Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy 2018 Annual Report A Quarter Century Making History 2018 At a Glance

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Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank in Houston, Texas. The institute produces independent research on domestic and foreign policy issues with a focus on providing decision- makers in the public and private sectors with relevant and timely policy assessments and recommendations. By bringing statesmen, scholars and students together, the institute broadens the content and reach of its policy assessments and recommendations, and provides an open forum for debate and discussion. The institute educates students on public policy issues and related subjects by offering courses at Rice University and sponsoring student intern and mentoring programs at home and abroad.

2018 Annual Report | 1 “We are here because we believe that this institute, drawing on Rice University’s long tradition of public service and academic excellence, can help bring a fresh, informed and incisive voice to our national debate.” – THE HONORABLE JAMES A. BAKER, III Honorary Chair, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Director’s Message

Rice University’s Baker Institute was conceived as a nonpartisan, data-driven public policy institution. I am gratified to state that for a quarter of a century, we have not wavered from that promise. We have succeeded in influencing the decision-making process at the highest levels of the public and private sectors. We have succeeded in becoming a prominent forum for national and foreign leaders. We have succeeded in integrating the institute into the educational and student life of the university. We have succeeded in becoming a leader among our peers. Our 25th anniversary theme, “A Quarter Century – Making History,” symbolizes our evolution from our modest beginnings in Rice’s Fondren Library to becoming the third-best university-affiliated think tank in the world, with our Center for Energy Studies now ranked the first in its class. We are addressing some of the most important policy issues our country faces, includ- ing energy, health, public finance, drugs, space, science and technology, entrepreneurship and economic growth, and U.S. foreign policy, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Mexico. Our fellows and scholars have charted their vision for the next five years in all of our research programs, and our board of advisors continues to provide meaningful strategic direction. We are engaged with Rice University students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The institute also supports robust student internship programs at home and abroad, a Master of Global Affairs program and a Master of Energy Economics program. With President Barack Obama as our 25th anniversary gala guest of honor, we will have hosted, since our inception, every living former president of the United States. We would not have succeeded, however, without the generosity of our donors, the dedicated support of our board of advisors, and the commitment of our Roundtable and Roundtable Young Professionals members. On behalf of all our fellows, scholars and staff, allow me to extend to each and all of you our appreciation and gratitude.

EDWARD P. DJEREJIAN Director

2018 Annual Report | 3 Global Impact

and its relationship to policy. “The world of energy is one of haves and have nots. ENERGY STUDIES Sometimes that’s glossed over in the conversation about energy transitions,” Medlock says. “Figuring out how to The field of energy is rapidly changing development and use, and minerals in address that is one of the most important as advances in technology and engineer- energy. One major field of study over the issues we’re facing today.” ing have altered trade relationships and past year has been quantifying how the By leveraging relationships and economies around the globe. With the rise of U.S. shale production is upending expertise across disciplines both within rapid disruption in global energy markets, the energy landscape around the globe. the Baker Institute and beyond, the businesses and governments have turned “Oil and natural gas from shale are trans- Center for Energy Studies draws con- to policy experts to help explain these forming everything and have provided a nections between the fields of engi- shifts and predict what can be expected geopolitical advantage for the U.S. that neering, politics, economics and more in the new world of energy, where the old nobody predicted,” Medlock says. The to help inform policy decisions that will rules don’t apply. U.S. is now a net exporter of natural guide our future. “Energy is the ultimate The Baker Institute Center for gas and rapidly approaching the same applied field. Any discipline you can Energy Studies, led by Kenneth B. for combined crude oil and petroleum think of, there’s an application in energy,” Medlock, the James A. Baker, III, and products. Because of shale production, Medlock says. “Our goal is to utilize our Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and the U.S. is entering global liquefied resources to the best of our ability, and Resource Economics, is on the cutting natural gas markets in a big way, a change we have a fantastic platform provided by edge of research advancing policy for that has geopolitical implications around the Baker Institute.” the changing global landscape. In 2018, the world — something else the center By producing high-quality, unbiased the center was named the top energy and is looking at closely. “You are seeing the analysis of some of the most pressing resource policy think tank program in nature of the LNG market change, with issues in energy today, the Center for the world. “We have an excellent team of producers and consumers beginning to Energy Studies aims to shape sound fellows and scholars working in an inter- interact in different ways that reflect a policy decisions that will carry the U.S. disciplinary manner across the energy- shifting of the status quo,” Medlock says. and other major energy-producing and environment arena,” says Medlock. Another major focus for the center consuming countries into the future. “Teamwork is a hallmark of our success is far removed from the booming and “When you stay away from advocacy in providing unbiased analysis of factors shifting markets of the developed world. and focus on data, you can elevate that shape the future of energy.” More than 1.1 billion people live in such conversations and construct sound The center has broad programs poverty that they have no access to elec- policy,” Medlock says. “If you can lift focused on the economics and geopoli- tricity at all, a condition termed “energy the conversation out of the muck, a lot tics of electricity, natural gas, crude oil, poverty.” The center is currently devel- of good things start to happen.” the environmental impacts of energy oping tools to measure energy poverty

