 Nancy Brinker
Founding Chair
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Fulfilling a promise to her dying sister, Nancy Brinker launched a comprehensive fight against breast cancer in 1982, leading to a global movement that has had a positive impact on the lives of millions of women and their families for almost three decades. Today, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, symbolized by the pink ribbon, is the world's largest and most successful education and fundraising event for breast cancer. Moreover, hundreds of millions of dollars in Komen for the Cure funding have been associated with virtually every major advance in breast cancer research, to date.
In addition to her role as founding chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Brinker served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary from 2001-2003 and U.S. Chief of Protocol from 2007-2009. She was named one of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2008 and this past summer was honored by President Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Brinker serves as Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control for the UN World Health Organization and is a
member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees.
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