Nancy Brinker Is Chief of Protocol Of The U.S.

Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
September 19, 2007

Nancy Goodman Brinker Appointed Chief of Protocol of the United States

Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker has been appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as Chief of Protocol of the United States, effective immediately.

In this role, Ms. Brinker will advise, assist and support the President of the United States, the Vice President and the Secretary of State on official matters of diplomatic procedure. She will also accompany the President on official visits abroad and serve as the President's personal representative and liaison to the foreign Ambassadors in Washington.

Under her direction, the Office of the Chief of Protocol is responsible for activities including the planning, hosting, and officiating of ceremonial events for visiting chiefs of state and heads of government, as well as coordinating logistics for the visits. The office also manages Blair House, the President's guesthouse.

In 2001, President Bush appointed Ms. Brinker to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary, where she advanced a broad range of U.S. security and economic interests.

Ms. Brinker is the founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, named after her only sister, Susan, who died from the disease in 1980. Today, the foundation is recognized as the nation's leading catalyst in the fight against breast cancer. Currently, the Komen Foundation boasts more than 100,000 volunteers working through a network of 125 U.S. and international affiliates.

Ms. Brinker is the recipient of numerous national awards including: Ladies' Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century, Biography Magazine's The 25 Most Powerful Women in America, the first Salomon Smith Barney Extraordinary Achievement Award, and the Sisters Network 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award, among many others. In addition, she was inducted into the Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, Inc. Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame.

Nancy G. Brinker was born in Peoria, Ill., and is a graduate of the University of Illinois.

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