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
2020-2021 Board Fellows
| Organization | Student | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Schweitzer Fellowship | Brian Wedemeyer | EMBA |
| Apollo Chamber Players | Sowmya Yennam | FTMBA |
| Avondale House | Jami Healing | PMBA-E |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | Chip Caraway | PMBA-W |
| CanCare | Jonathan Martinez | FTMBA |
| Capital IDEA Houston | Caroline Yang | PMBA-E |
| Career Gear Houston | Adam German | FTMBA |
| Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc. | Prag Chokkalingam | FTMBA |
| Children At Risk | Daniela George | PMBA-W |
| Doctors for Change | James Jurica | FTMBA |
| Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, Inc. DBA "The H.E.A.R.T. Program" | Rachel Lowell | PMBA-W |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston | Felixnando Rubio | FTMBA |
| Families Empowered | John Breen | FTMBA |
| Family to Family Network | Kelly Qian | PMBA-W |
| Fisher House | Nick Skuteris | PMBA-W |
| Fresh Arts | Ross Muramaru | PMBA-E |
| Galveston Bay Foundation | Rhian Davies | PMBA-W |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | Kristina Mentakis | FTMBA |
| Henry's Home | Katie Chung | FTMBA |
| Houston Chamber Choir | Xiaolu Zhang | FTMBA |
| Houston Community Toolbank | Lauren Hollins | FTMBA |
| Houston Symphony | Henry Li | PMBA-W |
| Houston Zoo | Christy Brown | EMBA |
| Houston: reVision | Kelly DeMoya | FTMBA |
| Junior Achievement | London Hayes | PMBA-W |
| Medical Bridges, Inc. | Zachary White | FTMBA |
| Musiqa | Nalani Ortiz | FTMBA |
| My Connect Community DBA "Connect Community" | Madison Ulm | PMBA-E |
| Nature Discovery Center | Caitlin Duchene | FTMBA |
| Nehemiah Center | Zack Barth | FTMBA |
| NextOp Veterans | Thomas Santos | PMBA-E |
| Nora's Gift Foundation DBA "Nora's Home" | Qiuzi Liang | PMBA-W |
| One Goal Graduation | Danish Ali | PMBA-E |
| Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees (PAIR) | Joann Stephen | FTMBA |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston/Galveston | Adam Housel | PMBA-E |
| SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. | Manali Mehta | PMBA-W |
| SIRE | Amie Uttecht D'Ambrosio | FTMBA |
| Spectrum Fusion | LC Ede | PMBA-E |
| Step Up Houston | Travis Smith | FTMBA |
| Teach For America Houston | Richard Mercer | PMBA-E |
| The Beacon | Bryan Chapman | PMBA-E |
| The Children's Assessment Center | Jessica Koucouthakis | PMBA-E |
| The Institute of Hispanic Culture | Gloria Escobar | FTMBA |
| The Landing | Valerie Valentine | FTMBA |
| The Mercer Society | Andrew Humphreys | PMBA-E |
| The Monarch School and Institute | Andrew Nicholson | PMBA-W |
| The Rose | Zainab Kakli | PMBA-E |
| The Women's Home | Saryu Shah | FTMBA |
| Theatre Under The Stars | Julianne Katz | FTMBA |
| Urban Enrichment Institute aka Fifth Ward Enrichment Program | Thomas Deskin | FTMBA |
| Workshop Houston | Julie Cavanaugh | PMBA-E |
| YMCA of Greater Houston - Weekley Family YMCA Center | Miles Colley | PMBA-E |