Willie Brown was above the age of 60 and twice her age – and older than own father and a married man when she began dating him to advance her career and without the help of Willie Brown, the woman would not be where she is today.
From Wikipedia:
In 1994, Speaker of the California Assembly Willie Brown, who was then dating Harris, appointed her to the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and later to the California Medical Assistance Commission. Harris’s connection to Brown was noted in media reportage as part of a pattern of California political leaders appointing “friends and loyal political soldiers” to lucrative positions on the commissions.