4 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D.

“When you stay away from advocacy and focus on data, you can elevate conversations and construct sound policy.”

2018 Annual Report | 5 Tony Payan, Ph.D.

“In the midst of turmoil, we continue to build bridges. In the end, the U.S.-Mexico relationship is permanent. Individuals are temporary.”

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Strategic Foresight to 2020.” “What are the major drivers for the binational rela- MEXICO tionship? NAFTA framed it for the past 25 years. What is the relationship going to look like in the next 25 years?” Payan asks. When the Baker Institute created the and hear a panel discussion with experts Although the future of U.S.-Mexico Mexico Center five years ago, there from the Mexico Center and the Center relations is hard to predict, the Mexico were clear goals for study. “In my view, for Houston’s Future. “Because of all Center is building connections between Mexico is one of the top five most import- these changes, there is a thirst for an academics and policymakers in both ant relationships for the U.S. because it expert voice, a knowledgeable voice, for countries, considering a diverse array affects immigration trends and quality someone who can say, ‘This is what we of viewpoints, and crafting reasonable of life,” says Tony Payan, the Françoise can expect, this is how far they can go, this policy suggestions — a goal that looks and Edward Djerejian Fellow for is what they can do and this is what they beyond our immediate political reality. Mexico Studies and the director of cannot do,’” Payan says. “In the midst of turmoil, we continue to the Mexico Center. The North American Free Trade build bridges. In the end, the U.S.-Mexico Issues like the rule of law, trade, Agreement has been a key point of relationship is permanent. Individuals immigration, drug policy and North research at the Mexico Center, which was are temporary,” Payan says. “That, to me, American energy independence all link a trusted expert source for media during is key — continue with a steady hand to Mexico and the United States, and those negotiations for a revised accord. “We build the bridges and leave them there for issues have been the focus of the Mexico aim to be an objective, rational voice on future generations.” Center since its inception. But since our binational relationship. Our mission President Donald Trump took office in is to provide a forum for voices from both 2017, so much of our foreign policy as it sides of the border,” Payan says. “If we do relates to Mexico has changed — and the not disseminate our findings to the media, Mexico Center has risen to the challenge put out the facts and reasonable solutions to provide research and forums on critical to policy issues, ideologues are going to issues that people on both sides of the fill the vacuum.” border care about more than ever. As the political landscape changes At an event on immigration in quickly and at times unpredictably, March 2018, Baker Hall was packed the Mexico Center is looking ahead by with hundreds of people, all there to launching a research project with aca- watch a series of short films about “The demics from the U.S. and Mexico called Rational Middle” of immigration reform “The Future of U.S. Mexico Relations:

