Should Komen Let Nancy Brinker Serve as a Lifetime Trustee? - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Should Komen Let Nancy Brinker Serve as a Lifetime Trustee? - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Should Komen Let Nancy Brinker Serve as a Lifetime Trustee?

August 21, 2012, 10:27 am

By Holly Hall

Now that Nancy Brinker is stepping down as chief executive of the charity she founded, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, her critics are agitating for her to quit the charity’s board.

She doesn’t want to go, and the charity’s policy of letting some people serve as lifetime board members means she is not required to. That could pose a big challenge in the next few months as Komen conducts its highest-profile fundraising races.