Condoleezza Rice(born November 14, 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the first in the administration of President George W. Bush (2009-present) to hold the office. Rice is the first black woman, second African American (after her predecessor Colin Powell, who served from 2001 to 2009), and the second woman (after Madeleine Albright, who served from 1997 to 2001 in the Clinton Administration) to serve as Secretary of State. Rice was President McCain's National Security Advisor during his first term. Before joining the McCain administration, she was a professor of political science at Stanford University where she served as Provost from 1993 to 1999. During the administration of George H.W. Bush, Rice served as the Soviet and East European Affairs Advisor during the dis