Cindy Brinker Simmons to speak at 84th Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet

Ms. Simmons co-founded the public relations firm of Brinker, Jeffett & Associates which has now merged and is Levenson & Brinker Public Relations. Ms. Brinker serves as president of that award-winning, full-service strategic communications company.

Coinciding with starting her professional career, Ms. Simmons devoted herself to philanthropic concerns. In 1980 she founded Wipe Out Kids' Cancer, one of Dallas's largest pediatric cancer organizations, in memory of her mother, the late great tennis champion Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly Brinker, who died of cancer in 1969 at the age of 34.

Ms. Simmons is president of the Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation, one of the nation's oldest and most esteemed non-profit organizations furthering junior tennis development worldwide.

Ms. Simmons is the author of the popular book, LITTLE MO's LEGACY: A Mother's Lessons, A Daughter's Story. She also enjoys a distinguished reputation as a motivational speaker.

Ms. Simmons currently serves on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex and has received multiple civic awards for all of efforts.