Leadership

This esteemed group of professionals comprises distinguished industry executives, innovators, and academic leaders who advance Rice Global Forum’s mission to foster thought leadership among owners, contractors, suppliers, and members of the engineering, construction, and academic communities. Through their leadership, Rice Global Forum has experienced continued growth in both academic engagement and quarterly roundtable participation, strengthening its role as an influential industry network.

Board Members

Cassidy Welch, Chair

BASF Corporation

Ineke Finlayson, Past Chair

Burns & McDonnell

Barbara Schlagbauer, Treasurer

Sulzer

Caoimhe Kelly

Bechtel Energy, Inc.

Bain McCleney

Cajun Industries, LLC

Ramiro Rodriguez

Zachry Group

Nick Fernandez

FTI Consulting

Joe Zator

Fluor

Jaye Crisotomo

Honeywell, Inc.

Shawn Daray

Jones Walker LLP

Doug Shore

Rockwell Automation

Arnie Salinas

Arion

Reuben Soto

Wood

Michael Clark

Primoris Service Corporation

Kristen Clanton

PCL Construction

Blane Vincent

S&B

David Templeton, PE

Turner Industries

Kat Lewton

Technip Energies

Tim Pearson

TEAM, Inc. (TEAM Industrial Services)

Sarah Hoelzen

Williams Inc.

Sarah Erazo

Worley

Board Advisory Members

Scott Tanley

Zachry Group

Jason Diefenderfer

Zachry Group

Ravi Pai

Kent PLC

Doug Sinitiere

Turner Industries Group

Matt Reisdorf

Fluor Corporation

Tara Wilson

Eventsia Group

Asit Pandya

Technip Energies

Ravi Bhamidipati

VICTAULIC

Edmund Lunde

Arion Blue LLC

Stacie Wrobbel

Pathfinder, Inc.

Carla Standfield

Tolunay-Wong Engineers

Rice University Student Liaisons

Maha Razzaq

Rice University

Eshaal Malik

Rice University

Aaron Pasha

Rice University

Our Team Members

No activity of the Rice Global E&C Forum shall involve the exchange, collection or dissemination of information among competitors for the purpose of bringing about or attempting to bring about any understanding or agreement, written or oral, formal or informal, express or implied, among competitors with regard to costs, prices or pricing methods, terms or conditions of sale, distribution, production quotas or other limitations, on either the timing, or volume of production, or sales, or allocation of territories or customers.