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demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently and MIDDLE EAST dramatically in accordance with elites’ threat perceptions. A.Kadir Yildirim, a CME fellow, has The Center for the Middle East (CME), Since those early days, the CME has been at the helm of a two-year project one of the Baker Institute’s core pro- added several high-profile experts and examining pluralism and inclusion in the grams, addresses key regional issues, expanded its focus and reach. “Conflict Middle East since the Arab uprisings. including Arab-Israeli conflict resolution, resolution remains a key pillar for the The project, which included workshops the implications of the 2011-2012 Arab CME, but we’ve expanded the center to held throughout the region along with uprisings, the role of Islamist parties, address other critical issues in the Middle a public opinion survey commissioned Iran, the political economies of the Arab East region,” Djerejian says. across 10 countries, was made possible Gulf states, human rights and women’s Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a fellow by a generous grant from the Carnegie rights. The institute was an integral for the Middle East, examines political, Corporation of New York. “We found part of the 2003 Iraq Study Group and economic and security trends in the some pockets of improvement in terms the congressionally mandated report, Gulf region and broader Middle East, in of pluralism and inclusion but there “Changing Minds, Winning Peace,” particular the Gulf Cooperation Council is either stagnation or pushback into which outlined U.S. public diplomacy states’ changing position in regional and greater exclusion in parts of the region in the region. international affairs. His recent books since 2011,” Yildirim says. As one of the first research programs have made him a go-to source for the The CME has also recruited Director Edward P. Djerejian established media as they analyze political economy Gilead Sher, a noted Israeli lawyer and within the institute, the CME focused shifts at a time of great change in the participant in Israeli-Arab negotiations, on conflict resolution in the Middle region. “A new generation of youthful as the new Brochstein fellow in honor of East. Djerejian, who served as the U.S. leaders has shaken up longstanding Yitzhak Rabin. ambassador to Syria and to Israel, con- political and economic structures and In the upcoming year, the CME is vened two Track II diplomatic exercises: injected powerful new dynamics into planning to expand the scope of its pro- one on Syria’s relations with the United issues of regional security and stability,” grams to include refugee issues. “One of States and with Israel, and another on Ulrichsen says. the major humanitarian challenges in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In May, fellow Mohammad Middle East is the refugee crisis, which The deliberations of these high-level Ayatollahi Tabaar released a significant has huge consequences not only for the stakeholders resulted in policy reports book on politics and religion in Iran. countries in the region but also for the and recommendations that were cited “Religious Statecraft: The Politics of international community,” Djerejian says. in subsequent negotiations and diplo- Islam in Iran” posits a much different Ultimately, the CME’s scholars are matic contacts. For example, the Baker view of Iranian politics than what is advancing the center’s vision of being a Institute’s 2013 report on the territorial widely perceived to be true. Tabaar platform for nonpartisan, data-driven aspects of an Israeli-Palestinian settle- traces a half-century of shifting Islamist study and dialogue on issues that are ment became a basic reference document doctrines against the backdrop of Iran’s crucial for all those concerned about for negotiators. factional and international politics, the future of the Middle East region.

8 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian

“Conflict resolution remains a key pillar for the CME, but we’ve expanded the center to address other critical issues in the Middle East region.”

2018 Annual Report | 9 John W. Diamond, Ph.D.

“Our goal is to influence policy so that the tax system is as efficient as possible at raising needed revenue.”

