Nancy Brinker

Nancy Brinker
Brinker in 2017
WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control
Assumed office
May 26, 2009
Appointed byMargaret Chan
29th Chief of Protocol of the United States
In office
September 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byDonald Ensenat
Succeeded byCapricia Marshall
23rd United States Ambassador to Hungary
In office
September 26, 2001 – June 19, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPeter Tufo
Succeeded byGeorge Herbert Walker III
Personal details
Born
Nancy Goodman

(1946-12-06) December 6, 1946 (age 77)
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNorman E. Brinker
EducationUniversity 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]

  1. ^ Dallas Business Journal (December 2, 2009). "Susan G. Komen founder Nancy Brinker returns as CEO | Dallas Business Journal". Dallas.bizjournals.com. Retrieved October 26, 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Nancy Goodman Brinker appointed Goodwill Ambassador". www.who.int. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nancy Goodman Brinker named the World Health Organization's goodwill ambassador - Mike Allen". Politico.Com. May 26, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2010.