Nancy Brinker Explained

Nancy Brinker
Office:WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control
Appointer:Margaret Chan
Term Start:May 26, 2009
Office1:29th Chief of Protocol of the United States
President1:George W. Bush
Term Start1:September 14, 2007
Term End1:January 20, 2009
Predecessor1:Donald Ensenat
Successor1:Capricia Marshall
Office2:23rd United States Ambassador to Hungary
President2:George W. Bush
Term Start2:September 26, 2001
Term End2:June 19, 2003
Predecessor2:Peter Tufo
Successor2:George Herbert Walker III
Birth Name:Nancy Goodman
Birth Date:6 December 1946
Birth Place:Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Norman E. Brinker
Education:University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BA)

Nancy Goodman Brinker (born December 6, 1946) is the founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.[1] 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. In 2011, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control by the World Health Organization.[2] [3]

Early life

Brinker (née Goodman) was born in Peoria, Illinois to the Jewish family of Marvin L. and Eleanor (née Newman) Goodman.[4] Her father was a commercial real-estate developer, and her mother was a housewife.[5] In 1968, she received a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois.[4] After graduating, she moved to Dallas, Texas and worked at Neiman Marcus as an assistant couture buyer. In the following years, she took various positions at other public relations firms before marrying businessman Norman Brinker.

Career

Susan G. Komen

Brinker served as founding chairman of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization was named for Brinker's sister, who died of breast cancer. On December 2, 2009, Brinker was appointed CEO, a position in which she served in until June 17, 2013, when Judith A. Salerno succeeded her.[6]

World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador

Brinker is currently serving as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control. She was appointed by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on May 26, 2009.[7] She advocated for strengthening global action for cancer prevention and control in the context of the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2008. Her message emphasized the need for low and middle-income countries to strengthen comprehensive and evidence-based cancer control policies and programs.[8]

Chief of Protocol

On October 7, 2008, Brinker hosted a symposium on "Breast Cancer Global Awareness" at the Blair House where First Lady Laura Bush attended.[9]

As Chief of Protocol, Brinker expanded the role of the office through outreach programs intended to foster better relationships with the Diplomatic Corps. The effort, known as Diplomatic Partnerships[10] involved over 60 events, including "Experience America", where the Diplomatic Corps traveled throughout the United States to meet with business and civic leaders.[11] [12]

Ambassador to Hungary

Brinker served as United States Ambassador to Hungary from September 2001 to 2003.[13] She held the first conference on the trafficking and exploitation of workers that health ministers from the neighboring Balkan States attended. She also raised awareness about breast cancer among Hungarian women by leading a march over the Chain Bridge in Budapest where the bridge was illuminated in pink for the occasion.[14]

Hungarian President Ferenc Mádl awarded Brinker with the Order of Merit, Medium Class, Cross Adorned with Star, for her work in advancing bilateral relations and in recognition of her charity activities.[15] [16]

The Promise Fund

The Promise Fund of Florida was created by Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, Julie Fisher Cummings and Laurie Silvers in 2018.[17] It was set up to address a lack of preventative diagnosis of breast cancer among women in South Florida.[18]

Other government service

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the National Cancer Advisory Board[19] and in 1990, President George H.W. Bush appointed her to chair the President's Cancer Panel and monitor the progress of the National Cancer Program. In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle invited her to chair a subcommittee monitoring research, progress and development in the fight against breast cancer.

Brinker was a bundler for George W. Bush when he was running for office, helping to organize and collect campaign contributions from other donors.[20] In 2000, she became a Pioneer, a member of his $100,000 Club.[21] And on December 24, 2008, President Bush appointed her to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a six-year term.[22]

She testified before the United States Democratic Policy Committee's Congressional Breast Cancer Forum and participated in the International Women's Forum.[23]

Awards

Brinker has received the following awards and titles:

Publications

Brinker has co-authored four books:

Brinker wrote the forewords for:

Personal

Nancy Goodman's first husband was Robert M. Leitstein, an executive at Neiman Marcus. They had one son together but divorced in 1978.[5] [53]