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been developing creative patchworks to bypass or redefine physical presence; the PUBLIC FINANCE ruling puts these work-arounds to bed, and states can now focus on promoting interstate commerce,” Beebe says. “The John W. Diamond, the Edward A. and new directions. Hogan focuses on states must now decide how taxes on Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public banking regulation and monetary online sales will be implemented, which Finance, has been working on issues of policy, while Barro develops dynamic is quite complicated in practice.” tax and expenditure policy and public macroeconomic models for fiscal policy Another key political issue with tax finance at the Baker Institute since 2004. evaluation. “The government has to raise implications is the debate on funding a Diamond’s current work focuses on indi- revenues and our work is geared toward paid family leave policy. “The U.S. is one vidual and corporate tax reform, the dis- raising that revenue in the most efficient of the few countries in the world that tributional effect of carbon taxes, school way possible,” Diamond says. “Our goal does not have paid family leave. There’s finance reform and public pensions, all of is to influence policy so that the tax been a lot of discussion on why we don’t which are contentious areas of debate. system is as efficient as possible at raising have a policy,” Beebe says. Her current With an influx of new funding in needed revenue.” research has involved parsing the various March 2017 and January 2018, Diamond Beebe, who started at the institute in plans proposed by politicians on both has been hard at work in his role as March 2017, focuses on general business sides of the aisle. director of the Center for Public Finance, issues, technology-disrupted sectors of Diamond says the creation of the which recently marked its first full year the economy, and the tax policies that are center has allowed the team to branch out as the Baker Institute’s sixth major struggling to keep up with the changes. into new areas of study while deepening research center. The grants allowed the This includes challenges in valuing intan- its research capabilities in core areas. center to add three research fellows — gible assets, taxing the gig economy, and “We’re able to cover more issues, and Joyce Beebe, Jorge Barro and Thomas the contentious issue of state taxation of we’re building out our modeling capa- L. Hogan. In addition, the grants allow online and remote sales, which made its bilities,” Diamond says. “We’re putting Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar way to the Supreme Court in June 2018. out research that has some influence, George Zodrow, the Allyn R. and Gladys The court ruled in favor of the states’ that addresses issues that are important M. Cline Chair of Economics and a right to impose a tax, which has serious questions of the day in politics.” world-renowned scholar in economic implications around the country. Beebe circles, to continue as an integral part of has done research on the topic and served the center. as an expert for media outlets trying to Each new hire has brought new skills explain the policy implications, which will and expanded the center’s research in likely take years to play out. “States have

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unjustified prices three to 10 times higher than other countries.” HEALTH AND Ho’s research is not only focused on the national level. A main thrust of her BIOSCIENCES work over the past year was on the rise of freestanding emergency rooms in Texas, many of which charge exorbitant prices Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III lowering costs. Ho and her team have also and leave patients with surprise bills. Institute Chair in Health Economics, has conducted research that provides guid- “The trend is mostly in Texas because been identifying ways to control rising ance to state and national policymakers of specific laws that were passed by health care costs for 15 years at the Baker on which government regulations help mistake — they didn’t realize the monster Institute and finds it critical to delve into or hinder health care cost growth and they unleashed,” Ho says. “Although the issues around health care policy because patient health. current studies I’ve published are based they affect every American. “Health A main focus of research in the past on Texas data, they have implications care already comprises 18 percent of our year was on the United States’ stag- for how other states and the federal economy, and that share is projected to gering drug prices, which are steadily government are choosing to regulate keep growing.” Ho says. “Health is an rising — especially cancer drug prices, and reimburse these facilities.” essential requirement for everyone’s which are increasing by 10 percent or Workable policy solutions are livelihoods, but Americans aren’t more each year. Hagop Kantarjian, chair more important than ever as employers, receiving good value for the money of the Department of Leukemia at The employees and taxpayers are reaching they’re spending on it. So how do we University of Texas MD Anderson the limit in how much they are willing to deliver affordable health care?” Cancer Center and nonresident fellow spend on health care and as issues like The U.S. exceeds every other in health policy at the Baker Institute, a single-payer system and the looming country in the per capita amount it has researched the problem extensively, Medicare deficit enter mainstream spends on health care, according to the and he and Ho penned an opinion piece consciousness. “Americans continue World Health Organization, in spite of in The Hill that looked critically at to throw dollars at a broken health care the fact that it is the only industrialized President Donald Trump’s plan to lower system,” Ho says. “We must realign incen- country without universal health care drug prices. “The reality is that research tives in the private and public health care coverage. As the director of the Center and development costs of drug compa- sectors to reward providers who provide for Health and Biosciences, Ho leads a nies do not justify the higher prices in the high-quality, efficient health care. We’re team of researchers who have identified U.S.; European countries absorb their working as fast as we can to identify sources of rising health care costs in heart share of research costs,” the pair wrote. solutions at the Baker Institute that will disease and complex cancer surgery. “Americans are paying twice — once make the health care system affordable They have highlighted the important role to fund research that benefits the to everyone.” that higher quality health care can play in drug industry, and a second time for

12 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Vivian Ho, Ph.D.

“We’re working as fast as we can to identify solutions at the Baker Institute that will make the health care system affordable to everyone.”

