Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance Announces Board of Directors

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:06am EDT

Komen Founder Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker to Serve as Board Chair
WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance announced today the 19 members
of its board of directors, which includes leaders from the business, advocacy
and heath care industries and includes survivors and co-survivor(s). The Board
will be chaired by Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, who founded the Komen Advocacy
Alliance`s sister organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, as a promise to her
sister Susan, who died of breast cancer at age 36. Under her leadership, the
Board will help build the organization`s financial standing and will help guide
its policy agenda. 

"Each of our new board members brings a wealth of experience and a unique
perspective that will be instrumental to this organization`s impact," said
Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, chair of the board of the Komen Advocacy Alliance
and the founding chair of its sister organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 

Members of the Komen Advocacy Alliance Board of Directors include:

* Nancy G. Brinker - Board Chair of the Komen Advocacy Alliance and Founding
Chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 
* Jane Abraham - President of Abraham Strategies LLC. 
* Grace Bender - Philanthropist. 
* Eve Benton - President and CEO of Benton Advisory Services. 
* Ken Bentsen, Jr. - President and COO of the Equipment Leasing and Finance
Association. 
* Juan Antonio Chavira - Former Judge, Bexar County Texas. 
* Debbie Dingell - Vice Chair of the Barbara Karmanos Cancer Center. 
* Kimberly Simpson Earle - COO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 
* Lila Hertz - Philanthropist and past president of the Susan G. Komen for the
Cure Greater Atlanta Affiliate. 
* Alexine Clement Jackson - Board Chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 
* Linda Law - Founding partner, Law & Associates. 
* Tina Lewis - President, HRL Group LLC. 
* Joyce Mazero - Partner, Haynes and Boone LLP. 
* Hala Moddelmog - President and CEO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 
* Elysia Holt Ragusa - Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. 
* Dee Dee Ricks - Co-Founder and Partner of Ricks and Ray Partners LLC. 
* Stephanie Siegel - Philanthropist. 
* Karen Webster -- President, Market Platform Dynamics (MPD). 
* Laura Wheat - Former Board Chair of Gilda`s Club Worldwide and current Mayor
of Westlake, Texas.

Short bios of each board member are available online at www.komenadvocacy.org/. 

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance (KAA) is the nonpartisan voice
for over 2.5 million breast cancer survivors and the people who love them.Our
mission is to translate the Susan G. Komen for the Cure promise to end breast
cancer forever into action at all levels of government to discover and deliver
the cures.





Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance
Sean Tuffnell, 972-701-2111
stuffnell@komen.org
or
Pam Stevens, 202-495-8961
pstevens@komen.org



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