Rice Business Board Fellows

Matching Rice MBAs with Houston-Area Nonprofits

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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

Board Fellows 2024-2025

Organization	Student
ACE Mentor Program Houston, Inc.	Kit Cicardo
Advocates for Immigrant Survivors	Mauricio Parilli
American Red Cross Houston Chapter	Rachael Dahl Hinojosa
Bayou Land Conservancy	Nana Baker
Capital IDEA Houston	Karla Rubio
Child Advocates, Inc.	Jake Hoffman
Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc.	Nina Briones
Children at Risk	Shaina Perry
Chinquapin Preparatory School	Alexander Fayemi
Cullinan Park Conservancy	Wandy Martinez
Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, Inc. DBA The H.E.A.R.T. Program	Giovanna Hughes
Family to Family Network	Haejin Choi
FamilyPoint Resources	David F Pena
Fresh Arts	Rich Lewis
Friends of Mercer Botanic Gardens \| The Mercer Society	John Hurdt
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (GSSJC)	Renee Rodriguez
Girls Inc. of Greater Houston	Sindhura Cheruku
Higher Up Texas	Jawad Haqqani
Houston Angel Network	Veni Peter
Houston Chamber Choir	Aryaman Argawal
Houston Zoo	Michael Molman
Institute of Hispanic Culture Houston (IHCH)	Paula Gonzalez Gago
League of Women Voters	Marcia Lee
Literacy Now	Abdul Rehman
Medical Bridges	Rudo Ndamba
Momentum Education	Leigh Noblin
Musiqa	Maddie Neu
Nature Discovery Center	Michelle Khan
Nehemiah Center	Moriah Shaw
Houston Health Foundation	Christopher Pham
Open Dance Project	Ariana Azimi Bolourian
SEARCH Homeless Services	Moises Mendoza
SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. (SERJobs)	Colin Dodson
SIRE Therapeutic Horsemanship	Rebecca Bond
STEMÂ·E Youth Career Development Program	Dev Rathore
Target Hunger	Abraar Motiwala
Texas Fire Fighters Home	Isaiah Tsau
The Monarch School and Institute	Tino Haddad
The Rose	Shivanki Juneja
The Women's Home	Caroline Metts
The Women's Resource	Ashley Hines
YMCA of Greater Houston: Weekley Branch	Markas Brunson