2018 Annual Report | 13 Katharine Neill Harris, Ph.D., and William Martin, Ph.D.

“Punishing drug users doesn’t make them stop using drugs. We research policy options so that policymakers at all levels of government can take pragmatic and effective action toward drug use.” – KATHARINE NEILL HARRIS, PH.D.

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addressing opioid addiction among incarcerated individuals. DRUG POLICY “While the state of Texas is quite conservative in a lot of areas, drug policy being one of them, the leadership at the For more than a century, U.S. drug policy Foundation, which funded a postdoctoral local level has been quite open to dealing has been grounded on prohibition, with fellowship from 2012 to 2017, increasing with drug use more pragmatically,” Harris “zero tolerance” for drug users, produc- the program’s research capacity and says. “Houston is the fourth-largest city ers and traffickers. Federal, state and allowing for more connections to be in the country, so what happens here local governments have spent more than made with local, state and federal poli- affects a great many people and can be a a trillion dollars destroying crops, seizing cymakers. In July 2017, a $3 million gift model for other cities and for Texas.” drugs and imprisoning more people from the foundation placed the program In addition to producing issue than any other country in the world, on a firmer foundation. Katharine Neill briefs and policy papers, both Martin a disproportionate number of them Harris, who had previously held the and Harris have testified before Texas poor and black. postdoctoral position, was named the Legislature committees in support of William Martin, the Harry and Hazel first Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in reform measures and expect to be Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Drug Policy. active during the 2019 legislative session Public Policy and director of the Baker One of Harris’ main goals is to pro- regarding such issues as marijuana Institute Drug Policy Program, notes that vide stakeholders with sound research decriminalization, syringe exchange “Despite these massive efforts, this ‘war that can lead to more effective drug and other initiatives to address the on drugs’ has failed to significantly reduce policies. She has worked with criminal opioid epidemic. Nationally, the crime, prevent overdose deaths, dimin- justice leaders in Harris County to program is trying to help secure funding ish the spread of use-related disease or consider implementing a pre-arrest for medication-assisted treatment in undermine the illegal drug market.” In drug diversion program. “This kind of correctional facilities, which could be response, a growing number of states and program,” Harris says, “is a promising used in the Harris County jail and in cities are turning to “harm reduction” alternative to incarceration that can other sites across the country. policies that seek to reduce the personal reduce the county’s overcrowded jail The program’s focus on nonpartisan and societal damage illegal drug use and help address the racial disparities research aims to bolster the case for a can cause, without creating additional in the criminal justice system without move from a punitive and ineffective problems for the criminal justice system. compromising public safety.” Harris drug policy model to one that is focused Since its inception in 2001, the Drug has also established a relationship on harm reduction and public health. Policy Program has focused on and with the Harris County Sheriff’s “Drug policy is clearly moving in that pursued this approach. Office and has had conversations direction nationally and internationally,” Vital support for the program with the leadership about expanding Martin says, “and we are an active part has come from the Glassell Family the jail’s medication options for of that effort.”

