Nancy Brinker
Founder of Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation & Race for the Cure
Nancy Brinker is the Founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Race for the Cure and was U. S. Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003. Nancy established the Komen Foundation in 1982 to honor the memory of her sister, Susan, whom she had lost to the disease in 1980. The Race for the Cure was created the following year in an effort to raise community awareness and funding for breast cancer education and scientific research. Nancy's remarkable life story is a profound testament to the possibility within all of us to effect positive change in the world. At the podium, she shares her extraordinary journey from humble beginnings in Peoria, Illinois, to her philanthropic achievements in the fight against breast cancer, to her accomplished Ambassadorship in Eastern Europe. Her inspiring presentation reveals the power of hard work and perseverance in accomplishing the American dream.
Nancy Brinker is the Founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Race for the Cure and was U. S. Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003.
Nancy established the Komen Foundation in 1982 to honor the memory of her sister, Susan, whom she had lost to the disease in 1980. The Race for the Cure was created the following year in an effort to raise community awareness and funding for breast cancer education and scientific research. Today it is the world's largest 5K race series, with almost one million people participating in 109 cities nationwide. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised more than $750 million for breast cancer research, education, and screening treatment programs across the country. The Komen Foundation is active in over 15,000 communities across America. Nancy has taken an active political role and served on the Board of Directors of several organizations in support of cancer research.
In 2001, Brinker accepted President George W. Bush's nomination of Ambassador to Hungary, and her achievements there are equally impressive. She helped to preserve tax benefits and lower tariffs on U.S. companies doing business in Hungary. Brinker negotiated the hosting and training of the Free Iraqi Forces, an expatriate group who later joined coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom, making Hungary the first European country to contribute to regime change in Iraq. Her groundbreaking efforts to advance the cause of women's health in Hungary included a symposium and ceremonial walk across the country's oldest bridge (lit pink for the occasion) to raise breast cancer awareness.
Nancy's remarkable life story is a profound testament to the possibility within all of us to effect positive change in the world. At the podium, she shares her extraordinary journey from humble beginnings in Peoria, Illinois, to her philanthropic achievements in the fight against breast cancer, to her accomplished Ambassadorship in Eastern Europe. Her inspiring presentation reveals the power of hard work and perseverance in accomplishing the American dream.
A breast cancer survivor herself, Nancy has drawn from her own experience to author the best seller The Race is Run One Step at a Time, Winning the Race: Taking Charge of Breast Cancer, and co-author of Woman's Day's 1000 Questions About Women's Health. Her latest book soon to be released in September 2010, Promise Me, is a deeply moving story of family and sisterhood, the dramatic “30,000-foot view” of the democratization of a disease, and a soaring affirmative to the question: Can one person truly make a difference?
Nancy established the Komen Foundation in 1982 to honor the memory of her sister, Susan, whom she had lost to the disease in 1980. The Race for the Cure was created the following year in an effort to raise community awareness and funding for breast cancer education and scientific research. Today it is the world's largest 5K race series, with almost one million people participating in 109 cities nationwide. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised more than $750 million for breast cancer research, education, and screening treatment programs across the country. The Komen Foundation is active in over 15,000 communities across America. Nancy has taken an active political role and served on the Board of Directors of several organizations in support of cancer research.
In 2001, Brinker accepted President George W. Bush's nomination of Ambassador to Hungary, and her achievements there are equally impressive. She helped to preserve tax benefits and lower tariffs on U.S. companies doing business in Hungary. Brinker negotiated the hosting and training of the Free Iraqi Forces, an expatriate group who later joined coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom, making Hungary the first European country to contribute to regime change in Iraq. Her groundbreaking efforts to advance the cause of women's health in Hungary included a symposium and ceremonial walk across the country's oldest bridge (lit pink for the occasion) to raise breast cancer awareness.
Nancy's remarkable life story is a profound testament to the possibility within all of us to effect positive change in the world. At the podium, she shares her extraordinary journey from humble beginnings in Peoria, Illinois, to her philanthropic achievements in the fight against breast cancer, to her accomplished Ambassadorship in Eastern Europe. Her inspiring presentation reveals the power of hard work and perseverance in accomplishing the American dream.
A breast cancer survivor herself, Nancy has drawn from her own experience to author the best seller The Race is Run One Step at a Time, Winning the Race: Taking Charge of Breast Cancer, and co-author of Woman's Day's 1000 Questions About Women's Health. Her latest book soon to be released in September 2010, Promise Me, is a deeply moving story of family and sisterhood, the dramatic “30,000-foot view” of the democratization of a disease, and a soaring affirmative to the question: Can one person truly make a difference?
Topics:
- The Race is Run One Step at a Time
- Winning the Race Taking Charge of Breast Cancer
- Woman's Day's 1000 Questions About Women's Health
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