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Leadership | Principal Gifts | Schools | Regional | Gift Planning | Rice Annual Giving | Units

Leadership

Stephen Bayer

Stephen Bayer
Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations

Stephen.bayer@rice.edu

Ronica Smucker

Ronica Smucker
Associate Vice President for Development

713-348-4613

Ronica.s.smucker@rice.edu

Ginny Jones

Ginny Jones
Executive Director of Development – Regions

713-348-2096

gbjones@rice.edu

Sara L. Rice

Sara L. Rice
Executive Director of Development – Schools

713-348-3189

Judi Tichenor

Judi Tichenor, J.D.
Executive Director of Gift Planning

713-348-4807

jtichenor@rice.edu

Principal Gifts Team

Cecelia Price

Cecelia Price
Senior Philanthropic Advisor

713-348-4654

cprice@rice.edu

Phillip Rich

Phillip Rich
Senior Director of Development, Principal Gifts

713-348-4644

Schools Team

Cynthia Riley

Cynthia Riley
Senior Director of Development – Engineering

713-348-7347

Cynthia.c.riley@rice.edu

Katie Donovan

Katie Donovan
Director of Development – Engineering

713-348-4612

katiedonovan@rice.edu

Sylvia LeBlanc

Sylvia LeBlanc
Director of Development – Social Sciences

713-348-4482

sylvia.d.leblanc@rice.edu

Jackie Macha

Jackie Macha
Director of Development – Natural Sciences

713-348-4268

Jackie.macha@rice.edu

Mark Putnam

Mark Putnam
Assistant Dean of External Relations and Alumni Relations – Jones Graduate School of Business

713-348-3724

mark.putnam@rice.edu

Meet the Jones School Development Team

Emily Stein

Emily Stein
Senior Director of Development – Humanities

713-348-3424

emily.m.stein@rice.edu

Kate Coley

Kate Coley
Associate Director of Development – Humanities

713-348-3424

Kate.coley@rice.edu

Kathryn Straw

Kathryn Straw
Director of Development – Shepherd School of Music

Kathryn.straw@rice.edu

Amanda Sullivan

Amanda Sullivan
Director of Development – Architecture

713-348-5287

Amanda.m.sullivan@rice.edu

Courtney Tardy

Courtney Tardy
Director of Development – Continuing Studies

713-348-4881

ctardy@rice.edu

Regional Team

Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy
Senior Director of Development – Tech Corridor

713-348-2418

Diane O’Brien

Diane O’Brien
Director of Development – Parents and Families

713-348-3287

dobrien@rice.edu

Kade Smith

Kade Smith
Associate Director of Development – Southern California/Cities

713-348-5344

kade.i.smith@rice.edu

Angelica Zimmerman

Angelica Zimmerman
Director of Development – Central Texas

713-348-3527

angelica.zimmerman@rice.edu

Gift Planning Team

Stephanie Ball

Stephanie Ball
Director of Development – Gift Planning

713-348-6126

Stephanie Dugan, CAP

Stephanie Dugan, CAP
Director of Estate and Trust Administration

713-348-6206

sdugan@rice.edu

Rice Annual Giving

Heather Kopec

Heather Kopec
Executive Director of Annual Giving

713-348-4617

heather.kopec@rice.edu

Makayla Fontaine

Makayla Fontaine
Associate Director of Annual Giving – Reunions

713-348-4270

Rebeca Kalontarov

Rebeca Kalontarov
Associate Director of Annual Giving – Reunions

713-348-4489

rebeca.b.kalontarov@rice.edu

Caroline Marshall

Caroline Marshall
Assistant Director of Annual Giving – Reunions

713-348-4771

caroline.marshall@rice.edu

Shawn Reagan

Shawn Reagan
Assistant Director of Leadership Annual Giving

713-348-3077

Helen L.-Toombs ’79

Helen L.-Toombs ’79
Associate Director of Annual Giving – Reunions

713-348-4626

htoombs@rice.edu

Christina Woods

Christina Woods
Director of Annual Giving – Reunions

713-348-3289

Margaret Ann Zentner

Margaret Ann Zentner
Assistant Director of Annual Giving – Reunions

713-348-4368

margaret.ann.zentner@rice.edu

Units Team

Whitney Baskin

Whitney Baskin
Associate Director of Development – Moody Center for the Arts

713-348-3751

wbaskin@rice.edu

Kate Brennan

Kate Brennan
Director of Strategy and Development, OpenStax

713-348-4484

kbrennan@rice.edu

Emily Bull

Emily Bull
Director of Development – Rice360

713-348-3724

Emily.t.bull@rice.edu

John Carr

John Carr
Director of Development – Kinder Institute for Urban Research

john.c.carr@rice.edu

Giving to Rice

Development & Alumni Relations
P.O. BOX 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892

Phone: 713-348-4991
Email: giving@rice.edu

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