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

Industry Experts Share Their Opinions on the PSM Program at Rice

Name Company Title

Steve Altemus

Nada Ahmed

Intuitive Machines

Agile Leadership

President and CEO

Founder/Author

Martha Barnes Santa Clara Minerals President
Ehsan Bayat New Dawn Energy Executive Vice President, Business Development
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
Jorge Brenner Jupiter Data Factory Principal Engineer
Christa Clarke SpeakHaus Coaching Co-Founder and CEO
Mike Coburn Research!America President
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

Sushma Bhan

NASA

Ikon Science

Branch Chief for the Hypervelocity Impact and Orbital Debris Office

Chief Data Officer

Rick Bost I2M Associates Environmental Consultant
Alice Bullington Shell Inc. Senior Risk Management

Jim Burch

Adam Bucki

Southwest Research Institute

ExxonMobil

Vice-President of Space Science and Engineering Divison

Recruitment Lead

Qusai Darugar Aramco

Manager - Chemical Product Stewardship

Ross Durland Molecular Templates VP, Research, External Innovation

Mike Dilling

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Baylor Licensing Group

Ad Astra Rocket

Director

CEO

Amber Domingue

Ross Durland

Chevron

Molecular Templates

Subsurface Digital Platform Lead and Reservoir Management Digitial Advisor

V.P. Research, External Innovation

Syed Fahim SLB Global ESG Lead
Leslie Fan DOW Associate R&D Director, Core R&D Analytical Science
Kevin Foley Boeing Director, Commercial Space Programs, Boeing Space & Launch
Lewis Foxhall MD Anderson VP for Health Policy

Julie Garvin

Monty Goforth

Roxanna Oil

NASA

President

Assistant Director

Bryan Gottfried Core Geology Principal Consultant
Kurt Gunter Kuur Therapeutics, retired Chief Medical Officer, Cell Therapy, Head of Regulatory Affairs
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

Loren Hopkins

Jennifer Holley

Kathy Moraes

City of Houston

BP

ExxonMobil

Chief Environmental Science Officer/Houston Health Dept.

Geophysics Discipline Lead

Sn. Geoscientist

Ron Huijsman HUCO Environmental Consulting President
Deborah January-Bevers Houston Wilderness President and CEO
Victoria Ford Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute President and CEO
Sven Krueger Baker Hughes, a GE company Senior Director of Enterprise R&D
Robyn Marchand S&P Global Technical Advisor/Product Manager

Kartik Mutnuri

Melinda Lackey

Shell

Alaunos Therapeutics

General Manager, Deepwater Growth/Geoscience and Engineering

SVP, Legal

Roderick A. Larson Oceaneering COO

Mitchel Le-Vot

Melissa Lopez Varon

Total

MD Anderson

Director Geosciences America

Program Director

Eberhard Lucke Lucke Consulting Technology Services, LLC Chief Executive Officer

Kamlesh Lulla

Connie Luthy

NASA

Medical Product Innovation

Director for University Collaboration and Partnership

Manager

Don Lyons InterOperant President

Arturo Machuca

Diane Markesich

Ellington Airport & Houston Spaceport

CSSi Life Sciences

Business Development Manager

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
Julie Mertzman Quinn Jacobs Engineering NASA Section Manager, Basic and Applied Research
Myriam Mills Hess Corp EHS Manager

Don Paul

Steve Pondell

USC Energy Institute

ImmunoMet Therapeutics

Executive Director

V.P.

Laurence Price Lockheed Martin Deputy Program Manager
Kathrine Price Hoelscher SLB Research Scientist/Team Leader
Carmen Reznik Shell Chemicals, LP Manager, Chemicals Product Stewardship
Patrick Rodi Rice University Rice Faculty & Lockheed Martin Retiree
Jason Saunders Saunders Mckeon Patent Attorney
John Scott NASA Chief, Energy Conversion Branch
Larry Strader Deloitte General Manager
Julian Talley Evercore Associate
Ann Tanabe BioHouston President & CEO

Alberto Tohme

Frederick Warner

Tohme Consulting

MemorialHermann System

President

Chief Government Relations Officer

Barrett Watts Schlumberger Senior Development Chemist
Caroyln White Harris County Public Health Urban Planner