![IMAD AHMED](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Imad_Ahmed_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
LEADERSHIP AND FACULTY
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![IMAD AHMED](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Imad_Ahmed_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![RAYNA ANDERSON-CRIER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/05/rayna-anderson-crier_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Director, Career Education and Advising
![CAROLYN BAO](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Carolyn_Bao_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![JEANCARLO (JC) BONILLA](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_JeanCarlo_Bonilla_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Marketing
![PATRA BRANNON-ISAAC](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/patra-brannon-isaac_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Communication
![JOHN BUFFINGTON](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/john-buffington_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![CHRISTOPHER BURKE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Burke_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Operations Management
![RONNI BURNS](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Ronni_Burns_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Strategic Business Communication
![LEE ANN E. BUTLER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/03/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-55359_Lee-Ann-Butler_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Academic Director of MBA@Rice
![CRAIG CARROLL](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Craig_Carroll_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategic Management
![DUYSAL ASKUN CELIK, PHD.](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Duysal_Askun_Celik_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Organization Behavior
![KATHLEEN CLARK](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/05/kathleen-clark_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Marketing
![ALAN CRANE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Crane_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Finance
![AL DANTO](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Danto_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Senior Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![MICHAEL DEY](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Michael-Dey_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![UTPAL DHOLAKIA](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Dholakia_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
George R. Brown Professor of Marketing
![EZRA ENGLEBARDT](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/ezra-englebardt_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Marketing
![MICHAEL FEHRMAN](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_michael-fehrman_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Accounting
![DAVID FOSTER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/10/David-Foster_Headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategic Management
![KATHERINE GRONBERG](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Katherine-Gronberg_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategic Management
![GUSTAVO GRULLON](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Grullon_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Jesse H. Jones Professor of Finance
![RONALD “RON” GUYMON](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_RonaldGuymon_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Accounting
![DAVID HAAS](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/david-haas_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![RONNIE HAGERTY](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/ronnie-hagerty_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Professor in Management – Operations Management
![JONATHAN HALL](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/jonathan-hall_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Marketing
![TOWHIDUL HOQUE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Towhidul-Hoque_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategic Management
![KENDRA JALBERT](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Kendra-Jalbert_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![ANNA JENSEN](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Anna_Jensen_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Managerial Accounting
![PRASHANT KALE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Prashant_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
![GARETH KEEVES](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Gareth_Keeves_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategy
![MARK KEIGHTLEY](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Mark_Keightley_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Economic Environment of Business
![BALAJI KOKA](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_BalajiKoka_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
![BEN LANSFORD](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Lansford_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Director of the MAcc program; Professor in the Practice of Accounting
![JEFF LASCHOBER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_JeffLaschober_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Accounting
![HAIYANG LI](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Li_Haiyang_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management – Strategic Management
![MARVIN MCNEESE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Marvin-McNeese_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategic Management
![ARDAVAN MOBASHERI](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/ardavan-mobasheri_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![JANET H. MOORE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_JanetHMoore_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Director of Communication Program
Senior Lecturer in Communication
Senior Lecturer in Communication
![TIMOTHY NERENZ](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Timothy-Nerenz_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![JEFFREY NOLAND](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_Jeff-Noland_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![BARBARA OSTDIEK](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Ostdiek_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Senior Associate Dean of Degree Programs
Professor of Finance and Statistics
Professor of Finance and Statistics
![HESAM PANAHI](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Hesam_Panahi_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![AMIT PAZGAL](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_AmitPazgal_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Friedkin Chair in Management and Professor of Marketing and Operations Management
![DON PORR](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Don_Porr_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Enterprise Acquisition
![MALLIKA PUNG](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/mallika-pung_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Finance
![CONSTANCE ELISE PORTER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Constance-Porter_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Associate Clinical Professor of Marketing
![SIMON REESE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/simon-reese_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategy
![DANIELLE RILEY](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/05/danielle-riley_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Director, MBA@Rice
![LAURA ROEHL](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Laura_Roehl_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Marketing
![BRIAN ROUNTREE](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_BrianRountree_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Accounting
![SCOTT DE RUYTER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/scott-de-ruyter_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Operations Management
![SHIVA SIVARAMAKRISHNAN](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Sivaramakrishnan_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Accounting
![D. BRENT SMITH](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Brent_Smith_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education
Associate Professor of Management and Psychology – Organizational Behavior
Associate Professor of Management and Psychology – Organizational Behavior
![MATT SMITH](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/matt-smith_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Communication
![JULIANNA GARIBAY-SPARACIO](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_julianna-garibay-sparacio_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![ANDREW SWAIN](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Andrew_Swain_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Strategic Management
![KIMM TAYLOR](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/RICE-MBA_MKTGWEB-25688_FacultyPage_KimmOostman_1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Communication
![ADRIAN TRÖMEL](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/11/Faculty_adrian-tromel_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship
![David VanHorn](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2023/10/RICE-MBA_faculty_page_david_vanhorn_299-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Professor in the Practice of Operations Management
![STACEY WALKER](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/stacey-walker_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Accounting
![MAGGIE WELLS](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/12/maggie-wells_headshot_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lecturer in Management – Marketing
![JAMES WESTON](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2022/05/james-weston_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Harmon Whittington Professor of Finance
![DUANE WINDSOR](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Windsor_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Management – Strategic Management
![YUHANG XING](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Xing_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Finance
![JING ZHOU](https://onlinebusiness.rice.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2021/08/Faculty_Jing_Zhou_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs
Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology – Organizational Behavior
Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology – Organizational Behavior