Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
Peggy Hamburg
Aspen Institute Trustee / Co-President, InterAcademy Partnership
Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg is an internationally recognized leader in public health and medicine. She is co-president of the InterAcademy Partnership. She recently served as vice-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and on the Foreign Affairs Advisory Board to the Secretary of State. Prior to this Dr. Hamburg was the foreign secretary for the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and the president/chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She previously served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and founding vice president/senior scientist at the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Other positions include assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NYC Health Commissioner, and assistant director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
Dr Hamburg is an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences., and the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. She sits on numerous boards and is the recipient of multiple honorary degrees and awards. She graduated from Harvard College and Medical School, and completed her medical residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center.
