Wall of Honor
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Honoring Donors at Six Levels of Giving
Named in honor of Jesse H. Jones, a Houston business and civic leader, the Jones Graduate School of Business received its initial funding in 1974 through a major gift from Houston Endowment Inc., a philanthropic foundation established by Jones and his wife, Mary Gibbs Jones. This gift inspired others who believed that Houston needed a great business school. Through this belief, within McNair Hall exists a culture of philanthropy established through the generosity of alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and other Houston business leaders.
In 2017, the Rice Business Leadership Society was established to recognize those who believe in the strength, progress, and success of the Jones School. Through committing a gift to the Rice Business Fund, or to a specific priority within the business school, the Rice Business Leadership Society honors donors at six giving levels, with each level corresponding to increased opportunities for greater participation and engagement with Rice Business and its leadership.
All gifts are greatly appreciated and, collectively, make an enormous impact on the Rice Business community.
We greatly appreciate the support of the following people and organizations for their generosity in Fiscal Year 2023.
Lifetime Member
Judy Ley Allen
David Anderson
Keith Anderson MBA '83 and Peggy Anderson
Linda Anderson
Laura and John Arnold
James and Subha Barry
Leslie Blanton MAcc '81 and Jack Blanton MBA '01
John and Carolyn Bookout
Dorothy Brockman
Clint Carlson MBA '82 and Nancy Carlson
Janet and John Carrig
Maxann and Jay Collins
Patricia Cox
Molly and Jim Crownover
T. Kevin DeNicola MBA ’87
John Dennis MBA '93 and Tracy Dennis MBA '00
John Elsenhans MBA '84 and Lynn Elsenhans
Patti and Richard Everett
William and Sarah Farish
John Fitch MBA '89 and Jane Fitch
John Fogarty MAcc '78
Doug Foshee MBA '92 and Sarah Foshee
Dan Friedkin MBA '92 and Debra Friedkin
Barbara and David Gibbs
Terry Giles and Kalli O'Malley
Missy and Tim Griffy MAcc '80
Maureen and Jim Hackett
David Harvey MAcc '79
Barbara Hines
Starlett and Ben Hollingsworth
Cathy Isgren
Katherine Isgren
Chris, Karen, and Georgia Kreidler
Cindy and Frank Liu
Barbara Mackey
Kathryn and George Martinez
Florence and Mike McCants
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Robert Moody
Ross Moody
Peter Moore
Dacia and Lanham Napier
Becky O'Connor
Ward Polzin MBA '86 and Karen Polzin
Suzanne and Bob Potter
Rob Royall MBA '84
Susan Sarofim
Peter Schwab MAcc '80 and Jeanette Thornton-Schwab
Stephanie and Bill Sick
Ginny and L.E. Simmons
Herbert Simons
Amy L. Sutton MBA '90 and Gary W. Chiles
SRS Distribution Corporation
Stephen and Leticia Trauber
Henry Tsang MBA '80 and Shirley Tsang
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
James S. Turley MAcc '78
Suzanne and Glenn Youngkin
Visionary ($25,000 - $49,999)
Jonathan and Karen Finger
Carolyn Galfione MBA '97 and Ron Galfione
Gregg Hammer
Kent Liu '96 and Helena Yang
Gregory Novak and Tracy Druce
Robert Richey
Randa Duncan Williams and Charles Williams
Strategist ($10,000 - $24,999)
The Appling Family
Steve Barrett MBA '87 and Sheryl Barrett
Thomas and Chelsea Benford
Craig Ceccanti MBA '08 and Alexis Ceccanti
Sandie Conner
Kimberly Cotner and Scott David
Edmund Donaldson MBA '91 and Jessica Donaldson
Sean Ebert
