Matthew Rojansky is president and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation, a private grant-making foundation established to promote the development of a healthy and independent private sector and the rule of…

Anila Daulatzai is a socio-cultural anthropologist and the Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught in prisons and universities across three continents, and has been conducting…

Ameer Abuhalimeh is executive director of the Islamic Dawah Center.  (Spring 2022)

Jane E. Houser is a life-long Quaker. (Spring 2022)

Justice Gordon Goodman was elected to the First Court of Appeals in 2018 and is a member of the Texas State Bar, Pennsylvania Bar, and Energy Bar Associations. Before serving…

Jan Odegard is the Executive Director at The Ion. Prior to joining The Ion, Mr. Odegard served as the Executive Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University for…

Ryan LeVasseur is the Managing Director of Direct Real Estate for Rice Management Company, Rice University’s investment arm, and is responsible for investments in strategic development opportunities in Houston. Mr.…

Farshid Emami is an associate professor of art history at Rice University where he specializes in art and architecture of the Islamic world with a focus on the early modern…

Dr. D. Z. Cofield is senior pastor at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church. (Spring 2022)

Manolo Sanchez is an adjunct professor in management at Rice University’s Jones School of Business where he teaches disruption in financial services with a focus on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Mr.…