Nancy Goodman Brinker

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Nancy Goodman Brinker is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and philanthropist best known as the founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and for her leadership in global cancer advocacy.


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instanceOf businesswoman
cancer activist
diplomat
human
philanthropist
appointedBy George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
awardReceived Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Presidential Medal of Freedom
birthName Nancy Goodman
boardMemberOf Susan G. Komen for the Cure
causeOfActivism breast cancer awareness
cancer research funding
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryRepresented United States of America
dateOfBirth 1946-12-06
educatedAt University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
familyName Brinker
fieldOfWork breast cancer advocacy
diplomacy
public health
founderOf Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
genre memoir
givenName Nancy
languageSpoken English
memberOf Republican Party (United States)
movement global cancer advocacy
name Nancy Goodman Brinker
notableFor founding the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
notableWork Promise Me: How a Sister’s Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer
occupation author
businesswoman
diplomat
philanthropist
placeOfBirth Peoria, Illinois, United States
positionHeld Chief of Protocol of the United States
United States Ambassador to Hungary
religion Judaism
residence Dallas, Texas, United States
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
sibling Susan G. Komen
spouse Norman Brinker

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