board of directors

  • Rick Kellogg

    President

    Chairman Emeritus, Jefferson Scholars Foundation

  • Warren A. Ellsworth, IV, MD

    Vice President

    Houston Methodist

  • Alli Bittner

    Treasurer

    Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

  • Jack Byrom

    Secretary

    Attorney, Allensworth

  • Vidisha Prasad

    Development Committee Chair

    Managing Partner, Adya Partners

  • Joshua Wilson

    Musicians’ Representative

    Choral Director at St. Thomas High School
    Choral Director at Incarnate Word Academy
    Houston Chamber Choir Bass

  • Angela Bongat

    Senior Attorney, Quanex

  • Jacob Malinoff

    Energy Industry Executive

  • Johanna Wolfe

    Executive Director, St Paul’s Methodist Foundation of Houston

  • Himanshu More

    2023-2024 Rice Board Fellow

  • Sid Davis

    Director of Music and Fine Arts, St. Lukes United Methodist Church

  • ADVISORY BOARD

    H. Joe Nelson, III
    Laura Puzio
    Michael C. Puzio
    William L. Taylor
    Harry C. Webb, Jr.

  • NATIONAL ARTISTIC COUNCIL

    Anton Armstrong
    Conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, St. Olaf College

    Carl Cunningham
    Musicologist

    Joy Horak-Brown
    President and CEO, New Hope Housing Houston

    Gary Smith
    Associate Dean, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

  • EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS

    Sally Schott
    Eddie Quaid