Former U.S. Secretary of State and national security advisor Condoleezza Rice will headline Oklahoma State University's Executive Management Briefings series on February 3 at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City.

The Executive Management Briefings series features international, business and political leaders, authors and policymakers who bring critical and timely information to the Oklahoma business community. The series is presented in an effort to develop a partnership between industry and the academic realm. Rice's presentation will occur from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on February 3.

Rice served as the 66th U.S. Secretary of State from January 2005 to 2009. Before serving as America's chief diplomat, she served as assistant to the President for national security affairs (national security advisor) from January 2001-2005. Rice served as a member of the board of directors for the Chevron, Charles Schwab, and Transamerica corporations. She is currently the Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution.

The Executive Management Briefings series is sponsored by OSU's Spears School of Business at and its corporate partners and coordinated by the Center for Executive and Professional Development at Oklahoma State University.

To purchase tickets, visit http://spears.okstate.edu/cepd/openenrollment/ <http://spears.okstate.edu/cepd/openenrollment/> or call 1-866-678-3933. For more information, call the OSU Center for Executive and Professional development in the Spears School of Business at 1-866-678-3933 or 405-744-5208, e-mail cepd@okstate.edu, or visit cepd.okstate.edu.