Rice: Unconventional Wisdom
United Way 2007
Rice University Campaign Leadership

President David W. Leebron, Honorary Chair
Stephen Klineberg, Faculty Co-Chair
Greg Marshall, Staff Co-Chair
Y. Ping Sun, Lead Donors Chair

Divisional Vice Chairs

Esther Crawford
Reggie Clarkson
Roland Smith
Christina Sharp
John Thomas
Danielle Texera
Bill Swanson
Greg Marshall
David Sayler
Gordon Wittenberg
Carol Hopkins
Kathryn O'Brien
Paula Platt
Nicole Van Den Heuvel
Lina Bell
Jennifer Overton
Chandler Davidson

Campaign Manager

Jessica McDunn


Leaders Do Something About It

Here in our community, more than 9,700 very special individuals have answered the call to contribute to United Way at a leadership level.  If you are one of them, we thank you and hope you will continue to give and encourage others to do the same.  If you have not yet joined the United Way's Leadership Giving program and want to answer your call to do something about it, we encourage you to do so today.

There are several avenues for you to join a group of people actively taking a lead in making our community stronger.

Young Leaders (45 or under giving $1,000 or more annually)
Women's Initiative ($2,500 plus)
Chairman's Club ($1,000-$4,999)
Leadership Circle ($5,000-$9,999)
Alexis de Tocqueville Society ($10,000 plus)

Rewards for Our Leaders
At the United Way, we are pleased that Leadership Giving offers so many exciting opportunities for those motivated to do something about it in our community.  At the same time, our leadership donors receive many rewards. 

  • Recognition
  • Leadership development
  • Social activities and networking
  • Special communications about community issues
  • Meaningful volunteer opportunities

Let's do something about it.

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