On February 13, 1981, Nancy Goodman married Norman E. Brinker,[54] founder of Brinker International, which provided access to capital and influence and enabled her role in public service.[55] [56] Norman Brinker provided funds and methodology for building the Komen foundation. The couple were major contributors to George W. Bush's first presidential campaign.[57] [58] They divorced shortly after the 2000 U.S. Presidential election,[59] but Norman Brinker remained a board member of Komen for the Cure, having served on its board since its founding in 1982 until his death in 2009.[60]

While ambassador, Brinker began to collect Hungarian art. Her collection spans 100 years, from just before the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the present and has been on display at several museums around the United States. The collection is one of the largest outside of Hungary.[61] [62] [63] [64]

Brinker is a major funder of gay marriage initiatives.[65] [66] [67] [68] [69] She serves on the advisory board of the Harvey Milk Foundation.[70]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Dallas Business Journal . Susan G. Komen founder Nancy Brinker returns as CEO | Dallas Business Journal . Dallas.bizjournals.com . December 2, 2009. October 26, 2010.
  2. Web site: Nancy Goodman Brinker appointed Goodwill Ambassador. 2021-11-16. www.who.int. en.
  3. Web site: Nancy Goodman Brinker named the World Health Organization's goodwill ambassador - Mike Allen . May 26, 2009 . Politico.Com . October 26, 2010.
  4. http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2007-A-Co/Brinker-Nancy.html#ixzz2a3H9IABc Encyclopedia of World Biography: "Nancy Brinker"
  5. News: Promise Kept Driven by a Vow to Her Dying Sister, the New U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Nancy Brinker, Revolutionized the War on Breast Cancer. Tresniowski. Alex. October 29, 2001. The People. November 14, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015090101/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135585,00.htm. October 15, 2012.
  6. Web site: KOMEN BREAST CANCER CHARITY NAMES NEW CEO . AO . June 17, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131026093331/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/komen-breast-cancer-charity-names-new-ceo . October 26, 2013 .
  7. Web site: Unknown . June 7, 2024.
  8. Web site: WHO | Nancy Goodman Brinker appointed Goodwill Ambassador . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528050532/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2009/nancy_goodman_20090526/en/index.html . dead . May 28, 2009 . Who.int . May 26, 2009 . October 26, 2010.
  9. Web site: Embassy of Hungary, Washington, D.C. . Huembwas.org . October 26, 2010.
  10. Web site: Diplomatic Partnerships . State.gov . February 7, 2012 .
  11. Web site: The Washington Diplomat . The Washington Diplomat . October 26, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003011116/http://www.washingtondiplomat.com/November%202008/a6_11_08.html . October 3, 2011 .
  12. Web site: Technical Difficulties. 2001-2009.state.gov. June 30, 2023.
  13. Web site: Nancy Goodman Brinker - U.S. Embassy Budapest, Hungary . Budapest.usembassy.gov . October 26, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060922205035/http://budapest.usembassy.gov/ngb.html . September 22, 2006 .
  14. Web site: Embassy of Hungary, Washington, D.C. . Huembwas.org . June 6, 2005 . October 26, 2010.
  15. Web site: United Talent Agency. www.greatertalent.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828093330/http://www.greatertalent.com/NancyBrinker . August 28, 2008.
  16. Web site: Women's Health Initiative - Ambassador's Health Programs . December 14, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080813015608/http://hub.usembassy.hu/ambassadors_health_program/index.htm . August 13, 2008 .
  17. Web site: Promise Fund of Florida .
  18. Web site: Nancy Brinker makes another promise in breast-cancer fight. The Palm Beach Post. June 30, 2023.
  19. Web site: U.S. Department of State Biography: Brinker, Nancy Goodman. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413140655/http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/92472.htm. April 13, 2012. May 16, 2012.
  20. News: Overby. Peter. 2007-09-14. Explainer: What Is a Bundler?. en. NPR. 2021-11-16.
