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Council of Overseers

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Council of Overseers

These community and business leaders fulfill a vital advisory role for the school.

The Council of Overseers work with the dean and faculty of the business school. Their advice is sought on key strategic issues, and they are an important resource to the dean. It is the mission of the council to work with the dean and faculty to ensure that the business school meets the highest standards attainable for a graduate school of business. Council members serve renewable three-year terms.

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Leadership

Robert T. Ladd

Chairman, Council of Overseers (Rice BA '78)

Managing Partner, Stellus Capital Management, LLC

Members

Osmar Abib

(Rice BS '81)

Managing Director, Global Head of Oil and Gas, Credit Suisse

Judy Ley Allen

(Rice '61)

Partner, Allen Investments

Bruce Bilger

Senior Advisor, Lazard Freres & Co.

Jack S. Blanton

(Rice EMBA '01)

Chairman, Nicklos Drilling Co.

Lee K. Boothby

(Rice MBA '92)

Chairman, President and CEO, Newfield Exploration Company

Robert T. Brockman

Chairman and CEO, Reynolds and Reynolds

William (Bill) Caesar

CEO, WCA Waste Corporation

Clint D. Carlson

(Rice BA '79, MBA '82)

President and Chief Investment Officer, Carlson Capital

Janet F. Clark

Director, EOG Resources

T. Jay Collins

Former President & CEO Oceaneering International, Inc.

James W. Crownover

Former Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

(Rice BA '65, BS '66)

Kimberly C. David

(Rice MBA '04)

Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer, Baylor College of Medicine

Edmund Donaldson

(Rice MBA '91)

Adjunct Professor in Management – Operations Management

C. Richard Everett

(Rice BA '67, BAR '68)

Chairman and CEO Everett Interests, C. Richard Everett Investments, LLC

Jonathan Finger

Managing Partner, Finger Interests, Ltd.

Douglas L. Foshee

(Rice MBA '92)

CEO and Founder, Sallyport Investment, LLC

Karen Ostrum George

(Rice BA '77, MACC '78)

Associate, Ralph S. O'Connor & Associates

George Y. Gonzalez

(Rice BA '90)

Partner - Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions and International Practice Groups, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Martyn Goossen

Vice Chairman, JP Morgan Private Bank and President, JPMorgan Chase Bank – Houston Region

Joseph A. Hafner

Retired Chairman, Riviana Foods, Inc.

B. Ben Hollingsworth

(Rice BA '64)

Chairman, BBH Capital

Tommy O. Huie

(Rice BA & BS '87)

F. E. (Emil) Jacobs

(Rice BA '73)

Retired Vice President of Research and Development ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

David Klein

(Rice BA, BS, MS)

CEO, Klein Equities

Jennifer Kneale

(Rice BA ’02)

Chief Financial Officer, Targa Resources Corp.

R. Chris Kreidler

(Rice BA '85, MBA '87)

Former Executive Vice President and CFO, Sysco Corporation

David Lummis

(Rice MBA ’84)

President and CEO, Houston Trust Company

Ransom C. Lummis

(Rice MBA '89)

Participations & Investments, L.P.

Carl Luna

(Rice MBA ’04)

Managing Director, The Energy & Minerals Group

Jon Marinelli

(Rice MBA '98)

Managing Director and Head of U.S. Energy, BMO Capital Markets

Richard K. McGee

(Rice BA '83)

Vice President & General Counsel Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

D. Cal McNair

(Rice MBA ’95)

Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Houston Texans

Angela Minas

(Rice ’86, Rice MBA ’87)

Board of Directors, Audit Committee Chair, Westlake Chemical Partners, CONE Midstream and Ciner Resources

Joan Neuhaus

Rice MBA '87

Executive Director, William Stamps Farish Fund

Scott S. Nyquist

Adjunct Professor in Management - Organizational Behavior & Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Christopher Patton

(Rice ’91, Rice MACC ’92)

Partner in Charge - Audit, Deloitte

Adam C. Peakes

(Rice BA '95)

Senior VP & CFO, Noble Corporation

James J. Postl

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company

Robert L. Potter

(Rice BCO '73)

Former President, FMC Technologies, Inc.

Kevin Rabbitt

(Rice BA '95)

Chairman and CEO, NEP Group, Inc

Will Robertson

President and CEO, Quintana Infrastructure & Development LLC

Peter Schwab

(Rice BA '78, MACC '80)

Managing Director, Martin Jamarson LLC

Anup Sharma

Senior Vice President, Global Business Services, LyondellBasell

Doreen Stoller

(Rice MBA ’91)

Lecturer in Management – Operations Management

Troy W. Thacker

(Rice BS '95)

Managing Partner, Ara Partners

Stephen M. Trauber

(Rice BA '84)

Vice Chairman, Global Head of Energy Power Chemical Citigroup

Jesse J. Tyson

President & CEO, NBMBAA

Lori Vetters

Managing Director, Regions

Marc Watts

President, The Friedkin Group

Scott Wise

(Rice BA ’71)

President, Cullen Foundation

Ex-Officio Members

Jimmy Moffett

(Rice MBA ’12)
Director
HighTower Advisors
President - JGSAA

Greg Kusinski

(Rice MBA ’14)
Senior Advisor, Regulatory Affairs-Technology Strategy and Acceptance
Chevron U.S.A.
President - Jones Partners Board

Bobby Tudor

Chairman and CEO
Tudor, Pickering, Hold & Co., LLC
Rice Board Chairman

Emeriti Members

Mr. Keith T. Anderson
(Rice MBA ’83)
Chairman and CIO
Anderson Global Macro LLC

Ms. Subha V. Barry
(Rice MBA '85)
President
Working Mother Media

Mr. John F. Bookout, Jr.
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Shell Oil Company

Vicki Whamond Bretthauer
Consultant

Pastor Kirbyjon H. Caldwell
Senior Pastor
Windsor Village United Methodist Church

Mr. John A. Carrig

Mr. James L. Dunlap
Director
El Paso Corporation

Mr. Peter J. Fluor
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Crude Energy, Inc.

Mr. Terry M. Giles
President
Giles Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Timothy T. Griffy
(Rice BA '79, MACC '80)
Retired Partner, Assurance Services
Ernst & Young LLP

Mr. Henry O. Hernandez Jr.
(Rice BA '78)
Managing Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Executive Consulting

Mr. Steven J. Kean
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Kinder Morgan Inc.

Mr. George Martinez
(Rice BA '63)
CEO , Allegiance Bank Texas

Mr. Steven L. Miller
Chairman and President
SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc.

Mr. Ali Moshiri
Former President
Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company

Mr. R. Ralph Parks
Oaktree Capital (H.K.) Ltd.

Mr. W. Bernard Pieper
(Rice BA '53, BS '54)
Pieper Interests

Mr. John B. Poindexter
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
J. B. Poindexter and Co., Inc.

Mr. Jerry H. Pyle
President and Chief Executive Officer
Friedkin Automotive Companies

Mr. Ashok Rao
Chairman
Medical Adhesive Revolution Inc.

Mr. David Ross
III Ross Interests

Mr. Thomas Roupe

Mr. Daniel S. Sanders
Retired President
ExxonMobil Chemical Company

L.E. Simmons
President, SCF Partners

Mr. Louis Sklar
Retired Executive
Vice President Louis Sklar

Mr. James S. Turley
(Rice BA '77, MACC '78)
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ernst & Young

Mr. Mark A. Wallace
President & Chief Executive Officer
Texas Children's Hospital

Mr. William A. Wise
Wise Interests