Career
She was the Honorary President of Major League Baseball"s American League, from 2000 until 2015. Autry served as past President of the American Red Cross. Was responsible as President for raising funds to build an independent Community Blood Bank at the Eisenhower Medical Center and served as its President for many years.
The Blood Bank continues to serve seven area hospitals surrounding the Palm Springs area.
She continues to serve on the Board of Trustees at Eisenhower Medical Center and is the longest tenured Trustee having served since 1981. Is President of Gene Autry Music Publishing Companies which houses four publishing companies.
Is President of the Autry Foundation which was established by Gene and Ina Autry. Funding from this Foundation provided the funds to build a world class western history museum contiguous to the Los Angeles Zoo.
The 148,000 sq ft (13,700 m2).
Museum now called the Autry National Center houses the Museum of the American West, Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Institute for the Study of the American West. After 13 years she retired as Board chairman and now holds the position of chairman Emeritus and Lifetime Director. She is Vice Chairman of Aerospace Technologies Group/ATGGroup/ which makes shades for corporate and commercial jets in which she is the majority stock holder.
Personal Now in semi-retirement, she handles investment portfolios, continues to attend Angels baseball games and enjoys traveling.
She has a home in Palm Springs, California and also in Studio City, California. She played herself in the 2007 documentary, Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen, and was the Executive Producer of the 2009 documentary, When Dream Worlds Collide.
On November 25, 2010 (Thanksgiving Day), Autry was driving a car in Palm Springs that hit and killed a pedestrian, Jesus Cardova Diaz, who was a homeless manitoba She received no civil or criminal charges as she was clearly sober and the man she hit was jaywalking.
