About Us
The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer was founded on courage, compassion and commitment. Moved by the loss of their dear friend, Mary Sloan, Vera Bradley Co-founders Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller embraced the cause and began raising funds for breast cancer research in 1993. Their mission: To save lives and to put an end to the disease that took their friend and so many more.
Today, the Vera Bradley Foundation supports the team of researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis at the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research Laboratories. Since its inception in 1998, the Vera Bradley Foundation has raised more than $12 million and has pledged an additional $10 million endowment to the IU team, co-led by American Society of Clinical Oncology President George Sledge, M.D. and Dr. Hari Nakshatri, M.D.
“This unique circle of friends has gone beyond our greatest expectations because you believe, like us, that an investment in breast cancer research will pay invaluable rewards in the future.”
Thanks to steadfast support from you, our partners and sponsors, and events like the Vera Bradley Classic Golf and Tennis Tournament and Tickled Pink, the Vera Bradley Foundation has become a nationally recognized organization committed to a future free from breast cancer.
Board of Directors:
Jill Nichols
Kathleen Randolph
Patricia R. Miller
Mike Miller
Barbara Bradley Baekgaard
Contact the Vera Bradley Foundation:
P.O. Box 80201
Fort Wayne, IN 46898-0201
(260) 207-5186
foundation@verabradley.com
Support the Vera Bradley Foundation’s mission to fund research for a cure.