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 | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston | Madison Hess | PMBA-W |
| Capital IDEA | Nate Weiss | PMBA-W |
| Catastrophic Theatre | Soham Malik | FTMBA |
| Child Care Council | Alexandra Post | FTMBA |
| Children at Risk | Aishwarya Bannore* | FTMBA |
| Chinquapin Prep | Peter Pham | PMBA-E |
| Cullinan Park Conservancy | Kaitlin Sivell | PMBA-W |
| Cy-Hope | Crystal Usoro | PMBA-E |
| EMERGE Fellowship | Alok Priyadarshi | FTMBA |
| Family Point Resources | Vanessa Alejandro | FTMBA |
| Family-to-Family Network | Laetitia Beygue* | FTMBA |
| Fresh Arts Houston | Jocelyn Gutierrez | FTMBA |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | Adrienne Miller | FTMBA |
| Girls Inc. | Ann Louise Broostin | PMBA-W |
| Have Shears Will Travel | Kayode Ayinla | FTMBA |
| Houston Angel Network | Sonam Aidasani | FTMBA |
| Houston Chamber Choir | Sunil Meti | FTMBA |
| Houston Community ToolBank | Jordan Boni | PMBA-E |
| Houston Health Foundation | Lina Osorio | PMBA-W |
| Houston reVision | Bukky Aloba | FTMBA |
| Houston Zoo | Kevin Chiu | FTMBA |
| Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston | Harold Olaya | PMBA-W |
| Junior Achievement | Jerrica Givens | PMBA-W |
| Keep Houston Beautiful | Dana Vazquez | FTMBA |
| Literacy Now | Karla Arriaga* | PMBA-W |
| Main Street Ministries | Mark Buscovich | PMBA-W |
| Medical Bridges | Rishabh Lohray | FTMBA |
| Mercer Society | Michael Zimmerman | PMBA-W |
| Methodist Retirement Communities Board | Tareck Haykal | FTMBA |
| Musiqa | Ashleigh Rogers | FTMBA |
| Nature Discovery Center | David Murphy | PMBA-W |
| Plant it Forward | Amy Tanguay | FTMBA |
| Red Cross - Houston | Kirby Ross | PMBA-E |
| Search Homeless | Jahnavi Gudi | FTMBA |
| SER Jobs | Sonia Miyazono | FTMBA |
| SIRE | Swetambari Arabolu | FTMBA |
| Target Hunger | Michael Bucek | PMBA-E |
| Texas Nurses Association’s District 9 Board | Jessica Hanson | PMBA-W |
| The HEART Program | Sean Anderson | FTMBA |
| The Monatch School | Claudia Ruiz | PMBA-E |
| The Nehemiah Center | Haleigh Howe | PMBA-W |
| The Rose | Isha Vaishampayan | FTMBA |
| The Women's Home | Casey Turner* | FTMBA |
| Urban Enrichment Institute | Pharohl Charles | PMBA-E |
| YMCA | Matt Williams | EMBA |
*Board Fellows Leadership
Chief Executive Officer: Karla Arriaga, PMBA-W
Chief Development Officer: Casey Turner, FTMBA
Chief Operating Officer: Laetitia Beyegue Mafoma, FTMBA
Chief Marketing Officer: Aishwarya Bannore, FTMBA