Susan G. Komen for the Cure Signs Lease at Pew's Nonprofit Village

Komen's new office in Washington, D.C. is part of an effort to expand its presence and influence in public policy and in health care diplomacy. As such, it will serve as the home base for the organization's global outreach efforts, as well as its sister organization, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Advocacy Alliance. Founded in 1982 by former Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker in the memory of her sister Susan G. Komen, who died at age 36 of breast cancer, Komen for the Cure launched the global breast cancer movement and today is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Ambassador Brinker, the organization's longest serving volunteer, who recently completed her tenure as the United States Chief of Protocol, will also be based out of the new Washington, D.C. office.