Campaign Literature—Primaries


Carly for America Committee

Booklet (14 pages), front and inside.  National, Iowa and NH versions.  5 1/2" x 8 1/2".
 
Winston-Salem Journal
Carly Fiorina, a woman of accomplishment
"There's a bit of Margaret Thatcher in her"
Fiorina is impressive...[w]atch her in the upcoming presidential debates and see if you don't notice a little Margaret Thatcher in her. Like Thatcher, Fiorina is tough and smart.   By Cal Thomas  April 9, 2015

The Washington Post

Why Fiorina Connects
Tough, reasoned and practical. Moreover, she does not talk in abstract theory or try to convince you that hers is the most conservative position. She just says succinctly what she intends to do and why. Perhaps she will help the party redefine what an "outsider" can be and why we need leaders who don't necessarily have pollitical backgrounds, but who are nevertheless accomplished...  By Jennifer Rubin, May 8, 2015


CARLY FIORINA

An American Success Story

FOUNDATIONS
Carly Fiorina was born on September 6, 1954, in Austin, Texas, the daughter of Madelon Montross Jueregens and Joseph Tyree Sneed Ill. Her mother was an artist and stay-at-home mom and her father was an up-and-coming law school professor, who would later become a dean and a federal judge. As he worked his way up in academia, Carly's father took his family around the world. She attended five different high schools, including one in Ghana, graduating from Charles E. Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina.

After high school, Carly attended Stanford University, where she majored in Medieval History and Philosophy. During her summers at Stanford, Carly worked with a temporary agency called Kelly Girls, serving as a secretary for different companies in the area - including Hewlett-Packard, where she would later serve as CEO.

"We were a modest, middle-class family. My mother was a full-time mother and homemaker, my father an academic, and there were three children to raise. Success was not, to my parents, about fame and fortune. It was ultimately about the quality of one's mind and one's character ....Character was everything and character was defined as candor, integrity and authenticity."
-Carly Fiorina

"I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way."
-Carly Fiorina




A BUSINESS LEADER AND PIONEER
"I learned that sometimes you have to have faith in what you know even when most everyone else tells you you're wrong. I learned that if I focused all my energies on the job I had, and performed to the very best of my abilities, opportunity would knock. I learned, once again, that we can only be diminished if we choose to allow it. I learned that the more difficult challenge is sometimes worth going after. I learned that those kinds of challenges take a whole team."
-Carly Fiorina

EARLY CAREER
After realizing law school was not for her, Carly used her experience as a temporary secretary during college to secure a secretarial position at the small real estate firm Marcus & Millichap. Her talent was evident and she moved her way up quickly to a broker position.

Her experience at Marcus & Millichap taught Carly her passion was business, so she attended the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland where she earned a Master of Business Administration in Marketing in 1980.

"The creation of Lucent Technologies was about much more than an initial public offering (/PO). It was about what can happen when a whole organization's self-image changes. It was about the excitement that can infect people when their frame of reference changes from doing daily work to making history. It's a story of the intense focus and camaraderie that is built through shared passion and common goals. And ultimately it's a story of how the choices of a leader can destroy both."
-Carly Fiorina



CARLY AT AT&T
Rising to Become the First Female Officer

In 1980, 25-year-old Carly joined AT&T as a management trainee. Promoted several times so that by 1985, she was serving as a District Manager, overseeing AT& T's largest civilian government account, the General Services Administration (GSA). In this role, Carly oversaw a team of 60 employees and secured a majority portion of the GSA's $25 billion FTS2000 program that would upgrade the federal telecommunications system.

In the early 1990s, Carly continued to climb the ranks at AT&T, first being promoted to be the Director of International Strategy and Business Development for Network Systems and then quickly to the Vice President of Strategy and Marketing, becoming the first female officer. Later, because of her hard work, dedication, and ingenuity Carly was promoted once more to become Head of North American Field Operations for AT&T.

CARLY AT LUCENT
In 1995, when AT&T spun off its telecommunications equipment business into a new company, Carly was selected to lead the effort and the initial public offering (IPO) as the company's Executive Vice President of Corporate Operations. The extremely successful Lucent IPO would become what was at the time the largest IPO in U.S. history. By the end of 1996, the stock was up 92%. In 1997 she was named group President for the global service provider business. The global service provider business had annual revenues of $20 billion and was the largest and fastest-growing business at Lucent as well as the company's largest customer segment.

In 1998, FORTUNE magazine named Carly The Most Powerful Woman in Business.

She would remain at # 1 on FORTUNE's list for the next six years.




