Annette Tillemann-Dick

Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick is an American community leader and innovator in health and education policy at the local, state, national and international levels. A resident of Denver, Colorado for nearly 30 years, she has been active in promoting the issues of global HIV/AIDS, child vaccinations, and other life threatening conditions. Most recently, she worked with the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, U2 frontman Bono and the ONE campaign supporting the passage of H.R. 5501, which secured $50 billion of federal funding for the Millennial Challenge Grant and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Her husband, Timber Dick, an inventor, businessman, and son of former Colorado Lietenenant Governor Nancy Dick, died in April 2008 after suffering from burns he received from a car accident. Tillemann-Dick has since become an advocate for burn victims and a vocal proponent of legislation encouraging motorists to place fire extinguishers in automobiles.
Together, the Dicks raised and home schooled their 11 children. An early leader in the home schooling movement, Annette worked closely with public schools to foster home school/public school collaborations. Her efforts have been widely reported in news outlets ranging from FORBES to PBS and the New York Post.
She serves and has served on many boards of community organizations. She currently serves on the board of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice.
Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick is the daughter of Annette Lantos and the late US Rep. Tom Lantos, former chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee. Her sister, Katrina, is married to former US Ambassador and Congressman Dick Swett, and also ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2002.
She holds degrees in religion and history from Yale University and Journalism from Stanford University.
She resides with her four youngest children in Denver, Colorado.

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