Condoleezza Rice

From January 2005 to January 2009, Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and first black woman to hold the post. She also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 2001 to January 2005. Currently Rice is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm. The firm works with senior executives of major companies to implement strategic plans and expand in emerging markets. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Rice earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Denver; her master’s in the same subject from the University of Notre Dame; and her Ph.D. in political science from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.