THE WALL STREET JOURNAL is reporting that the Komen Foundation is finally shaking the rot from its leadership that led to the catastrophic image collapse when politics became more important to the organization than the women they’re supposed to be helping.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure shook up its top ranks Wednesday, announcing the resignation of its president and creating a new figurehead role for its founder, even as it looked to fill other senior positions in the wake of a controversial decision involving Planned Parenthood.
Searches were under way to find a president, chief executive and chief operating officer, a post that has been vacant since late 2009, said Nancy G. Brinker, who is the founder and current CEO of the nation’s largest breast-cancer charity. She said she would assume a new role after top leadership positions were filled. The departure of President Elizabeth Thompson will take effect Sept. 7.
The WSJ also revealed that two Komen board members, Brenda Lauderback and Linda Law, will also be leaving.
What a time to announce the resignations. In the middle of the hottest vacation month of the summer, during the final days of the Olympics, and right when Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick is becoming the topic most captivating, because everyone is wondering if Romney will blow this call as badly as he did his foreign policy trip.
Oh, but Ms. Brinnker said the departures, including her own shift to “a new role,” has absolutely nothing to do with what happened with Planned Parenthood back in early 2012, when Komen made a political decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding, and then the bottom dropped out of the Komen Foundation’s reputation.
Falls heavy into the who cares category. Not for profit whores looking to stay on the payroll.
“What a time to announce the resignations.” – TM
I can’t believe they didn’t wait until late Friday afternoon …
heh-heh…
Right, nothing to see here; move along, move along.
Komen Turned Down Funding for the World’s First Preventive Breast Cancer Vaccine
Nancy’s Twitter states that she promised her sister to put an end to breast cancer and she raised millions upon millions of dollars to do it. Yet the Komen foundation refused funding for the world’s first preventive breast cancer vaccine that could do just that; put and end to breast cancer!
The Pink Vaccine was developed by Dr. Vincent Tuohy of the Cleveland Clinic and is 100% effective in preventing breast cancer in mice. Further, it reduced tumor size in mice that already had breast cancer. It’s our biggest hope yet and it’s sitting on a shelf at the Cleveland Clinic awaiting a mere $6 Million in funding to get it to clinical trials in humans.
One in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime yet Komen refused funding three times for our best hope at preventing it. My tax deductible contributions go directly to the Cleveland Clinic. Prevention is the Cure!
More Here: http://www.ThePinkVaccine.com
Thanks for this…
Cindy Sullivan,
Thanks so much for that information. That doesn’t surprise me in the least about Komen as that organization has become a marketing tool for the many corps who donate their products to give out to women and men who attend Komen sponsored events and quite a few of those things they give out in the goody bags are food and beverage products that contain cancer causing chemicals, etc.
I’ve attended quite a number of Komen events and have donated. However, since the Planned Parenthood debacle, I’ve stopped doing both.
I am going to look more closely at the Cleveland Clinic and the Pink Vaccine. There are several types of breast cancer and the various stages but even if this cures one of those types, it’s outrageous that this hasn ‘t gotten more press. I wonder what the reaction has been to this by the American Cancer Society.
Some of what I read in your link confirms what is exposed here in this trailer for a film call “The Pink Ribbon”. http://tinyurl.com/7zsp5ts