Being a diplomat, policy adviser, and public figure, Susan Rice has made a tremendous impact on both the domestic and foreign policies of the United States.
She served as the National Security Advisor for the Obama administration before being appointed as the American ambassador to the UN. She was given the US Domestic Policy Council’s top job by President Joe Biden in 2021.
Rice, who was born in 1964 in Washington, D.C., obtained a Rhodes Scholarship from New College in Oxford and a DPhil (Ph.D.) in international relations from Stanford University.
She served on the National Security Council staff of President Bill Clinton before taking the position of assistant secretary of state for African affairs at the State Department. There, she assisted in the democratic revolutions in South Africa and Nigeria and helped establish American policy toward Africa.
Susan Rice Parents: Meet Emmett J. Rice, Lois Rice
The 56-year-old Susan Rice is the daughter of banking and education industry executives Lois and Emmett J. Rice.
Before joining the College Board, Lois oversaw the national scholarship services counseling and oversaw the policy research division of the College Entrance Examination Board in Washington, D.C.
She used her educational background to advance her career at the College Board, where she held the position of national vice president between 1973 and 1981.
Emmett Rice, Rice’s father, served as the Federal Reserve system’s second African-American governor.
He had previously served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and was a professor of economics at Cornell University.