CARLY'S HIRING AT HEWLETT-PACKARD
Was Historic
In 1999, Carly Fiorina was recruited to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard, becoming the first woman to lead a FORTUNE 20 company. Carly was brought on board to reinvent the struggling tech giant - and she did just that.
Under her leadership, HP leapt ahead of its competitors and weathered the 2001 economic recession that caused many of the top tech companies to fold. The decisions made by Fiorina led directly to HP moving from a market laggard to a market leader, with an even larger global reach.

Prior to Carly stepping in as Hewlett-Packard CEO, the tech giant was in trouble. In 1998, the company had fallen short of profit expectations for nine quarters in a row. They were lagging in almost every market category and many were predicting that HP was on its last leg. In the first quarter of 1998, "HP shocked analysts with an 18% jump in operating expenses and a 12% dip in earnings:· As its tech competitors were experiencing the biggest "boom" years ever, HP was stuck in the mud.

"Carly Fiorina didn't just break the glass ceiling, she ob/iterated it, as the first woman to lead a FORTUNE 20 company."
-Matthew Boyle, Fortune Magazine

VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
In an effort to grow their market share and survive the 2001 recession that was causing tech companies all over Silicon Valley to shutter their doors, the Hewlett­Packard Board of Directors voted unanimously in favor of a merger with PC giant Compaq in 2001. The merger revitalized HP and set the stage for a slew of mergers in Silicon Valley as other companies realized Carly was right - consolidation was necessary in order to survive.

Under Carly Fiorina's Leadership, the Compaq Merger Would Become One of the Most Successful Mergers of All Time




"Carly's strategy is what saved HP — no doubt about it."
- Bill Mutell,
Former Senior Vice President of Hewlett-Packard

Photo By: Gage Skidmore


IN HER OWN WORDS

"Anyone who's spent any time with him could figure out that the 'reset button' isn't going to work. I wouldn't speak to Vladimir Putin. I would act instead."

"Crony capitalism is indeed alive and well. Government and government programs have grown so big, so powerful, so costly and so complex that only the big and the powerful win."

"We must secure the border. And until we can demonstrate that we can secure the border, the American people won't trust that goverment means what it says, and will do what it says."

"I support the 2nd Amendment and the rights of gun owners like me and my husband because it is our God-given right & our Constitutional right."

"Science supports those of us that believe in the sanctity of life. At 20 weeks, or five months into a pregnancy, an unborn child feels pain. At 20 weeks of life an unborn child can suck his thumb, yawn, stretch, and make faces. An unborn child at 20 weeks IS a human life."

"I don't support Common Core, because there's absolutely no evidence that anthing that a big, centralized bureaucracy in Washington does, makes things better."

The New York Times
March 13, 2015
Carly Fiorina Shapes Herself as the Republican Foil to Hillary Clinton



A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, AND A SURVIVOR


In 1985, Carly married AT&T executive Frank Fiorina. She helped raise his two daughters Tracy and Lori Ann.

On February 20, 2009, Carly was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a double mastectomy, followed by chemotherapy which caused her to temporarily lose her hair, and later radiation therapy.

''As any survivor knows, going through an experience like fighting cancer is transformative, although not altogether negative.
Your immediate worry is for yourself and the people you love. Later, when the disease is in retreat, comes a feeling, not of
triumph, but of calm, discerning perspective. Your time horizon goes from very short to very long. You're pulled from worrying about whether you'll be alive in the next six months to worrying about what kind of country your grandchildren will inherit."
-Carly Fiorina

A year and a half later, Carly's daughter Lori tragically died from the demons of addiction.

"I had known her since she was six years old. I fell in love with her and her big sister, Tracy ... only faith, family, and friends got me through those first terrible days after Lori's death."



CHAIRMAN OF THE CIA'S EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD
After Carly left Hewlett-Packard, then-CIA Director Michael Hayden asked her to head up the newly-formed External Advisory Board for the Central Intelligence Agency. As the former head of a global company operating in 170 different countries, Carly had the unique insight and experience Hayden needed to bring more transparency and accountability to the CIA.

"I would offer you the view that the chief executive officer from Hewlett-Packard has plenty of opportunity to immerse herself in the broader questions of diplomacy, global commerce and global issues. In fact, one might make the argument that that's as good a preparation as any."   - Michael Hayden, former CIA Director

"During the Bush presidency, Fiorina walked the corridors of the CIA and other high offices of government, assembling recommendations for national-security policy and developing a close working relationship with some of the most powerful officials in the administration."   - National Review

Carly's work negotiating with global leaders and advising the CIA has given her a firm background in national security issues.



