People
William Ward Watkin Council
Maconda O’Connor Abinader, B.A. '07/M.Arch. '13
Architect, Jackson & Ryan Architects
Jay Baker, M.Arch. '80
Principal, Jay Baker Architects
Katie Bennett, B.Arch. '03
Director, Thomas Phifer and Partners
David Calkins, B.Arch. '83
Regional Managing Principal, Gensler
Leslie Elkins Sasser
Principal, Leslie Elkins Architecture
Stephen Engblom, M.Arch. '96
Senior Vice President, AECOM
John Geresi
Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank
H. Ralph Hawkins, M.Arch. '76
Chairman Emeritus, HKS, Inc.
Melvin Hildebrandt, B.S. '56, Emeritus
Vice Chairman, Linbeck Group, LLC
Lonnie Hoogeboom, B.Arch. '94/M.Arch. '96
Director of Planning & Design, Central Houston, Inc.
Frank Kelly, B.Arch. '65
Architect, Planner, Stantec (retired)
Dillon Kyle
Principal, Dillon Kyle Architecture
Marley Lott
Partner, Baker Botts LLP (retired)
Bill McGregor, B.Arch. '65
President, The McGregor Company
Lela Nunnelee
Security, Pacific Corporation (retired)
Owner, Inspired Kitchen Cooking School (retired)
Owner, Inspired Kitchen Cooking School (retired)
Steve Radom
Managing Principal, Radom Capital
Dmitry Rakhlin
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Charles Renfro, B.Arch. '89
Partner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
David Robinson, M.Arch. '93
Council Member, City of Houston
Rob Rogers, B.Arch. '83
Chairman, William Ward Watkin Council,
Rice University School of Architecture
Principal and Owner, Rogers Partners
Peter Rowe, M.Arch. '71
Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Randhir Sahni, M.Arch. '71
President, Llewelyn-Davies Sahni
Phoebe Tudor
Preservationist