Mary Barra is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. She was elected Chair of the GM Board of Directors in 2016 and has served as CEO of GM since 2014. Under Barra’s leadership, GM is innovating and executing with agility to deliver customers vehicles they love. She’s focused on strengthening GM’s ability to provide transformative technologies such as electrification, software, and personal autonomous driving.

Prior to becoming CEO, Barra served at GM in roles including executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, and as senior vice president, Global Product Development. Barra began her career with GM in 1980 as a General Motors Institute (Kettering University) co-op student at the Pontiac Motor Division. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1985, followed by a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1990.

Barra serves on the Board of Directors of the Business Roundtable, the Walt Disney Company, the Duke University Board of Trustees, and the Detroit Economic Club.

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Tom Siebel, founder and CEO of C3 AI, joins Condoleezza Rice for a wide-ranging conversation on innovation, resilience, and the enduring promise of the American experiment. Siebel recounts how his time as a history student at the University of Illinois shaped his entrepreneurial instincts as well as the calculated risks he took to launch one of Silicon Valley's most influential enterprise software companies. He explains why America's education system, commitment to liberty, and culture of opportunity remain the foundation of its success.

Rice and Siebel explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, from increasing the efficiency of government services to democratizing lifesaving and productivity-enhancing practical knowledge. Siebel also discusses what two serious personal hardships—a harrowing elephant attack and the sudden loss of his vision—have taught him about resilience and reinvention.

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Indra Nooyi is today recognized as one of the most respected business leaders in the world. The former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo holds 15 honorary degrees, currently serves on the board of Amazon, and is the author of a New York Times bestseller, My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future. But this success came as a result of many years of disciplined, hard work by Nooyi across roles, industries, and continents. In conversation with Condoleezza Rice, Nooyi reflects on her Only in America story and the values it has instilled in her. Rice speaks with Nooyi about immigrating to the United States; her graduate studies at Yale and early business career; how she rose to leadership at PepsiCo; the importance of innovation to economic growth; what is distinctive about American culture and society; and why she is grateful to be part of the American story.

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