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Leadership | Principal Gifts | Schools | Regional | Gift Planning | Rice Annual Giving | Units
Leadership
Stephen Bayer
Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
Jason Chretien
Associate Vice President of Organizational Strategy and Business Operations
713-348-5871
Principal Gifts Team
Schools Team
Mark Putnam
Assistant Dean of External Relations and Alumni Relations – Jones Graduate School of Business
713-348-3724
Regional Team
Yulia Bocharova
Director of Development – Parents and Families
713-348-3842
Kade Smith
Associate Director of Development – Southern California/Cities
713-348-5344
Gift Planning Team
Rice Annual Giving
Rebeca Kalontarov
Associate Director of Annual Giving – Reunions
713-348-4489
Joon Lee
Associate Director of Marketing and Donor Growth, Annual Giving
713-348-4771
Julie Palmer
Director of Philanthropy and Pipeline Discovery, Annual Giving
713-348-5128
Nhung Tran
Director of Stewardship and Donor Experience, Annual Giving
713-348-4639
Margaret Ann Zentner
Assistant Director of Annual Giving – Reunions
713-348-4368
Units Team
Jill Assir
Director of Development – Baker Institute for Public Policy
713-348-2977
Whitney Baskin
Associate Director of Development – Moody Center for the Arts
713-348-3751
