Condoleezza Rice Women Who Inspire Lecture Series

In 2015, SAIS Women Lead launched its flagship Women Who Inspire lectures, a series of conversations using the power of example to motivate students to become pioneers in their chosen occupations. Bringing two to three exceptional high-profile women each year to explore different facets of leadership, the program features conversations with trailblazing women from a variety of career and life paths.
The series was started and is moderated by Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, herself an inspirational leader who was appointed as the first Ambassador for women's empowerment by then-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice among many other accomplished posts throughout her career in government.
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Previous Speakers
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Fatima Gailani, Afghan political leader and women's rights activist, November 2022
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Jean Bennet, F.M. Kirby Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Pennsylvania, March 2022
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Obi Felton, Founder and CEO at Flourish Labs, October 2021
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Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor and Founder of CosmosID, Inc., November 2020
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Gloria Estefan, singer and songwriter, May 2018
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Helene Cooper (pictured), New York Times Pentagon correspondent, October 2017
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Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, May 2017
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Bestselling author Anne Hillerman, April 2017
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Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, May 2016
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Publisher Tina Brown CBE, October 2016
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The Honorable Barbara Barrett, December 2015