Carly Fiorina isn’t going to let her battle with breast cancer keep her down!

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO has been named chair of the Technology Policy Institute’s (TPI) board of directors. TPI is a Washington-based think tank that focuses on major issues affecting information technology and communication policy. No doubt Fiorina’s past experience with HP during the dot-com boom and bust — and at AT&T and Lucent Technologies — was very attractive to TPI.

Fiorina’s latest gig comes just weeks after she underwent breast-cancer surgery. Diagnosed last month, she is said to have an "excellent prognosis for a full recovery." The health scare isn’t expected to keep Fiorina from her possible 2010 senatorial campaign in California. She’s already starting to sound like a candidate, despite not yet officially declaring her intention to run. A recent Rasmussen poll found that incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, leads California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger by 16 points in a Senate matchup, 50 percent to 34 percent, but holds a slightly smaller lead over Fiorina — 47 percent to 38 percent.