AT HER CORE

"I believe we also must appoint federal judges that understand the importance of religious liberty and will respect the expression of sincerely held religious beliefs as a fundamental human right:'

"Even Americans who are not members of the NRA know that, when government takes away our guns, we are headed down
a dangerous path:'

"I am proud to support the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and urge both houses of Congress to hold swift votes on this life-saving legislation."

"America must always face out into the world. When we are not leading, the world is a more dangerous and more tragic place. And unfortunately we are not leading:'

"We have to compete for jobs as a nation. Our competitiveness as a nation is not inevitable. It will not just happen. I once lived in the state of California, a state where liberals have been in charge for a very long time. The results? The highest poverty rates in the country, soaring income inequality, the devastation and exodus of the middle class, the worst business climate in the nation:'

One of Carly's greatest strengths is that she has never served in elected office. Her frame of reference was shaped by the real world, not politics." 
- Tom Coburn
  former U.S. Senator


Unlocking The Potential In Others

In 2008 Carly joined Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to found the One Woman Initiative. The organization was later merged with Opportunity International, where Carly served as Chairman. Over the past 15 years, Opportunity International has created 10 million jobs through $6.8 billion in loans, with an average loan value of $150. In addition to her work with Opportunity International, Carly became the Chairman of Good360 in 2012. Good360 has distributed more than $8 billion in donated goods around the world since its founding.

"What's true here at home is true in Congo, Tanzania, Romania, India, the Philippines, Colombia, and Nicaragua: the poor aren't poor because they lack ambition or intellect but because they lack opportunity, tools, and someone to take a chance on them. A job, an education­—these things unlock potential and change lives."

-Carly Fiorina



Believing that women needed a louder voice in government, Carly founded the Unlocking Potential Project, an organization aimed at engaging women in elections and beating back against the false notion that conservative ideas and values were somehow a "war on women."

"We know that women are most persuaded by women they know. We also know that the issues that matter most to women, contrary to the claims of the left, are the economy, government spending, and health care. The idea was to motivate them and educate them to get other women involved in the electoral process."
-Carly Fiorina



"We believe ours was intended to be a citizen government. We need more citizens willing to run for public office And while certainly relevanta and requisite experience is required to consider ruunning for the presidency of the United States, there's nothing that says only politicians can do that. In fact, if we want someone who can bring the sort of long term and fundamental change to our government that we believe is needed, then we cannot elect another career politician who knows how Washington works but doesn't know how a bottom line works."
-Carly Fiorina


AN AMERICAN FUTURE

A FAIRER, SIMPLER TAX CODE
That grows the economy and doesn't just benefit the wealthy, powerful and well connected

AN END TO CRONY CAPITALISM
Because big government only benefits big business

WE MUST SECURE OUR BORDERS
One of the most fundamental responsibilities of government is to secure the homeland, and when government does not do basic things, people lose faith in government

STRONGER ECONOMY AND JOB MARKET
Simply by leaving free markets alone

A GLOBAL LEADER ONCE MORE
Since the world is a more dangerous and tragic place when we do not lead

A GOVERNMENT OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE
As the Founders meant for ours to be. A citizen government

"When I was a little girl, my mother said, "What you are is God's gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God." And I have learned in my life that everyone has God-given gifts. Everyone has potential. We now need a leader in the Oval Office that understands their highest calling is to unlock the potential of every American and of this great nation. I can win this job, and I can do this job."
-Carly Fiorina




"My story – from secretary to CEO is only possible in this country.

Let us ensure that this nation, in this, the 21st century, is a nation in which every person knows they can choose a life of dignity, purpose, and meaning.  Let us together aim high and encourage every boy – and every girl – to do the same."

- Carly Fiorina


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Iowa version:
- On the last page "The Blueprint to Take Our Country Back" replaces ""An American Future."
- Addresses are Iowa headquarters.


New Hampshire version:

- Cover has headlines from New Hampshire/New England news sources:

Union Leader
Fiorina, in NH stops, speaks of U.S. need for leadership
Fiorina said it's time to restore American leadership in the world and fundamentally transform government. "I would not be seriously contemplating running for president unless I thought this was very urgent. We are at a pivotal point" Fiorina stressed when asked about the nation's debt and deficit..."
By Meghan Pierce-March 7, 2015

Boston Herald
Outsider Carly Fiorina at home in NH
Carly Fiorina, who has picked up steam in the GOP primary polls..."We are ready for a female presidetn, and I want it to be Carly Fiorina."

WMUR 9 ABC
Fiorina Draws Large Crowds in NH
WMUR, 5/1/15

- On the last page "The Blueprint to Take Our Country Back" replaces ""An American Future."
- Addresses are New Hampshire headquarters.
- On back page in red is "Just Endorsed by Ovide Lamontagne!"  [ed. note: that happened Jan. 2, 2016]