About Iris Dankner

Iris Dankner divides her time between her residential interior design work and her activities at and on behalf of Komen Greater NYC and Komen for the Cure. She has been active in Komen Greater NYC since her breast cancer diagnosis over 13 years ago.

Dankner was a six-year executive committee member of the Komen Greater NYC Board of Directors; five-year Komen NYC Race for the Cure chair/co-chair; and co-founder (with her daughters) of the New York City chapter of Teens for the Cure® and their annual fashion benefit Tickled Pink! Since the first Tickled Pink! event in 2005, the Teens for the Cure have raised over $750,000 for Komen Greater NYC.
In October 2009, Dankner was one of 38 US delegates who represented Komen for the Cure at the first Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® in Cairo, Egypt. She has been part of the planning team for the first Race in Jerusalem, which will be held in October 2010.

Dankner is also creator of the successful annual Holiday House Designer Showcase — a designer tabletop show and fundraiser — which netted $30,000 for Komen Greater NYC in 2009. The 2010 show house runs from November 30 to December 15, 2010 and will again be located in a landmarked limestone mansion at 2 East 63rd Street and will include not only tabletop, but also complete room interior design displays reflecting specific holidays or celebrations.

Holiday House, the designer table top showhouse was founded three years ago by Iris Dankner to benefit the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Iris is a thirteen year breast cancer survivor and a former executive member of the Board of Directors of Komen Greater NYC, where she served for six years. From 2005 to 2009, she also chaired the annual Komen New York City Race for the Cure® held each September in Central Park.

In 2008, combining her two passions, namely her love of design and her efforts to help Komen reach its goals, Iris created Holiday House, the first designer showhouse held in New York City to benefit a breast cancer organization. Recruiting top interior designers in the New York City area, the showhouse was held in a historic mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and was a resounding success, with all proceeds donated to Komen Greater NYC to help in its quest to end the scourge of breast cancer forever.

Since its inception, Holiday House has featured top designers in the field who are extremely talented and have a passion for the cause. Holiday House is about the celebration of life, with each designer selecting a holiday or a special moment in life as an inspiration for their design.

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