WASHINGTON – The 2020-21 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy Lecture Series, chaired by political strategist and author Donna Brazile, will return Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. online via Zoom meeting. The lecture, titled “Democracy on the Ballot,” will feature Brazile in conversation with distinguished American diplomat, Democratic policy advisor and former public official, Ambassador Susan E. Rice, to discuss foreign election interference and threats to democracy. Registration is now open.

Rice served as President Obama’s national security advisor and U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations from 2009-2017. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, “Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For.”

Rice is currently a distinguished visiting research fellow at American University’s School of International Service and a nonresident senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is also a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and serves on the board of Netflix.

Previously, Rice served as U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs, and director for international organizations and peacekeeping at the National Security Council under President Clinton from 1993-2001.

Ambassador Rice received her master’s degree and doctoral degree in international relations from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in history from Stanford University.

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