2013 Nov 2012 Breast cancer nonprofits join MBC advocates to discuss how to increase MBC awareness and improve the lives of people living with MBC; all agree that through collaboration, far more can be achieved than by individual organizations; MBC Alliance is formed with support from Celgene Corporation Feb 2013 Early members are AdvancedBC.org, Cancer Support Community, FORCE, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, Research Advocacy Network, SHARE, Susan G. Komen, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, and Young Survival Coalition Aug 2013 Avon Foundation for Women becomes the Alliance’s administrative home with Dr. Marc Hurlbert as project leader Jun 2013 Mission and goals are adopted; governance approaches are considered; landscape analysis is identified as first initiative; Breastcancer.org, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Genentech, and Pfizer join MBC Alliance