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McNAIR CENTER Founded in 2015 with a gift from The TEXAS POLITICS Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth has two pillars to It has been a dynamic year in Texas poli- speakership that is more to their liking its mandate: research and engagement. tics. Although the state has long been via an alliance with Democrats or within The center produces research on the role politically conservative, an increasingly the House GOP Caucus by threatening of entrepreneurship and free enterprise tense divide has developed among to defect.” in the U.S. economy and translates the Republican legislators, and the 2017 To evaluate the likelihood of work into timely policy recommenda- legislative session was marked by centrist Texas House districts being flipped this tions. Center fellows and scholars then conservative Republicans confronting a year, Jones built two indexes based on disseminate the analysis, engaging with much more conservative — and vocal — district-by-district results in partisan private- and public-sector leaders to tea party contingent. statewide judicial elections, as well as by inform their decisions. Mark P. Jones, the Baker Institute their position vis-à-vis President Donald “The McNair Center greatly Fellow in Political Science and the Trump. In a resulting article for The expands the capability of the Baker Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Texas Tribune, Jones wrote that as many Institute to address the relevant and Studies, has been a leading voice in inter- as 13 Republican-held seats are poten- important policy challenges connected preting this divide. For years, Jones has tially vulnerable to being flipped by the to the role of small businesses, entrepre- released a Lib-Con score for each Texas Democrats in 2018. neurship and economic growth,” says House and Senate member. During Jones lends his expertise to media Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director the last session, this index provided key outlets around the country to inform of the Baker Institute. insights into the trend of increasingly voters of the stakes. “The Baker Institute In its first three years, center experts conservative voices pulling the state’s is unique because it provides what’s have investigated issues such as ecosys- legislative agenda further to the right. lacking in the current political debate: tems, barriers to small business growth And last fall, House Speaker neutral, objective, nonpartisan analysis,” and access to capital. Going forward, the Joe Straus, a leading centrist voice, he says. “Politics has become so polarized center will publish research on workforce announced his retirement, leaving a that there’s an increasingly small set of availability and small business taxation question about the future direction of objective experts.” and regulation, with the goal of devel- Texas politics. “How conservative the Jones’ nonpartisan analysis helps oping policies that advance sustainable new speaker is and to what extent are Texans and national observers under- economic growth and prosperity in Texas they aligned or in conflict with Governor stand the often murky political battles and across the United States. Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan that take place at the Capitol and how In September, the institute Patrick are key questions,” Jones says. they relate to their lives and livelihoods. announced that Jennifer Rabb, former The vacancy of a high-powered “One of the things I enjoy about my role tax policy advisor in the Office of the spot gives the 2018 election an increasing is serving as what Secretary Baker has Lieutenant Governor of Texas, had been urgency. “There’s potential for centrist referred to as the bridge between the named the director and fellow of the Republicans to threaten to align with world of ideas and the world of action,” McNair Center. Prior to her service in Democrats in order to elect a more Jones says. “There’s the university on state government, Rabb, an attorney, rep- moderate speaker,” Jones says. “The one side and the real world of politics resented entrepreneurs and businesses centrists’ bargaining chip is stronger the and business on the other, with the Baker of all sizes facing structuring, funding and more Democrats there are. Centrists Institute and its fellows, such as myself, compliance issues. could potentially get someone in the serving as the bridge.”

16 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Mark P. Jones, Ph.D.

“The Baker Institute is unique because it provides what’s lacking in the current political debate: neutral, objective, nonpartisan analysis.”

2018 Annual Report | 17 Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D.

“The mission is to use rigorous research to drive policy changes that make society more equitable — and all of the science says we have to start with children.”

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body of knowledge and expertise to conduct research to improve the health CHILD HEALTH of children. In early 2017, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed Moore to a Quianta Moore, the Baker Institute years of life. A growing body of research Task Force on Equity, with the goal of Fellow in Child Health Policy, conducts shows that in order for children to reach developing policy recommendations to rigorous research to identify the root their full potential, policies must support make Houston, one of the most inequita- causes of the disparity in outcomes brain development in children from birth ble cities in the U.S., a better place to live between children of different demo- to age 3. and work. She has also partnered with the graphics, and to inform policies that Moore has made that window of a Houston Independent School District to create a more equitable future for all child’s life a key area of her research. In research how depression, food insecu- children. Her research is thorough and partnership with the city of Houston rity and neighborhood violence affect done without bias, which has resulted in and Harris County, Moore is developing student performance. And Moore’s team some hard truths. “My data is showing an early childhood education program and partners have undertaken two large over and over that kids are not failing for women receiving Women, Infants needs-assessment studies in underprivi- because they’re not trying hard enough,” and Children (WIC) assistance. This leged Houston neighborhoods to begin Moore says. “We’re seeing third-graders year, she also conducted research on the to pinpoint and address problems that who are suffering from depression, who impact of Hurricane Harvey on families lead to poor outcomes for children. have witnessed neighborhood violence with children under age 3, with recom- The Baker Institute gives Moore or who are hungry. These factors increase mendations on ways to prevent adverse the support and access that are critical a child’s risk of failing. Advancing equity effects of natural disasters on young to ensuring the data she gathers reaches means developing policies that help children. “In the first few years of life, the policymakers on the state and national mitigate those factors.” brain is developing at a rapid rate — and level. “Part of the challenge in these Her work focuses on the whole child, how the brain develops in those years is communities is they don’t have access to including the schools, neighborhoods a strong predictor of outcomes later in decision-makers. I want to be the bridge and families that make up their environ- life,” Moore says. between regular, everyday people and ment. Moore’s research follows the child Moore earned her M.D. at Baylor those who make the policies that affect from birth through high school, and seeks College of Medicine and a J.D. at the them,” Moore says. “The mission is to use to answer the question, “How do we University of Houston Law Center rigorous research to drive policy changes create policies that give every child the because she recognized a disconnect that make society more equitable — opportunity to succeed?” between the practice of medicine and and all of the science says we have to She believes a critical component of the regulations and policies that guide start with children.” ensuring success is supporting the devel- medical practice and influence health opment of a child during the first few outcomes. Moore uses that diverse

