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
2021-2022 Board Fellows
| Organization | Student | Program |
|---|---|---|
| A Children's Home for the Soul | Eleni Stamatakis | PMBA-W |
| Bayou Land Conservancy | Rebecca Kuo | PMBA-E |
| Capital IDEA | Sunita Dharani | PMBA-E |
| CareerGear | James E. Williams | FTMBA |
| Center for Houston's Future | Scott Deans | EMBA |
| Children At Risk | Keri Sprung | EMBA |
| Comp-U-Dopt | Belinda Moreira | FTMBA |
| Cullinan Park Conservancy | Lauren Glinke | PMBA-W |
| Cy-Hope | Grant Leathers | PMBA-E |
| Dream Catcher Stables | Ashleigh Macaluso | FTMBA |
| Family Point Resources | Tian Tian | PMBA-W |
| Fresh Arts | Carla Venesio | PMBA-E |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | Brianna Singh | PMBA-W |
| Girls Inc. | Shelby Hillman | PMBA-E |
| Houston Angel Network | Sophie Randolph | FTMBA |
| Houston Community ToolBank | Margaret K. Schlesinger | PMBA-W |
| Houston Health Foundation | Lauren Nakazawa | PMBA-E |
| Houston reVision | Takeya Green | FTMBA |
| Houston Zoo | Leslie Lugrin | FTMBA |
| Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston | Mariela Camarillo | PMBA-E |
| Junior Achievement | Victoria Garcia | PMBA-E |
| Literacy Now | Jessica Faith Carter | PMBA-E |
| M.E.N. Incorporated | David Dix | PMBA-E |
| Medical Bridges | Stephanie Pons | PMBA-W |
| Mercer Society | Laura Hicks | PMBA-E |
| Mission Squash | Anthony Price | PMBA-E |
| Musiqa | Bradley Curtin | FTMBA |
| NAMI GH | Lizzie Jones | FTMBA |
| Nature Discovery Center | Gaurav Nayak | PMBA-W |
| Nehemiah Center | Eliza Ann Bornman | PMBA-E |
| PAIR Houston | Tohfe Beidas | PMBA-E |
| Search Homeless | Brandon Johnson | PMBA-E |
| SER Jobs | DeRae Crane | PMBA-E |
| SIRE | Victoria Hills | FTMBA |
| Target Hunger | Christina Tamayo | FTMBA |
| The Beacon | Krystal Mariko Tanaka | PMBA-W |
| The Monarch School | Megan Rosenbaum | EMBA |
| The Women's Home | Elaine Dong | FTMBA |
| Urban Enrichment Institute | Jordan Aré | FTMBA |
| Workshop Houston | Kandace Waddy | FTMBA |
| YMCA | Doug Woodcock | PMBA-E |