Patricia C. Dunn
| Patricia C. Dunn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 27, 1953 Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 2011 (aged 58) Orinda, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Ovarian cancer |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley |
| Spouse(s) | William Jahnke |
| Children | 3 |
Patricia "Pat" Dunn (March 27, 1953 – December 4, 2011), also known as Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke, was the non-executive chairman of the board of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from February 2005 until September 22, 2006, when she resigned her position.
On October 4, 2006, Bill Lockyer, the California attorney general, charged Dunn with four felonies for her role in the HP spying scandal. Some members of the press reported that Dunn had been scapegoated. On March 14, 2007, California Superior Court Judge Ray Cunningham dismissed the charges against her in the "interest of justice".
Born in Burbank, California, Dunn grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, where both of her parents were involved in the casino industry. Her father was the entertainment manager for the Dunes and Tropicana hotel-casinos, and her mother was a model and entertainer. When Dunn was only eleven, her father died. Her mother subsequently moved the family to California.
Dunn entered the University of Oregon in 1970, but later had to drop out to support her mother by working as a housecleaner. She resumed college and graduated from UC Berkeley, where she graduated in 1975 with a B.A. in Journalism.
After college, Dunn began working as a temporary secretary at Wells Fargo & Co.. She eventually became CEO at Barclays Global Investors, the company that acquired the asset management division of Wells Fargo. Later she joined the HP Board of Directors. In 2001, the Financial Women of San Francisco named Dunn the "Financial Woman of the Year."
She eventually succeeded Carly Fiorina as chairman of the board. Dunn was non-executive Vice Chairman of Barclays Global Investors since 2002, resigning on October 6, 2006, the day after her criminal indictment (see below). Additionally, she was Director and Executive Committee member of Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco, on the board of the Conference Board's Global Corporate Governance Research Center, and an advisory board member of UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
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