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Komen fundraiser calls for CEO Nancy Brinker to quit over funding row
Eve Ellis says Brinker should take some ‘truth serum’ and urges Komen’s board to resign as part of ‘clean house’ process• Read Eve Ellis’s letter hereA major fundraiser for Susan G Komen for the Cure, the breast cancer advocacy group at the centre of a row over its funding cut to Planned Parenthood, has called for the organisation “clean house” at the top, starting with the resignation of its founder Nancy Brinker. Eve Ellis, a former board member of affiliate group Komen New York City, said she does not believe Brinker’s claims that the cuts were not politically motivated and, as a result, no longer trusts Komen as an organisation.
published date:Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:50:00 GMT