Our Team

Our Investments and Endowment Operations teams bring decades of investment management expertise across diversified industries and financial specialties. Through disciplined research and due diligence, we assess and pursue investment strategies that are aligned with the long-term risk/reward profile of the endowment.

John D Lawrence
John D. Lawrence

Chief Investment Officer and President of Rice Management Company


Cindy Melton
Cindy Melton

Chief Operating Officer


Craig Beach
Craig Beach

Managing Director, Private Investments

Joe Davidson
Joe Davidson

General Counsel for Rice Management Company


Beth Robison
Beth Robison

Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Muheez
Muheez Afolabi

Senior Endowment Counsel


Nick Ambrose
Nick Ambrose

Investment Associate


Ceci Arreola
Ceci Arreola

Associate Investment Director

Kirsten Roberts
Kirsten Bujosa

Associate Investment Director


Scott Butterfield
Scott Butterfield

Director of Real Estate Investments


Amra Catovic
Amra Catovic

Executive Administrator

Emily Chong
Emily Chong

Associate Manager


Michael Diemer
Michael Diemer

Senior Investment Associate


Lisa Feng
Lisa Feng

Investment Associate

Lila Griggs
Lila Griggs

Investment Analyst


Agneta Hendershot
Agneta Hendershot

Senior Endowment Counsel


Mina Kasrai
Mina J. Kasrai

Associate Director, Performance Analytics & Reporting

Terri Madore
Terri Madore

Executive Assistant


Garrett Rasmus
Garrett Rasmus

Investment Associate


Grant Rogers
Grant Rogers

Associate Investment Manager

Chris Schelling
Christopher Schelling

Endowment Associate


Neil Shah
Neil Shah

Endowment Associate


Sarah Toups
Sarah Toups

Division Manager

Faridah Usman
Faridah Usman

Associate Investment Director


Laurence Unger
Laurence Unger

Associate Investment Director


Claire Vaughn
Claire Vaughn

Legal Administrator

Joshua Villegas
Joshua Villegas

Portfolio Risk Manager


Lane Ware
Lane Ware

Associate Investment Director


Kristen Wilbanks
Kristen Wilbanks

Division Administrator

Kristen Woods
Kristen Woods

Endowment Associate


Taylor Zurcher
Taylor Zurcher

Associate Investment Director


Allison Thacker
Allison K. Thacker

Special Advisor to Rice University

Ron Long
Ronald E. Long

Endowment Advisor


Alan Arnold
In Memory of Alan Arnold

Managing Director, Real Estate