Ms. Harrison is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the 1999 Global Women's Leadership Award; 1999 New York Black Republican Council's Woman of the Year Award; 1998 Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award; 1988 Entrepreneur of the Year, Arthur Young Company and Venture magazine; 1989 Distinguished Woman Award, Northwood Institute; and 1997 Ladies Home Journal "50 Most Influential Women in Politics."
She is a former President of Capital Press Women, a former member of the executive committee, National Italian American Foundation; a former Thomas Colloquium on Free Enterprise guest lecturer at Youngstown State University in Ohio; and a former chairman of the board, Guest Services, Inc.
Ms. Harrison, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a graduate of American University.