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Blackburn followed up his initial paper after Harvey by focusing HOUSTON-AREA on living with flooding in Houston and resilience and sustainability in the 21st FLOOD PLANNING century. “The goal is not to be looking backward and blame-casting, but really trying to be forward-looking in identify- Jim Blackburn has had a busy year. disastrous effects of the next storm. The ing and pursuing solutions,” Blackburn As a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker challenge for Houston’s leaders in the says. “The problems we have are not Institute and the co-director of the public and private sectors is great. going to go away. Every climate scientist Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Those key items served as the basis we’ve talked to is clear that we will have Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) for his recommendations to media far and Harveys and Allisons in the future.” Center at Rice, he has studied issues of wide — including both relatively easy and Until that next storm hits, Blackburn flooding for decades. But after Hurricane cheap short-term solutions like buyouts will be working steadily to propose policy Harvey flooded the city Blackburn has and heavy ticket items such as large-scale solutions and get big ideas in front of the called home for the past 46 years, his detention and drainage projects — that people who can make changes. “Through expertise was badly needed as journalists the community will have to find ways to the Baker Institute, important policy across the country and beyond struggled fund. And for all his unflagging optimism, issues associated with Harvey, recovery to put into perspective the destruction Blackburn warns that citizens and the and flood planning are put in front of that took place in Houston and what politicians representing them at the local, decision-makers and those interested in factors contributed to it. state and federal levels need to get to the future of the region,” Blackburn says. “The global curiosity about what work — now. “There are responsibilities on all sides was happening here was unprecedented “I think anybody with any com- moving forward, and that’s not an easy because of the storm itself — the length, mon sense would be worried about not task. It requires a sea change in the way the severity and the widespread flooding. getting there. Our community in the we think about water in the community.” We haven’t seen something quite like that past has accomplished amazing things, before,” Blackburn says. but it’s always been a pro-development, Having long studied flooding pro-industry approach. Here, something issues and litigating them in his environ- different is called for. We need to find a mental law practice, Blackburn imme- different voice and a different vision,” diately turned his sights to solutions by Blackburn says. “I’m certainly optimistic developing a paper on key steps Houston that we can get there, but we are not there needs to implement to mitigate the by any stretch.”

20 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Jim Blackburn, J.D.

“Through the Baker Institute, important policy issues associated with Harvey, recovery and flood planning are put in front of decision-makers and those interested in the future of the region.”

2018 Annual Report | 21 Steven W. Lewis, Ph.D., and Joe Barnes

“We have two goals. The first is simply educating students in public policy, and the other is encouraging careers in public policy.” –JOE BARNES

