Won the California GOP Gubernatorial primary on June 8, 2010.
Defeated by Jerry Brown on November 2, 2010 in her bid to become Governor of California.
A native of Long Island, New York, she is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School.
Served as an executive in the Walt Disney Company where she was vice-president of strategic planning throughout the 1980s.
Married to Griffith Harsh IV, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University Medical Center. They have two sons. She has lived in Alterton, California, since March 1998.
Named CEO of Hewlett-Packard [September 22, 2011].