“More than 100,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year,” said Mrs. Brinker. “I want to find a way to deal with it before it spreads, and I don't want these women to suffer like my sister suffered (Klemesrud, 1985).” Considered the leader of the breast cancer movement, Nancy G. Brinker is one of the most influential women of our century. Brinker, as promised to her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, would do everything in her power to end the devastation of this disease. Brinker, as CEO and founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, raises awareness and leads the group in research. This research is necessary to find a solution to the breast cancer plaguing today's generations. Nancy started the organization by collecting the names of people affected by breast cancer, hand-writing letters of support for each address collected, and was able to raise money to start her foundation. Nancy started the organization with just two hundred dollars. With those funds he was able to organize his first fundraiser. (Komen, 2011) A great leader has many different qualities that allow him to achieve his agenda, which in Brinker's case is an agenda for the people. Nancy Brinker is a great leader because she is tough, determined, and educated. She is the leader who won't stop until she sees breast cancer eliminated. Brinker demonstrated that she was full of integrity and ethics when she promised her dying sister that she would become breast cancer's greatest nemesis. Not only was she the sister of a breast cancer victim, but she also battled breast cancer herself. Nancy G. Brinker was declared cancer free a few years after her fight began and has remained cancer free for over… half the paper… worth a couple hundred million dollars times over. These are all the reasons why Nancy G. Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, is the female leader of our generation. Works Cited Hattersley, M. E., & McJannet, L. L. (2008). Diversity and intercultural communication. Management and communication: principles and practice. New York: McGraw-Hill.Hoy, C. (1996, October 22). The key to breast cancer treatment is expense. The Province, page. 20. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from ProQuest database. KLEMESRUD, J. (1985, August 5). A woman's fight against breast cancer. The New York Times, p. 5. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from ProQuest database. Susan G. Komen for the Cure | Who we are | Our people | Nancy G. Brinker | Nancy G. Brinker. (n.d.). Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://ww5.komen.org/AboutUs/