Rice Returns for 20th Annual Breakfast
Condoleezza Rice, the 66th U.S. secretary of state, speaks at the 20th annual app President’s Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 28, from 7-9 a.m. at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets cost $175 per person and go on sale Friday, Jan. 31, at 9 a.m. at westmont.edu/breakfast. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Secretary Rice, the Tad and Dianne Taube director of the and a senior fellow on public policy, was the second woman and first black woman to become secretary of state. She also served as President George W. Bush’s national security advisor, the first woman to hold the position. She is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.
Secretary Rice served on President George H.W. Bush’s National Security Council staff, first as director, then as senior director of Soviet and East European affairs and also as special assistant to the president for National Security. In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice was a special assistant to the director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
She has written and co-authored numerous books, including “To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth” (2019); “Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom” (2017); “No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington” (2011); and “Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family” (2010).
As Stanford’s provost from 1993-1999, she served as the institution’s chief budget and academic officer, and has taught as a professor of political science since 1981.
In 1999, she spoke at app’s Commencement. In her talk, “The Responsibility of the Educated Christian,” Rice praised app for educating the whole person and focusing on personal and spiritual growth as well as intellectual development.
She discussed freedom, democracy and education at the President’s Breakfast in 2011. Other past President’s Breakfast speakers include the late Gen. Colin Powell, the late David McCullough, the late Daniel Kahneman, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Brooks, Walter Isaacson, Thomas Friedman, Robert Gates, Gen. Stan McChrystal, Gen. Michael Hayden, Peggy Noonan, Nancy Koehn, Michael Lewis and Richard Haass.
The app Foundation, local businesses and individuals sponsor the President’s Breakfast to promote discussion of significant issues. BMO is the Lead Sponsor this year. Special thanks to U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management. Gold Sponsors include Baker Hill, Bon Appétit Management Company, Canterbury Consulting, Central Coast Home Health and Hospice, Channel Wealth, Davies, The Eiler Family, David and Anna Grotenhuis, In Memory of Jim Haslem, HUB International, La Arcada Plaza, MATT Construction, Nick and Drew Parisi, Providence School, Reicker Pfau, Sunset + Magnolia Interior Design and George and Beth Wood Foundation. To learn about sponsorship opportunities, contact Steve Baker, app associate vice president for advancement, at (805) 565-7156.