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
2022-2023 Board Fellows
| Organization | Student | Program |
|---|---|---|
| AIDS Foundation Houston | Abhi Bansal | FTMBA |
| Bayou Land Conservancy | Natalie Burges | PMBA-E |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Tameka Brown | PMBA-E |
| Buffalo Soldier Musuem | Alecia Harris | PMBA-E |
| Capital IDEA | John Michael Dampf | PMBA-E |
| CareerGear | Allan Arroyo Amaro | FTMBA |
| Center for Houston's Future | Ahmed Elgohary | EMBA |
| Child Care Council | Neal Edward Wakefield | FTMBA |
| Children At Risk | Bradley Simmons | EMBA |
| Cullinan Park Conservancy | Stuart Bell | PMBA-W |
| Cy-Hope | Andrew Corman | PMBA-E |
| Family Point Resources | Will Alston | PMBA-W |
| Family to Family Network | Fuad Alexander | PMBA-E |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | Alissa Nguyen | PMBA-W |
| Girls Inc. | Taylor Anne Adams | PMBA-E |
| Houston Angel Network | Karen Gentry | FTMBA |
| Houston Chamber Choir | Calvin Dotsey | FTMBA |
| Houston Community ToolBank | Yu-Cheng Hsu | PMBA-W |
| Houston Health Foundation | Caroline Reasoner | PMBA-E |
| Houston reVision | Monica Hicks | FTMBA |
| Houston Zoo | Mason Galanski | FTMBA |
| Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston | Juan Carlos Moya | PMBA-E |
| Junior Achievement | Emmanuel Jimenez | PMBA-E |
| Literacy Now | Jonathan Garcia | PMBA-E |
| M.E.N. Incorporated | Adrian Dever | PMBA-E |
| Medical Bridges | Brett Kovach | PMBA-W |
| Methodist Retirement Communities | Thi Nam Phuong Nguyen | FTMBA |
| Musiqa | Taylar Lewis | FTMBA |
| Nature Discovery Center | Wesley Page | PMBA-W |
| Nehemiah Center | Francisco Arana | PMBA-E |
| Open Dance Project | Marcus Wade | PMBA-E |
| PAIR Houston | Neashia Rayani | PMBA-E |
| Plan It Forward | Teddy Tilahun | PMBA-W |
| Search Homeless | Evan Welborn | PMBA-E |
| SER Jobs | Aleena Tholanikunnal | PMBA-E |
| SIRE | Travis Peterson | FTMBA |
| Target Hunger | David Hoster | FTMBA |
| The Beacon | Dan Moore | PMBA-W |
| The HEART Program | Daniel Boben | PMBA-W |
| The Mercer Society | Grant Blazina | FTMBA |
| The Monarch School | CJ Holderread | EMBA |
| The Rose | Cassandra Opadukon | FTMBA |
| The Women's Home | Arwa Hasanali | FTMBA |
| Urban Enrichment Institute | Chikere Ogbonnaya | FTMBA |
| YMCA | Adam Schiedler | PMBA-E |