Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American public official and a democratic who served as the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017.
Susan Rice was on the staff of the National Security Council and was the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. A Brookings Institution fellow, she served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.
The U.S. Senate confirmed her as ambassador by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009. She is a past member of the boards of directors of the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF,[28] the Atlantic Council and Internews Network. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group.
Susan Rice's nationality is American and is of African-American and Jamaican descent.
Her religion is Christianity and zodiac is Scorpio.
Susan Rice was born as Susan Elizabeth Rice on November 17, 1964, in Washington, D.C. to parents, Emmett J. Rice (father), a Cornell University economics professor, and the second black governor of the Federal Reserve System, and education policy scholar Lois Rice (mother).
They separated when she was 10 years old. She has a brother named John. Since her parents were a politician and social figure, she dreamed of becoming the first U.S. senator from the District of Columbia as a young girl.
Susan Rice attended National Cathedral School where she served as student council president and valedictorian. She earned a BA degree in History from Stanford University in 1986. She completed her MA and Ph.D. in international relations from New College at Oxford University in 1988 and 1990 respectively.
On April 11, 2018, Rice announced that she would not seek a Senate run against Susan Collins in 2020. Rice started her political career as a foreign policy aide to politician Michael Dukakis during the 1988 presidential election. She worked as an international management consultant at the firm, McKinsey & Company, from 1990 to 1993. Rice served in the Clinton administration in various capacities: at the National Security Council (NSC) from 1993 to 1997; as director for international organizations and peacekeeping from 1993 to 1995; and as a special assistant to the president and senior director for African affairs from 1995 to 1997.
Rice was then put in Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in October 1997. During which, she worked as a head diplomat for African affairs during the 1998 terrorist bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Rice held the position of Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2002 to 2009. Rice then served as the 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from January 2009 to June 2013 and as National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017 under Barack Obama's presidency. On March 28, 2018, Rice was appointed to the board of directors at Netflix.
Susan Rice's net worth is estimated at $30 million. Her exact salary number is still not reported.
Her major source of income is her political career and other various affiliations like a member on the boards of several organizations, including the advisory board of Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, the board of directors of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (Bloomberg BNA), and the board of directors of Partnership for Public Service.
She is a past member of the boards of directors of the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, the Atlantic Council, and Internews Network. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group. Her other information on cars, houses and businesses are still under review.
Rice married Canadian-born ABC News producer Ian Officer Cameron on September 12, 1992, at the St. Albans School chapel.
They met as students at Stanford. They have two children, son John David Rice-Cameron (known as Jake and president of the Stanford College Republicans or SCR) and daughter Maris.
The couple and their children live in Washington, D.C. In her leisure time, Rice is an avid tennis player, often playing on weekends.
54 years old, Susan Rice is about 5ft 4inches tall. Rice is of African-American and Jamaican descent.
She has served in various duties in government offices and has played a vital role in serving her nation in various ways. For now, her other body measurements like weight, shoe, and dress size are still not reviewed.