- FIORINA, CARLY
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- Experience: Candidate, United States Senate, 2010
- Home State: Virginia
- Running: President, United States, 2016
- Total Raised: $12,119,570Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
- Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal
- Full Name: Cara Carleton 'Carly' Fiorina
- Gender: Female
- Family: Husband: Frank; 2 Stepchildren: Traci, Lori (deceased)
- Birth Date: 09/06/1954
- Birth Place: Austin, TX
- Home City: Los Altos Hills, CA
Education
- Attended, University of California, Los Angeles
- Bachelors, Philosophy/Medieval Studies, Stanford University
- MBA, University of Maryland
- MS, Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Attended, University of California, Los Angeles
- Bachelors, Philosophy/Medieval Studies, Stanford University
- MBA, University of Maryland
- MS, Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Experience
- Candidate, United States Senate, 2010
Professional Experience
- Former Employee, AT&T
- Bookkeeper, Local Hair Salon
- Former Employee, Lucent Technologies
- Former Secretary, Real Estate Business
- Chief Executive Officer, Hewlett-Packard, 1999-2005
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Chair, American Conservative Union Foundation, present
- Advisory Board Member, Central Intelligence Agency, present
- Chair, Good360, present
- Chair, Opportunity International, present
- Chair, Unlocking Potential Project, present
- Former Member, Advisory Group for Transformational Diplomacy, Department of State
- Former Board Member, Business Executives for National Security
- Former Member, Defense Business Board
- Chair, Fiorina Foundation
- Former Board Member, Ford's Theatre
- Former Board Member, Freedom House
- Former Vice Chair, Initiative for Global Development
- Former Global Envoy, Livestrong
- Former Trustee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Former Board Member, National Symphony Orchestra
- Former Chair, One Woman Initiative
- Former Board Chair, Technology Policy Institute
- Founding Partner, The African Leadership Academy
- Former Board Member, Vital Voices
Additional Information
Publications:
- Tough Choices: A Memoir (2006);
- Rising to the Challenge: My Leadership Journey (2015)
Reason for Seeking Public Office:
Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class. They believed that citizens and leaders needed to step forward. If you believe that it's time for citizens to stand up to the political class and say enough, then join us.
About Carly Fiorina
Born Cara Carleton Sneed, Carly Fiorina (who changed her name in 1985 when she married her current husband, Frank Fiorina) stands poised to bring the rare blend of feminine gender and high-level business credentials to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Thoroughly educated in Business Administration and Marketing, she has served in executive positions for AT&T and that company's spinoff, Lucent, and most prominently held the role of Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005.
One of Fiorina's major liabilities is a complete lack of a political resume, as she has never held any public office. Following her advocacy and work for John McCain's presidential campaign, she did try for the California Senate seat then held by Democrat Barbara Boxer, but was soundly defeated. As such, she lacks a history of policy implementation and a voting record to define her political leanings, but her stated positions are solidly conservative. She opposes abortion, is critical of fears over climate change, and worries that proposed efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions – particularly the controversial “cap and trade” system - would be prohibitively costly in the amount of jobs that stand to be lost. She has stated that she herself voted for a measure in California to legally define marriage as a heterosexual union between one man and one woman, a measure which passed at the ballot box but was subsequently ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.
The choice to champion a mega-merger with a rival ultimately led to Fiorina's ouster, and the much-criticized deal remains a liability in her campaign to become the GOP's presidential nominee.
“Saudi Arabia is our ally, despite the fact that they don’t always behave in a way that we condone," Fiorina said.
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says her lack of a concrete policy proposal is not an impediment to her presidential campaign.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina acknowledged that she was incorrect during last week’s primary debate when she claimed “92 percent of the jobs lost during President Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women.”
Debates seem to be Carly Fiorina’s best moments. After the last one, her poll numbers shot up, and the Internet was buzzing with analyses of her strong performance.
Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina says the 11-hour Benghazi hearing on Thursday proves that former secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied about the role of an anti-Islam video in the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya.
Carly Fiorina may have pulled off a debate performance that thrust her into the top tier of the Republican presidential candidates, but Ann Coulter is not impressed.
Carly Fiorina is up and Rand Paul is down.
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