Rice Business Board Fellows
Matching Rice MBAs with Houston-Area Nonprofits
Rice Business Board Fellows
Mission:
Unite Rice MBAs with non-profit boards to create positive change in the Houston Community
Vision:
Develop the next generation of leaders in the Houston non-profit community
Founded by Rice MBA students and staff in 2008, Rice Business Board Fellows is a year-long experiential learning program that matches talented, energetic, and committed Rice MBA students as fellows to local nonprofit boards to serve as non-voting board members.
Both students and organizations benefit from the Board Fellows program:
- Organizations can deploy a Rice MBA student’s ideas and energy to solve a problem or execute a project with the possibility of cultivating a future board member. MBA candidates learn valuable leadership skills from community leaders and gain experience in the nonprofit sector from “real live” nonprofit management and governance.
- Students and organizations must apply in order to participate in the program. Once they are chosen, the board fellows and organizations are then matched according to the student’s skills and background and the organization’s needs. The student’s personal interest in an area of service provided by the nonprofit is also considered.
Questions? Contact boardfellows@rice.edu
2023-2024 Board Fellows
| Organization | Student |
|---|---|
| Advocates for Immigrant Survivors | Simon Cormack |
| Alley Theatre | Anne Santos |
| Bay Area Homeless Services | Kate Walker |
| Bayou Land Conservancy | Alejandro Arbelaez |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | Colton Larsen* |
| Capital IDEA | Hammdy Beydoun |
| Child Care Council | Emily Brown |
| Children at Risk | Shamina Momin |
| Chinquapin Prep | ND Madeumezia |
| Cullinan Park Conservancy | Tyler Sullivan |
| Cy-Hope | Ronald Thompson |
| Family Point Resources | Sebastian Chavez |
| Family-to-Family Network | Iman Basha |
| Fresh Arts Houston | Matthew Corban |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | Joseline Garrett |
| Girls Inc. | Vicky Roy Steib |
| Have Shears Will Travel | Jordyn-Marie Dudley |
| Houston Angel Network | David Grove |
| Houston Chamber Choir | Himanshu More |
| Houston Health Foundation | Damieanus Ochola |
| Houston reVision | Mercedes Moncada |
| Houston Zoo | Juliana Bernal* |
| Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston | Angelica Amaya Zendejas |
| Junior Achievement | Alan Vu |
| League of Women Voters Houston | Tupper Allen |
| Literacy Now | Anna Schraer |
| Magpies & Peacocks | Whitney Noyes |
| Medical Bridges | Abby Yang |
| Mercer Society | Becky Jackson |
| Musiqa | Carlos Marchese |
| Nature Discovery Center | Tom VandenBrand |
| Open Dance Project | Christina Griffin |
| Red Cross - Houston | Vivin D Souza |
| Search Homeless | Brittany Uresti-Fernandez* |
| SER Jobs | Talor Thompson |
| SIRE | Kelsey Clark |
| Target Hunger | Crystal Ho |
| The HEART Program | Denise Buckley* |
| The Monarch School | Lea McCleave |
| The Nehemiah Center | Jennifer Parker |
| The Rose | Maya Guhan* |
| The Women's Home | Gowri Harish |
| Urban Enrichment Institute | Anthony Hall, Jr. |
| YMCA | Jason Harvey |
*Board Fellows Leadership
Chief Executive Officer: Juliana Bernal, FTMBA
Chief Development Officer: Colton Larsen, PMBA
Chief Operating Officer: Maya Guhan, FTMBA
Chief Marketing Officer: Brittany Uresti-Fernandez, PMBA
Chief Talent Officer: Denise Buckley, EMBA