Nancy Brinker
Nancy Goodman Brinker is the founder and Chair of Global Strategy of 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 patients rights and medical advancements in breast cancer research and treatment. She is currently serving as the World Health Organizations Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control. Brinker is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Promise Me How a Sisters Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer, released on September 14, 2010.
Brinker was born to a Jewish family in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Marvin L. and Eleanor Goodman. Her father was a commercial realestate developer and her mother a homemaker. In 1968, she received a B.A. from the University of Illinois. After school, she moved to Dallas, Texas and worked at Neiman Marcus as an assistant couture buyer. Thereafter she took various positions at other public relation firms before marrying Norman Brinker, the founder of the Steak and Ale, Bennigans, and Chilis restaurant chains.
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