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.
Council of Overseers
These community and business leaders fulfill a vital advisory role for the school.
Leadership
T. Jay Collins
Chairman, Council of Overseers
Former President & CEO Oceaneering International, Inc.
Members
Clint D. Carlson
(Rice BA '79, MBA '82)
President and Chief Investment Officer, Carlson Capital
Edmund Donaldson
(Rice MBA '91)
Managing Director, Portfolio Management, USAA Real Estate Company
C. Richard Everett
(Rice BA '67, BAR '68)
Chairman and CEO Everett Interests, C. Richard Everett Investments, LLC
George Y. Gonzalez
(Rice BA '90)
Partner - Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions and International Practice Groups, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Timothy T. Griffy
(Rice BA '79, MACC '80)
Retired Partner, Assurance Services Ernst & Young LLP
F. E. (Emil) Jacobs
(Rice BA '73)
Retired Vice President of Research and Development ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
R. Chris Kreidler
(Rice BA '85, MBA '87)
Former Executive Vice President and CFO, Sysco Corporation
Robert D. "Doug" Lawler
(Rice MBA '02)
President & Chief Executive Officer Chesapeake Energy
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
Ali Moshiri
President, Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company
Scott S. Nyquist
Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Lecturer in Management - Marketing
James J. Postl
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company
Peter Schwab
(Rice BA '78, MACC '80)
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray & Co.
Troy W. Thacker
(Rice BS '95)
President and Chief Executive Officer Total Safety U.S., Inc.
Stephen M. Trauber
(Rice BA '84)
Vice Chairman, Global Head of Energy Power Chemical Citigroup
James S. Turley
(Rice BA '77, MACC '78)
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young
Ex-Officio Members
Lynn Lednicky
(Rice MBA ’91)
Partner, Newport Board Group
Alumni Association Board (JGSAA)
Mr. Sameer Bandhu
(Rice MBA ’07)
Product Line Leader
GE Transportation
President - Jones Partners Board
Mr. Bobby Tudor
Rice Board Chairman
Chairman and CEO
Tudor, Pickering, Hold & Co., LLC
Emeriti Members
Mr. Keith T. Anderson
(Rice MBA ’83)
Chairman and CIO
Anderson Global Macro LLC
Mr. Jack S. Blanton, Sr.
President
Eddy Refining Company
Mr. John F. Bookout, Jr.
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Shell Oil Company
Mr. W.J. Bowen
Retired Chairman
Transco Energy Company
Mr. Philip J. Burguieres
Vice Chairman
Houston Texans
Pastor Kirbyjon H. Caldwell
Senior Pastor
Windsor Village United Methodist Church
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. Henry O. Hernandez Jr.
(Rice BA '78)
Managing Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Executive Consulting
Mr. Harold S. Hook
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American General Corporation
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. 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. J. Hugh Roff, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Roff Resources LLC
Mr. David Ross
III Ross Interests
Mr. Thomas Roupe
Mr. Daniel S. Sanders
Retired President
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Mr. Louis Sklar
Retired Executive
Vice President Louis Sklar
Mr. Mark A. Wallace
President & Chief Executive Officer
Texas Children's Hospital
Mr. William A. Wise
Wise Interests