As a Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor/Thriver, Ricki’s personal purpose, passion, mission, ministry, and blessing is to bring focus, attention, research, science, and action to eradicating Black Breast Cancer, and supporting and coaching what she calls her “Breasties” through their breast cancer experience.

We discuss Ricki’s diagnosis and her journey to medical trials that saved her life. Rick’s passions and what keeps her going each day.

The importance of seeking the BEST medical care for yourself and how more black women should take part in clinical trials.

Ricki is an award-winning seasoned marketing veteran that has transformed her strategic acumen into
breast cancer advocacy. Ricki co-founded and serves as CEO of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance to address Black Breast Cancer as a unique and special disease state, with the overall goal of reducing the mortality rate for Black women. Ricki founded and serves as co-host for “The Doctor Is In,” a weekly live breast cancer advocacy web series on the BlackDoctor.org Facebook page that reaches over 3 million viewers. She is a founding member of #BlackDataMatters, in partnership with Ciitizen, The Center for Health Care Innovation and Morehouse School of Medicine to encourage and elevate the importance of Black Women participating in clinical trial research. In January 2022, she started the When We Tri(al) Movement to change the game on Black women participating in clinical trials to improve outcomes for Black women with breast cancer.

Ricki serves on the Board of Trustees for the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation where she chairs the marketing committee. She is a board member for the Center for Healthcare Innovation, and serves on the National Minority Quality Forum Scientific Advisory Board. Ricki has been featured in FiercePharma, Healthline, Oprah Daily, Shondaland, Platform Q Health and Salud and Ebony Magazine to name a few. She is one of 50 of the 800 applicants to receive the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women Impact Grant funding Black women-led and Black women-serving nonprofits.

Ricki has two daughters, Amanda Brown Lierman and Hayley Brown, and 3 granddaughters, Belle, Leia, and Hart, who remind her of her purpose every day. Ricki is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Articles/News Stories Featuring Ricki
Goldman Sachs
Oprah Daily
Shondaland
PlatformQ Health
FiercePharma
Ebony
Healthline
Salud Salud
Our MBC Life
Black Enterprise
Black News Channel
Washington Informer
Self Magazine
Breastcancer.org
Dartmouth Inspire
Black Health Matters
Patient Power
Annapolis Times/Baltimore Times
Essence
Conquer 1
Conquer 2
Ciitizen
Cyrus Webb Show
Our MBC Life 1
Talk With Audrey
Susan G. Komen
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

Rick’s website https://touchbbca.org/