Condoleezza Rice previously served on the board of directors of Hewlett-Packard, the technology company. David Packard, co-founder of HP, had also served on the Chevron board — just as Rice did. The HP board role was part of Rice's Silicon Valley corporate governance network, complementing her Stanford professorship and Hoover Institution positions. Chevron had previously named a tanker after Packard, just as it did after Rice — both were Chevron board members.