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Dec 06, 1946 Peoria, Illinois, United States 77 years old
Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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About Nancy Brinker
- Nancy Goodman Brinker (born December 6, 1946) is the founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G.
- Komen, an organization named after her only sister, Susan, who died from breast cancer in 1980 at age 36.
- Brinker was also United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003 and Chief of Protocol of the United States from 2007 to the end of the George W.
- Bush administration.
- Brinker, a breast cancer survivor, uses her experience to heighten understanding of the disease.
- She speaks publicly on the importance of patient's rights and medical advancements in breast cancer research and treatment.
- She is currently serving as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control.
- Brinker is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Promise Me - How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer, released on September 14, 2010. Brinker has helped build Komen by fostering a coalition of relationships within the business community, government, and volunteer sectors in the United States.
- For her work on breast cancer research, Time magazine named Brinker to its 2008 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
- Calling her "a catalyst to ease suffering in the world," President Barack Obama honored Brinker with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on August 12, 2009.
