Toni Brinker Pickens

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Toni Brinker Pickens is the founder and CEO of Operation Blue Shield.

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Toni Brinker Pickens
Website: www.operationblueshield.com
Twitter: @OPBlueShield

Operation Blue Shield
8117 Preston Rd., Ste. 260
Dallas, TX 75225

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Toni Brinker Pickens is the founder and CEO of Operation Blue Shield. As a dedicated philanthropist, Mrs. Pickens has devoted her life to helping others. Mrs. Pickens comes from humble beginnings, having been raised in both the Texas Panhandle and the American Deep South. Her passion to help others developed early, and her life’s work is a testament to giving back with success. Mrs. Pickens’ charitable and community contributions are vast. She is a founding member of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, serves on the advisory boards of Dallas Habitat for Humanity, the Baylor Health Care System Foundation, Texas Heart Institute, Amergy Bank-Dallas and Oklahoma State University. As the widow of restaurateur pioneer Norman Brinker, she often represents Brinker International at speaking engagements and is a featured speaker at the Nation’s Restaurant News Association annual conference. She supports SMU’s Norman Brinker Endowed MBA Scholarship and the Culinary Institute of America Norman Brinker Legacy Endowed scholarships. On Valentine’s Day 2014, she married T. Boone Pickens. She and Mr. Pickens are heavily involved in numerous political, business and philanthropic efforts. including Bill Gates’ & Warren Buffett’s “The Giving Pledge,” Oklahoma State University, and supporting members of the United States Armed Forces.