent crunching numbers, she spent a few months in the fall of 1999 crunching Gewurztraminer grapes and learning the ins and outs of winemaking on an internship at Sonoma County's Alexander Valley Vineyards.

Anje enjoys skiing and traveling, but likes being in Chicago during the warm-weather months so she can take in as many Cubs games as possible. (It's probably just a coincidence that she lives in the city, only two miles from Wrigley Field.)