Nancy Brinker
| Nancy Brinker | |
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| 30th | |
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In office September 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Donald Ensenat |
| Succeeded by | Capricia Penavic Marshall |
| 23rd United States Ambassador to Hungary | |
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In office September 26, 2001 – June 19, 2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Peter Tufo |
| Succeeded by | George Herbert Walker III |
| Personal details | |
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December 6, 1946 Peoria, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.A. |
| Occupation | Founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure |
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 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.
Brinker (née Goodman) was born to a Jewish family in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Marvin L. and Eleanor (née Newman) Goodman. Her father was a commercial real-estate 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, Bennigan's, and Chili's restaurant chains.
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