Carly Fiorina is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard.http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Philosophy and Medieval History. While there, she worked teaching undergraduates which helped pay for her MBA from the University of Maryland. She earned her masters of science in Business from MIT while working at AT&T. In 2010, she ran in the U.S. Senate race in California against incumbent Barbara Boxer and lost.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/state/#CA

Fiorina chairs the Board of the Technology Policy Institute, and has served on the Board of Business Executives for National Security. She is a Global Envoy for Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG organization, and the vice-chair for the Initiative for Global Development. In the past, she was a member of the Defense Business Board, and served on the Advisory Group for Transformational Diplomacy for the Department of State.

Aside from her business ventures, she is also the Chairman for the Fiorina Foundation and the chair for The One Woman Initiative – A Fund for Women’s Empowerment. Fiorina is a board member with Freedom House, Vital Voices, the National Symphony Orchestra, and also a founding partner of The African Leadership Academy.http://carlyforca.com/about/

On September 16, 2008, Fiorina sparked controversy by suggesting that Republican candidate John McCain couldn't run a major corporation.http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/fiorina_flubs_r.html

In 2010, Carly Fiorina was the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in California. She ran against Democratic candidate Barbara Boxer, who was running for a fourth Senate term.http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-ca-full-election-results_N.htm?csp=hf Fiorina's platform centered on creating jobs as California tried to rebound from the economic downturn.http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16364215 Early polls in October had Fiorina with a 5-point lead over Boxer, yet Rasmussen Reports had Boxer 2% ahead of Fiorina two weeks prior to the November elections.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/california/election_2010_california_senatehttp://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/politics/local_elections&id=7607696

On November 2, 2010, the California elections were held and Boxer captured an estimated 52% of the vote, defeating Fiorina by 9 percentage points.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/state/#CA Fiorina conceded defeat on November 3, 2010, stating, "We had an exceptional campaign...In the end we could not overcome the registration that Democrats have, and in particular in L.A. County...The fight is not over, the fight is just beginning."http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/fiorina-concedes-defeat-in-senate-race-.html

The comments below have been attributed to Fiorina.

• "I don't think John McCain could run a major corporation...I don't think Barack Obama [or] Joe Biden could run a major corporation. It's a fallacy to suggest that the country is like a company."http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/fiorina_flubs_r.html

• "My mother...taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."http://thinkexist.com/quotes/carly_fiorina/

• "The goal is to transform data into information, and information into insight"http://thinkexist.com/quotes/carly_fiorina/

• 1954: Born on September 6 http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1976: BA in philosophy and medieval history, Stanford Universityhttp://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1977: Married Todd Bartlem http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1980: MBA in marketing, University of Maryland, College Park http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1980-1995: Management Trainee at AT&T; rises to Senior Vice President http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1984: Divorced Todd Bartlem http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1985: Married AT&T executive, Frank J. Fiorinahttp://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1989: SM in management, MIT Sloan School of Management http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1995-1999: Lucent Technologies http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 1999-2005: Hewlett-Packard CEO http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 2007: Contributor on FOX Business Networkhttp://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html

• 2010: Ran for U.S. Senate http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Fiorina-Carly.html