Seven join ‘Pink Tie Guys’ program

Seven Puget Sound community leaders are putting on their pink ties as advocates for breast cancer awareness and year-round action to promote breast health, as part of Komen Puget Sound’s Pink Tie Guy program. This year’s class of Pink Tie Guys was announced at the 10th Anniversary Komen Puget Sound Power of a Promise lunch Oct. 24 in Seattle.

October 26, 2012 12:43 pm
2012-2013 Pink Tie Guys (from left) Trong Pham
2012-2013 Pink Tie Guys (from left) Trong Pham

Seven Puget Sound community leaders are putting on their pink ties as advocates for breast cancer awareness and year-round action to promote breast health, as part of Komen Puget Sound’s Pink Tie Guy program. This year’s class of Pink Tie Guys was announced at the 10th Anniversary Komen Puget Sound Power of a Promise lunch Oct. 24 in Seattle.

New Pink Tie Guys are:

• Eric Booker; Director of Player Development and Community Relations, Snoqualmie Casino

• Servando Carrasco; Midfielder, Seattle Sounders FC

• Enrique Cerna; KCTS 9 Executive Producer and Host of KCTS Connects

• Evan Moore; Tight End, Seattle Seahawks

• Trong Pham; Vice President, Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager with Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney

• Bob Santos; retired Executive Director of Inter*Im and longstanding International District Community Activist

• Yale Wong, Founder and CEO of General Biodiesel

The Power of a Promise lunch attracted 450 participants who donated over $218,000 to help save lives locally and support global research to cure breast cancer. The lunch featured breast cancer advocate Susan Ford Bales. Bales is the daughter of the late President and Betty Ford, who with her mother helped establish National Breast Cancer Awareness month.