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
2024-2025 Board Fellows
| 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 Moelman |
| 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 |
| STEM·E Youth Career Development Program | Dev Rathore |
| Target Hunger | Abraar Motiwala |
| Texas Fire Fighters Home | Isaiah Tsau |
| The Monarch School and Institute | Ashley Hines |
| The Rose | Shivanki Juneja |
| The Women's Home | Caroline Metts |
| The Women's Resource | Tino Haddad |
| YMCA of Greater Houston: Weekley Branch | Markas Brunson |