CLASS NOTES 11 New Board Members David Case MBA ‘05 JP Morgan Securities, Inc.
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Mark Courtney, MBA ‘94 Director CIMA Energy, LTD
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Ted Dimitry, MBA ‘02 Director GEM Insurance Agencies, L.P. Carolyn Galfione, MBA ‘ 97 Financial Advisor & CFO Linscomb and Wlliams Priscilla Plumb, EMBA ‘01 Director Hewlett-Packard Company
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Board Officers for the 20072008 term
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9 Kirby A. Brendsel (‘03) was admitted early this year into Deloitte’s elite Management Development Program working with the Corporate Energy & Resources Group on a two year rotation in Deloitte’s McLean Virginia office. He is the first representative from Consulting to be awarded the honor of this opportunity.
Gerhard Golden (’05) has accepted a promotion to join the marketing team for Johnson & Johnson at the European HQ in Belgium on a three-year contract. Gerhard will continue to work with Cordis Endovascular (Johnson & Johnson) and will be responsible for a product portfolio in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Tracie Hall (’03) moved to Dallas-Ft. Worth as director of HR Client Consulting at Capital One Financial Services. She would like to hear from other fellow alums in the DFW area at tracie.hall@alumni.rice.edu.
12 Dan Purvis (’05) recently sold the company he started after graduation, vibDaq, LLC, which was created to serve the predictive maintenance industry. On a personal note, his wife Julie and he adopted their first son, Bennett Joseph, last fall.
10 Jesse Santos (’03) moved into a manufacturing plant leadership role after completing an Operations leadership rotation program at Honeywell International. Also, he and his wife Susan and daughter Graciela Julia, their first daughter, would like to announce a new addition to the family, a baby girl, Arabella Elise Santos born on Aug. 1, 2006. Kathy Felker (’04) was promoted to managing consultant at IBM Business Consulting Services in the Customer Focused Strategy practice. 11 Daniel Fu (‘04), Irene Chang (‘07) and their son Matthew welcome Allison Irene Fu, born on July 3, 2007, to the family. Kyle Johnston (‘04) finished her second year at Tulane Law School and was elected to the Tulane Law Review and the Moot Court Board. She was working as a Summer Associate in Mountain View, California at Fenwick & West LLP.
13 Michael Reid, (‘05), shares a photo of his daughter Alexa Rose Reid, born Sept. 22, 2005. 14 Harold Bernard (‘06) and his wife introduce son Ignacio Andreas Wijatno born on June 26, 2007. 15 Brian “Joshua” Haynes (’06) and Donna Michelle Dupree Haynes were married May 26, 2007 in the groom’s hometown outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Donna, a native Houstonian and UT grad, works for Introgen Therapeutics in Houston, and Joshua works for Powell Electrical Group in Houston. Lavon Washington (’06) is a senior strategy consultant for IBM in the Strategy and Change Practice - Public Sector. She consults primarily for the education industry and is currently assigned in Puerto Rico with the Puerto Rico Department of Education.
President Mike Andries, EMBA ‘02 Principal Consultant mABC LLC Management Consultants President Elect Erich Bell, MBA ‘03 Manager, Financial Reporting BMC Technologies Past President David VanHorn, MBA ‘00 Director Archstone Consulting
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Board Members continuing from last year Ray Bowen, MBA ‘84 Consultant Silver Point Finance Joe Branch, MBA ‘04 Nike, Inc. Chris Burkard, MBA ‘93 President & CEO Krescent Energy Co. Kelly Enos, MBA ‘84 VP Business Development Ypone, Inc. Landy Haile, MBA ‘03 Triad Real Estate Consulting Group, LLC Lisa Kudchadker, MBA ‘02 Materials Manager BP Robert Lesnick, EMBA ‘00 Manager ConocoPhillips Crystal Maxwell, MBA ‘03 Vice President - Investments UBS Nkem Ogbechie, MBA ‘03 Investment Advisor Goldman, Sachs & Co. Bob Parkey, MBA ‘88 President & CEO ICO, Inc.
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Dear Fellow Alums, It is my honor to serve you as your next president of the Jones Graduate School Alumni Association (JSSAA). As I enter this role, I can tell you first hand about the array of opportunities we offer you to enhance your relationship with the school. An important purpose of the JSSAA is to grow a strong alumni network from the current student base through programs that encourage interaction with alumni and students. To accomplish this, we sponsor events and programs that connect alumni with the Jones School community. JSSAA also develops Rice MBA alumni groups outside Houston so that we can keep in touch with each other, network, participate in and support the school through our involvement. We continue to build upon past successes of the association and look ahead to new objectives this school year: Strengthen JSSAA — Expand the JGS alumni network within and across classes; strengthen member relationships by recognizing and promoting JGS alumni honors and accomplishments; and offer greater opportunities for alumni living outside of Houston to become involved Expand Professional Growth Opportunities — Increase and create more continuing education and career development opportunities for alumni Recruit New Members — Continue to foster member goodwill through student-alumni activities and relationships, particularly working to integrate graduates of the MBA for Executives and the MBA for Professionals programs into the alumni association Strengthen the Rice MBA Brand — Actively support the Dean’s strategic plan and mission of building excellence into the school’s programs Connect with Business Leaders — Strengthen the Jones School’s and Rice University’s relationship with the business community We need your help to accomplish these goals. Your time, expertise, and energy will benefit the Jones School, Rice University, and the community as a whole.
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Please contact me or any Board member to discuss these projects or other ideas you might have for improving the association. I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Brian Spector, Al Danto, Maury Bronstein, Heath Rothman, and Tammy Smithers for their service and contribution to the Jones School and the Alumni Association. Through their effort and leadership, the Board and Association successfully refocused their activities to reflect member interest and suggestions. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve JGSAA. Mike Andries, ‘02 Principal Consultant mABC Management Consultants Jones Journal / Fall 2007