About Susan G. Komen for the Cure

EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund, started by Kelly Meyer, Anne Douglas, Quinn Ezralow, Marion Laurie and Jamie Tisch, collaborates at times with other cancer-fighting organizations. One such organization is the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister, who was dying of cancer, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer. In 1982, she turned that promise into the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization.

Today, this is the world’s largest breast cancer organization and the largest source of nonprofit funds that are dedicated to fighting breast cancer. The president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Hala Moddelmog said, “Susan G. Komen for the Cure collaborates with groups like the Entertainment Industry Foundation to support the EIF/WCRF Biomarker Discovery Project. We’ve invested hundreds of millions of dollars to find a cure. And we won’t stop until we find it. This is another important step.”

Jamie Tisch on Board of InnerSpark

InnerSpark, the California State Summer School for the Arts, is celebrating its 24^th anniversary session this summer. Started in 1985, this program is intended to offer gifted and talented youth the chance to enjoy intensive training in the arts and to work towards a career in the performing arts.

The month long training program for pre-professionals includes training in the visual and performing arts, creative writing, animation and film for high school age students. Many board of trustee members help to ensure that success of this program including Jamie Tisch.

Jamie Tisch & Other Co-Chairs for the Sloan-Kettering Spring Ball

These women worked together tirelessly to create the 3rd annual Spring Ball for the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Co-chairs for the event included Shelley Carr, Tory Burch, Jamie Tisch, and Dee Dee Ricks, withHeather Leeds, president of The Society of MSKCC, in the center of the picture. The Ball was held on May 18^th, 2010 at The Pierre Hotel.

Spring Ball Co-Chair Jamie Tisch Helping Fight Cancer

The 3^rd Annual Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was held at The Pierre Hotel on May 18, 2010. Co-chairs of this night to remember included Shelley Carr, Tory Burch, Jamie Tisch, and Dee Dee Ricks. The sponsor this year was David Yurman and the honoree was Dr. Charles L. Sawyers, chair of MSKCC’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program.

The Spring Ball raised money for a groundbreaking initiative focusing on human genomes.