  21. Web site: Nancy Brinker: Bush Pioneer . Texans for Public Justices . February 7, 2012.
  22. Web site: Kennedy Center Administration Our People: The Board of Trustees. November 13, 2010.
  23. Web site: Brinker, Nancy Goodman . September 29, 2007 . September 19, 2007 .
  24. Web site: Alumni Achievement Award 1990-1999. November 14, 2010.
  25. Web site: Jefferson Awards:National Winners . November 14, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national . November 24, 2010 .
  26. Web site: Prix de cancérologie. June 12, 2014. June 18, 2018.
  27. Web site: National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation | Overview . February 20, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817162650/http://www.nab.org/AM/PrinterTemplate.cfm?Section=Service_to_America1&CONTENTID=13661&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm . August 17, 2009 .
  28. http://www.asbd.org/pages/online_release_5-3-2006.html{{dead link|date=November 2010}}
  29. Web site: 2007 Trumpet Awards Celebrate African American Achievement . February 10, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020104351/http://www.gainformer.com/Files/2007%20Trumpet%20Awards.htm . October 20, 2008 .
  30. Web site: Castle Connolly Medical LTD. : 2007 National Physician of the Year Awards . February 10, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070703204218/http://www.castleconnolly.com/npya/2007/honorees.cfm . July 3, 2007 .
  31. Web site: Diplomatic Pouch - Hungary's Modern Art Gaining Attention . November 14, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817113446/http://www.washdiplomat.com/DPouch/2007/March/031407lifestyle.html . August 17, 2009 .
  32. Web site: Nancy Brinker and Lance Armstrong honored with Centennial Medals at the AACR 2007 Annual Meeting. April 11, 2007. November 14, 2010.
  33. Web site: Mariano Barbacid receives Medal of Honour. May 18, 2007. November 14, 2010. Madrid. https://web.archive.org/web/20100329191222/https://www.cnio.es/es/news/docs/mariano-barbacid-medalla-iarc-18may07-en.pdf. March 29, 2010. dead.
  34. Web site: Health Care Hall of Fame Inductees: Nancy Brinker. January 8, 2010. May 8, 2013.
  35. Web site: Nancy Brinker to receive 2009 Porter Prize. March 9, 2009. November 14, 2010.
  36. Web site: August 13, 2009 . Remarks by the President at the Medal of Freedom ceremony | The White House . October 26, 2010 . . National Archives.
  37. News: Susan G. Komen founder Nancy Brinker receives Medal of Freedom. Korn. Majorie. August 12, 2009. The Dallas Morning News. November 14, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100115235343/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/081309dnmetbrinker.d37a9233.html. January 15, 2010.
  38. Web site: The Presidential Medal of Freedom. en. July 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170504215607/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/349666. May 4, 2017. dead. National Archives. whitehouse.gov.
  39. News: Susan G. Komen founder 100 Most Trusted People in America. Korn. Majorie. July 5, 2013. Reader's Digest. May 7, 2013.
  40. Web site: Governor Rauner Announces Recipients of 2016 Order of Lincoln Award. February 12, 2016. thelincolnacademyofillinois.org. 30 June 2023.
  41. Web site: Canton celebrates its 100th First Friday. Peoria Journal Star. June 30, 2023.
  42. Web site: Nancy Brinker. Texas Women's Hall of Fame. . Denton, Texas . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091929/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-brinker.asp. February 8, 2013.
  43. News: Roberts . Cokie . Cokie Roberts . May 12, 2008 . The 2008 Time 100: Nancy Brinker . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080505053624/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735337,00.html . May 5, 2008 . May 2, 2008 . Time Magazine . 171 . 19.
  44. Web site: Bio: Nancy G. Brinker. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120075457/http://ww5.komen.org/uploadedFiles/Content_Binaries/NancyBrinker.pdf. dead. January 20, 2015.
  45. News: Nancy Brinker to receive Anti-Defamation League award for breast cancer efforts . Dargan . Michele . February 2, 2010 . Palm Beach Daily News . November 14, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101009131150/http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2010/02/02/Brinker0203.html . October 9, 2010 .
