On September 17, 2020, the fourth event in the Alumni Seal Conversations series featured Alumna of the Year Gloria Duffy '75 in conversation with her longtime professional collaborator and friend, Coit "Chip" Blacker '72.
Gloria is an expert in international relations and public policy, having previously served as U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense and special coordinator for cooperative threat reduction. She has been the president and CEO of the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco since 1996. Over the past 40 years, in a relationship that began as Oxy students, she and fellow Oxy trustee Chip Blacker have worked together inside a presidential administration, written a book together, co-mentored younger colleagues and collaborated for social progress and justice. Blacker served as Special Assistant to President Clinton, and is now an emeritus senior fellow and professor at Stanford University. They shared some of their unique personal and professional adventures together.
