Board of Affiliates

  • Assists with curriculum development, recruitment, internships, and placement
  • Insures the value of our graduates through their involvement in the design and implementation of the program
  • Keeps faculty aware of changes in the workplace that influence the needs and potential of our graduates
  • Some board member companies have provided scholarships for PSM students and event sponsorships on an annual basis

Industry Experts Share Their Opinions on the PSM Program at Rice

Name Company Title
Steve Altemus Intuitive Machines President and CEO
Nada Ahmed Agile Leadership Founder/Author
Ehsan Bayat New Dawn Energy Executive Vice President, Business Development
Rosalind Bello MD Anderson Executive Director
Sushma Bhan Ikon Science President (formerly: Shell - Data Scientist)
Shagun Bhat Spirit Environmental Program Director
Ed Biegert Shell Inc retired Geophysicist
Amanda Botti Barrios Technology/NASA Disposal Integration Lead
Rick Bost I2M Associates Environmental Consultant
Jorge Brenner Jupiter Data Factory Principal Engineer
Sammy Brooks Beyond International Chief Operating Officer
Alice Bullington Shell Inc. Senior Risk Management
Jim Burch Southwest Research Institute Vice-President of Space Science and Engineering Division
Franklin Chang-Diaz Ad Astra Rocket CEO
Jason Cheung Merck Distinguished Scientist in the Biologics Analytical Research and Development
Christa Clarke SpeakHaus Coaching Co-Founder and CEO
William Cohn Texas Heart Institute/ Obvius Robotics Director, Heart Surgeon and Inventor
Thomas Coolbaugh BSEE Manager
Marisa Covington KBR Deputy Chief, Space & Missions Solutions
Heather Cowardin NASA Branch Chief for the Hypervelocity Impact and Orbital Debris Office
Qusai Darugar Aramco Manager - Chemical Product Stewardship
Mike Dilling Baylor Licensing Group Director
Amber Domingue Chevron Subsurface Digital Platform Lead and Reservoir Management Digital Advisor
Ross Durland Molecular Templates VP, Research, External Innovation
Troy Eastin Ad Astra Rocket Co.
Ole Engels Gexus Services Independent Consultant
Syed Fahim SLB Global ESG Lead
Leslie Fan DOW Associate R&D Director, Core R&D Analytical Science
Julie Garvin Garvin Resources President
Monty Goforth NASA Assistant Director
Bryan Gottfried Core Geology Principal Consultant
Ed Harris W.G. Keck Observatory Chief Development Officer
Maria Hartley Chevron Energy Technology Company Emergency Management
Michael Hawes Lockheed Martin Space Systems VP and Program Manager
Rachel Hauberston NASA Exploration Exercise System Manager
Loren Hopkins City of Houston Chief Environmental Science Officer/Houston Health Dept.
Jennifer Holley BP Geophysics Discipline Lead
Ron Huijsman HUCO Environmental Consulting President
Deborah January-Bevers Houston Wilderness President and CEO
Sven Krueger Baker Hughes Senior Director of Enterprise R&D
Melinda Lackey Alaunos Therapeutics SVP, Legal
Roderick A. Larson Oceaneering COO
Melissa Lopez Varon MD Anderson Program Director
Eberhard Lucke Lucke Consulting Technology Services, LLC Chief Executive Officer
Connie Luthy Medical Product Innovation Manager
Don Lyons
InterOperant
President
Arturo Machuca Ellington Airport & Houston Spaceport Business Development Manager
Robyn Marchand S&P Global Technical Advisor/Product Manager
Diane Markesich CSSi Life Sciences Director, Translational Research
Jim McDade GSI Environmental Inc. Manager
John McDougal ANew VP of Environmental Products
Kevin McTigue Deloitte Manager
Lauren Merkle KBR/Wyle Program Integration Office Transition to Operations Project Manager
Myriam Mills Chevron Sustainability Director
Julie Mertzman Quinn
Jacobs Engineering
NASA Section Manager, Basic and Applied Research
Kathy Moraes ExxonMobil Senior Geoscientist
Kartik Mutnuri Shell General Manager, Deepwater Growth/Geoscience and Engineering
John Oates Texas Bioscience and Health Institute President &CEO
Don Paul USC Energy Institute Executive Director
Steve Pondell ImmunoMet Therapeutics V.P.
Greg Pomrink NuSmile V.P. Research
Kathrine Price Hoelscher SLB Research Scientist/Team Leader
Carmen Reznik Shell Chemicals, LP Manager, Chemicals Product Stewardship
Jason Saunders Saunders Mckeon Patent Attorney
Larry Strader Deloitte General Manager
Julian Talley Evercore Associate
Alberto Tohme Tohme Consulting President
Jeff Wade BioHouston Chairman
Frederick Warner Memorial Hermann System Chief Government Relations Officer
Barrett Watts Schlumberger Senior Development Chemist
Caroyln White Harris County Public Health Urban Planner