  46. Web site: President Bush to Nominate Brinker to be Ambassador of the United States to Hungary. May 23, 2001. November 14, 2010.
  47. Web site: ASCO Special Award Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927163644/http://www.asco.org/portal/site/ASCOv2/menuitem.31d3093a88efc53262592410ee37a01d/?vgnextoid=c5ba11ff7fefd110VgnVCM100000ed730ad1RCRD&award=127&title=5370656369616c205265636f676e6974696f6e204177617264. dead. September 27, 2011. November 14, 2010.
  48. Web site: Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame: Nancy Brinker - CR&T. www.crt.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119234426/http://www.crt.org/hall_nancy.htm . November 19, 2008.
  49. News: Brinker to receive Sword of Ignatius Loyola award. Murphey. Mary. March 27, 2002. The University News. November 14, 2010. Saint Louis University.
  50. Web site: Deirdre Imus' Advocacy for Children's Health Garners National Volunteer Service Award from Albert Einstein College of Medicine . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817101504/http://www.dienviro.com/index1.aspx?BD=18131 . dead . August 17, 2009 . May 24, 2006 . November 14, 2010 .
  51. Web site: History of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest. November 14, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527113123/http://hungary.usembassy.gov/ngb.html. May 27, 2010.
  52. Web site: Nancy G. Brinker . 2024-02-01 . Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization . en-US.
  53. Web site: Nancy G. Brinker Susan G. Komen®. July 23, 2020. ww5.komen.org.
  54. News: A Heaping Plate of Ventures for Chili's Impresario . The New York Times . August 29, 1992 . April 3, 2010.
  55. Web site: Nancy Brinker, Founder, and Hala Moddelmog, President and CEO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Twenty-Five Years at the Forefront of the Breast Cancer Movement. June 1, 2007. November 14, 2010.
  56. News: After 25 years, Komen group still fighting for a cure. Fetterman. Debbie. April 3, 2007. The Dallas Morning News. November 14, 2010.
  57. Web site: Pioneer Profiles . February 10, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081018151935/http://www.citizenforhonestgovernment.com/pioneer_profiles.htm . October 18, 2008 .
  58. Web site: Nancy Brinker, Bush Pioneer. July 2000. November 14, 2010.
  59. News: Promise Kept. Tresniowski. Alex. October 29, 2001. People Magazine. May 16, 2012.
  60. News: Norman Brinker, Casual Dining Innovator, Dies at 78. Grimes. William. June 9, 2009. The New York Times. November 14, 2010.
  61. Web site: July 23, 2007 . Private Collection of Hungarian Art Comes to Maltz . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717115742/http://www.twinsburgbulletin.com/news/simple_article/2296262 . July 17, 2011 . November 13, 2010.
  62. Web site: January 24, 2009 . Great Paintings, Small Masterpieces: Selection of Early 20th Century Hungarian Art - NYC . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002003/http://www.thegulyaspot.com/site/?q=node%2F269 . July 17, 2011 . November 13, 2010.
  63. Web site: Orme Lewis Gallery . November 13, 2010.
  64. Web site: Great Paintings, Small Masterpieces: Selection of Early 20th Century Hungarian Art from the Nancy G. Brinker Collection . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817002644/http://www.extremelyhungary.org/events.php?id=3 . August 17, 2009 . November 13, 2010.
  65. Web site: Geidner, Chris . Former RNC Chairman Hosting Marriage Equality Event With Tony Kushner And Dan Savage . BuzzFeed . September 20, 2012 . May 8, 2013.
  66. Web site: Liberty Awards National Dinner: Sponsors . Lambda Legal . April 18, 2013 . May 8, 2013.
  67. Web site: Komen CEO Nancy Brinker hosts fundraiser for gay-rights group . Dallasvoice.com . January 28, 2013 . May 8, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150120062951/http://www.dallasvoice.com/komen-ceo-holds-lambda-legal-fundraiser-10137709.html . January 20, 2015 . dead .
  68. Web site: Garcia . Michelle . Komen Founder Raising Money for Gay Rights With Son . Advocate.com . January 29, 2013 . May 8, 2013.
  69. News: For Komen founder Nancy Brinker, gay rights is another issue close to the family . The Washington Post . January 28, 2013 . May 8, 2013.
  70. Web site: Leadership & Advisory Board . Milk Foundation . May 8, 2013.

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