Special Advisor to the Provost for the Life Sciences at the University of Denver, President/CEO, (Retired), National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Chair, National Institute of Health's Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network Steering Committee, Former Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Director, Steele Children's Research Center at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Appointed March 2007 to a four-year term

"To have played a role, no matter how big or small, in improving the health of Coloradans," says Dr. Lynn Taussig, is the personal legacy he hopes he can leave behind. Yet, as a physician who has served so extensively: more than a dozen years as President and CEO of National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, and nearly 20 years at the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics, the challenge for those around him is to capitalize on his wealth of knowledge.

Dr. Taussig is the author of more than 180 scientific publications and six books and monographs. He is the recipient of 44 honors and awards from schools, universities and communities around the world including the Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University School of Medicine, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society, the Kendig Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado BioScience Association and election into the Colorado Pulmonary Hall of Fame.

He has served on 44 national medical committees, 40 university-based committees and 28 community-service based committees. He has trained 21 people in medical fellowships, and has led nearly $5 million dollars in research as principal investigator through a variety of NIH-funded grants.

"So much needs to be done," says Dr. Taussig. He wonders out loud, "How can we work with other entities to maximize what we can do? Can the sum of our combined efforts be greater than the sum of the individual efforts...to find medical homes, immunizations and dental care for all the people of Colorado?"

Dr. Taussig is a graduate of Harvard University and Washington University School of Medicine. In addition to the board of the Caring for Colorado Foundation, he is currently involved with the Colorado Forum, the Colorado BioScience Association, American Jewish Committee and Colorado Capital Bank as well as raising funds for several charities.