About the Ovarian Cancer Education Center

The Center functions in two ways. 

Philanthropic activities funded directly by the Bridget and Kevin Nesko Foundation support specific programs aimed at preserving Bridget's name and legacy. These include perpetual award and memorial programs at Bridget's alma mater George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia), where she earner her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, and Samaritan Hospice (in New Jersey), which provided hospice support services to Bridget as she lived her final days at home with her husband. Private funds are used for other programs as well.

Public activities, funded both by private funding and public support, include the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Education Center, LLC - which is overseen by an independent Board of Trustees and an external Development and Oversight Committees. 

The Education Center is built around three core components: 

Our “Defying Ovarian Cancer In Your Everyday Practice” training program is a skills-sharpening instructional course for primary care providers (PCPs, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) aimed at enabling faster recognition and response to a patient’s possible ovarian cancer presence. The certification program will be available through our website by year-end 2026 and will be free to PCPs – a significant step forward in defying ovarian cancer.

When confronted with the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, this is the place where patients and their family can go to our centralized digital library of information about what you need to know for the journey ahead. Our “Never Surrender To Ovarian Cancer” digital and video library will be unbiased, globally accessible, and freely available on our website and YouTube channel to anyone wishing to learn, as of July 22, 2026 - which would have been Bridget's 59 birthday. As it develops, the library will grow to include more than 20 podcast topics, with more added regularly.

Our grass-roots-focused awareness outreach program is designed make sure that the media, the public and our elected officials see and understand the gravity of the illness and understand the options available. Our Education Center - located at a physical facility hosted by a sponsoring organization - will support live broadcasts, workshops, symposiums, and town halls aimed at increasing public, media, and public sector involvement in ovarian cancer awareness and prevention efforts. This initiative is ongoing with a physical facility planned for 2007.

The Center is structured to have Regular Public Members, who elect and can serve as elected Trustees, or in other positions with the Center. We have various classes of members who serve on various operating Boards, including Family Members, Advisory Members, Student Members and Honorary Members. Each classification of membership retains certain rights and privileges of association with the Organization.  

All public donations made to the Center are used exclusively for public and medical community ovarian cancer awareness and education programs through the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Education Center.  

Public donations to the organization will NEVER be used by volunteer Trustees, Advisory Board Members or Corporate Officers for salaries or personal expenses. 

 If you would like to become a MEMBER of the Foundation, VOLUNTEER, share YOUR story, or financially SUPPORT our efforts, please click on those words above. We look forward to having you join us and thank you for your support.