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Susan G. Komen
for the Cure announces new LGBT advisory council

Susan G. Komen
for the Cure announces new LGBT advisory council

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced the members of its new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons National Advisory Council.

The LGBT council joins five other recently formed advisory groups created to help the Komen organization address issues of breast health and cancer research within specific population groups. Advisory council members will plan new strategies to decrease disparities in breast cancer mortality rates amongst young women, racial minorities, and sexual minorities.

"The combined experience and expertise of our priority-population council members enable Komen to wisely allocate resources to meet breast health and breast cancer needs in population groups that are chronically underserved," Susan Carter, Komen's senior adviser and facilitator for the organization's advisory councils, said in a press release.

The other councils are the Young Women's National Advisory Council, the African American National Advisory Council, the National Hispanic Latina Advisory Council, the Asian American Pacific Islander National Advisory Council, and the American Indian and Alaskan Native National Advisory Council.

Council members are chosen based on written nominations and serve for three-year terms.

The members of the LGBTcouncil are:

Mary Anne Adams, senior research associate/project manager, Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur, Ga. Kathleen DeBold, interim executive director, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Washington, D.C. Philip Deitch, financial adviser, Ameriprise, St. Louis Darlene DeManincor, professor, JFK University, Oakland, Calif. Ann Fonfa, founder and president, Annie Appleseed Project, Delray Beach, Fla. Michelle "Mo" Malkin, executive director, Verbena, Seattle Rosalba Messina, president, Messina Consulting Group, New York City Anita Radix, associate medical director, Callen Lorde Community Health Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Nurit Shein, executive director, Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia

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