The Family of Raymond Fallen
Annabel Florescu MBA '20
Charles and Joan Friezo
Robert and Shannon Gaudette
Charlie Geer MAcc '93 and Jennifer Geer
Jack and Linda Gill
Michael and Rhonda Graff
Charles and Barbara Hurwitz
Emily Keeton
David Klein MAcc '76 and Mary Klein
Larry Lawson
Ransom Lummis MBA '89 and Isabel Lummis
Kris and Richard McGee
Cal and Hannah McNair
Charlie Meyer
Mark Miller
Mitra Miller and Andy Roehr
Scott and Judy Nyquist
Chris Patton MAcc '92 and Debra Patton
Adam and Waverly Peakes
Beverly and Jim Postl
Emily Rabbitt MAcc '95 and Kevin Rabbitt
Lutfi Saqer
Deempal and Anup Sharma
Marc and Brenda Watts
Michael Weekley
Kelley and Donald Young
Advisor ($5,000-$9,999)
Kemal Anbarci
Taneshia Barton MBA '10 and and Ernest Barton
The Bhojwani Family
Janet Clark
Ashley Conner MBA '15
Barjor Dastur
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dupre
Daniel Fu MBA '04 and Irene Chang MBA '07
Sarah Gelb MBA '17
Kathy and Marty Goossen
Chenle Hao
Paul and Janet Hobby
Jody James
Michael Kane MBA '84 and Cindy Kane
Allan Klein
Sonja Klein
Carol Lapsley
Melinda Litherland MAcc '81
Mark McKinley
Henry Means
Trevor Mihalik
Joan Neuhaus MBA '87
Lacey Neuhaus Dorn
Christopher Noon
Edward Patton
Kevin Pei
Amol and Prachi Rajmane
Kathleen and Peter Rodriguez
Stephen Sibley
Jeffery Smisek and Diana Strassmann
Mark and Miyuki Tawney
Jonathan Tilghman MBA '06 and Noemie Tilghman MBA '04
Stephanie and Frank Tsuru
Amanda Verstegen MBA '15 and Richard Falconer
Benefactor ($2,500 - $4,999)
Kathy and Osmar Abib
Anne-Marie Ainsworth MBA '00 and Christopher Spiller
Bradley Alford and Donna Baker
Donald Anderson
Anne and Currie Bechtol
Fatimah Bello
Beverly Bian MBA '04 and Marc Chiang
Carole and Bruce Bilger
John Byers
William Coyle
Jose Delgado MBA '19
Michael Elliott MBA '16
Kola Fagbayi
Scott Gale
Jeremy Garner MBA '03
Karen George MAcc '78 and Larry George
Fabian Gomez
Kimberly and George Gonzalez
Kian Granmayeh
Andy Gruber MAcc '89
Loyd Hayton MBA '90
Hayden and Jonquil Hill
David Holmes
Tamara and James Hughes
Tommy Huie and Janet Wong-Hui
Marla Jasko
Wesley Kern MBA '85 and Jennifer Kern
Curt Lam MBA '94 and Karen Ng
Geoffrey Leach
Steven LeFors
H. Joe Nelson, III
Eric and Shelby Nielsen
Ariel Nixon
Andrew Novotny MBA '06
Yan Pan
Evy Pappas
Kris Ramesh Ph.D. and Ms. Maria Kang
Chethan Rao
Barrett Reasoner
Angie and Michael Schmidt
Lori and Patrick Scott
Richard Shull MBA '93 and Kim Shull
Jeremy and Natalie Smith
Nickolas Spiliotis
Justin Stenberg
Doreen Stoller MBA '91 and Daniel Piette
Nazareth Tekeste '07 and Phillip Strong
Olawale Temowo
Memo and Tammy Trevino
Geraldina and Scott Wise
Heather Olin Wright and Norman Wright
Carol Sugimoto MBA '88 and Jim Zimmerman
Ambassador ($1,000 - $2,499)
for class and corporate ambassadors, and alumni who have graduated within the last five years
Casey Briseno MBA '20
Michael Brock '17
Keith Cockerham MBA '20
Ragan Crowell
William Eldridge '17
Jacqueline Guevel and Kevin Harrison
Katherine Hallaway
Aamir Hasanali MBA '20 and Arwa Hasanali MBA '23
Meg Hayward MBA '17
Gretchen Hopper
Brian Jackson
Dr. Sreedhar A. Mandayam M.D. '18
Sharon McNerney
Robert Mooney
Oscar Moran
Thomas Riner
Tim Schmitt
Keri Sprung
Your Support Makes a Difference
Giving to Rice Business has a ripple effect that extends far beyond McNair Hall. Your gift directly helps the school develop leaders, generate knowledge, and grow the value of your Rice Business degree.