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
Key Account Manager EPC Partnerships
Ineke Finlayson, Past Chair
Burns & McDonnell
Business Development, Oil, Gas and Chemical
Barbara Schlagbauer, Treasurer
Sulzer
Strategic Partnership Engagement
Caoimhe Kelly
Bechtel Energy, Inc.
Business Development Manager
Bain McCleney
Cajun Industries, LLC
Director – Business Development
Ramiro Rodriguez
Worley Group Inc.
Senior Director, Business Development
Nick Fernandez
FTI Consulting
Managing Director, Global PMO Lead
Joe Zator
Fluor
Executive, Business Development
Jaye Crisotomo
ABB Inc.
Strategic Pursuit Director
Shawn Daray
Jones Walker LLP
Partner
Doug Shore
Rockwell Automation
Global Business Development Leader - EPCs
Arnie Salinas
Arion
VP Downstream
Reuben Soto
Wood
Regional Electrical Department Manager – US & Mexico
Michael Clark
Primoris Service Corporation
Senior Vice President of Sales
Kristen Clanton
PCL Construction
Manager Business Development
Blane Vincent
S&B
Vice President, Commercial
David Templeton, PE
Turner Industries
Director of Business Development
Kat Lewton
Technip Energies
Director, Business Development
Tim Pearson
TEAM, Inc. (TEAM Industrial Services)
Director - Commercial and Marketing
Sarah Hoelzen
Williams
Category Manager Staff - Services
Board Advisory Members
Scott Tanley
Zachry Group
Vice President, Strategic Growth
Jason Diefenderfer
Zachry Group
SVP Business Development
Ravi Pai
Kent PLC
VP, Business Development
Doug Sinitiere
Turner Industries Group
Director of Business Development
Matt Reisdorf
Fluor Corporation
Executive Director Process Engineering
Tara Wilson
Eventsia Group
President
Asit Pandya
Technip Energies
Sr. Manager Business Development
Ravi Bhamidipati
VICTAULIC
Vice President, Global Energy
Edmund Lunde
Arion Blue LLC
Founder/Chief Operating Officer
Walt Treybig
Austin Industrial, Inc.
Director Business Development
Rice University Student Liaisons
Tapiwa Zvomuya
Rice University
Shruti Patankar
Rice University
Our Team Members
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