Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the passing of Norm Mineta, an extraordinary man, public servant and lung cancer advocate. As an Asian-American he overcame hardships and prejudices early in life to go on to serve at the highest levels of government.  Beyond his long and respected career in public service, Norm Mineta was a lung cancer survivor and former Lung Cancer Alliance Board member.  Norm Mineta embodied all the traits that we hope for in a public servant – duty, honor, integrity, and in a Board member – motivation to transform lung cancer survivorship. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mineta family as we have lost a great leader and an extraordinary man.

Laurie Fenton Ambrose
President, Co-founder and CEO GO2 for Lung Cancer