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before Baker Institute fellows, Rice faculty members and researchers. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT The internship program has been led by Steven W. Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow, since its The Baker Institute is world-renowned Joe Barnes, the Bonner Means inception. “We’re looking for self- for the research it does across many Baker Fellow, serves as the faculty advisor starters who are really sharp at analysis fronts of public policy, but that is not to the Baker Institute Student Forum. and really good at communication, with its only goal. As part of Rice University, “We have two goals,” Barnes says. a genuine interest in public affairs — we the Baker Institute is dedicated to “The first is simply educating students don’t need students with a policy back- advancing the next generation of in public policy, and the other is encour- ground,” Lewis says. The program ends policymakers. To that end, two of the aging careers in public policy — and a up with an elite group; of the approx- longest-standing experts at the Baker number have gone on to work in think imately 150 alumni of the program, Institute have made it their mission tanks and government agencies, and two-thirds have gone into public service, to train and nurture exceptional gone into politics.” Lewis says, with several earning top students who are interested in The second pillar of student involve- fellowships and scholarships, as well as public service. ment with the Baker Institute is the careers at government agencies, private Each of the Baker Institute’s most highly acclaimed Jesse Jones Leadership think tanks and nongovernmental organi- successful student programs has been Center Summer in D.C. Policy Research zations in D.C. and beyond. initiated by students themselves. In 2002, Internship Program. Started in 2004, the Through the students’ presenta- a group of motivated students began program provides generous stipends for tions, the program provides the Baker the Baker Institute Student Forum, with students to participate in policymaking Institute with insights into the cutting- the goal of increasing students’ interest research in Washington, D.C. edge research being done in D.C., and the in exploring and contributing to the The program was initiated by a students themselves grow the institute’s resolution of pressing policy issues. The group of students who had big goals reputation across the nation’s capital. forum hosts student debates about policy for D.C. internships but lacked the “There are places in D.C. where our and informal lectures with distinguished financial resources to make them work. students are the only ones they’ve met Baker Institute fellows. Its key event is an The program, which relies on the from the Baker Institute,” Lewis says. annual undergraduate policy competition students to find and secure internships “They’ve carried our name deeper into that solicits papers from Rice students themselves, provides $7,500 to cover D.C. than we would have been able to on specified public policy issues; past living expenses for the summer. At just with the fellows.” themes have included health care, energy summer’s end, the interns write a and Latin American policy. research report and give a presentation

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GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Two graduate programs affiliated with MASTER OF ENERGY the Baker Institute aim to prepare ECONOMICS PROGRAM students for leadership roles in public The Master of Energy Economics policy and industry. Whether training (MEECON) program develops and students to shape policy globally or educates future leaders and strategic address energy industry challenges, the thinkers in the energy sector. Built upon graduate programs provide a top-tier programs in the Baker Institute Center education through access to and instruc- for Energy Studies and Rice’s Economics tion by prominent experts at the Baker Department, MEECON combines the Institute and Rice University. disciplined study of market and eco- nomic principles with a deep understand- MASTER OF GLOBAL ing of the functions and interconnections AFFAIRS PROGRAM of the energy industry. Students are The Rice University Master of Global trained to provide insightful analysis and Affairs (MGA) program is a two-year make informed, high-level contributions course of study sponsored by the Baker to the energy industry. Institute and Rice’s School of Social Scholars from around the country Sciences. MGA students complete rigor- teach electives and provide a deeper ous coursework and practical training for understanding of specialized fields. An careers in government, the private sector internship or practicum during the last and international organizations. session provides participants with prac- The MGA program combines the tical experience relevant to their degree, academic strengths of Baker Institute while offering prospective employers fellows and Rice faculty with a hands-on an opportunity to evaluate new talent. policy curriculum, including required Co-directed by Kenneth B. research and internships. Second-year Medlock, the senior director of the Baker MGA students delve into one of three Institute Center for Energy Studies, research areas — international political and Peter R. Hartley, a Baker Institute development, international political Rice faculty scholar and the George economy or international security — and Cynthia Mitchell Chair at Rice, and produce capstone projects that MEECON reaps the benefit of its explore pivotal policies of our time. location in Houston, the energy capital Graduates develop the broad global of the world, to give students a well- perspective required to become the lead- rounded education on their way to ers needed in our fast-changing world. becoming energy leaders.

24 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy “The Master of Global Affairs program is a unique opportunity for students to learn from Baker Institute experts and social sciences faculty members, and to go on to meaningful careers.” –ABBEY GODLEY, Associate Director, MGA program

2018 Annual Report | 25 “Lending a meaningful voice to the nation’s policy discourse for 25 years.”

—THE HONORABLE JAMES A. BAKER, III

Over its first 25 years, the Baker Institute has been honored to host some of the world’s most distinguished leaders in politics and public policy. These images chronicle the institute’s evolution into a highly respected think tank whose impact resonates in the local, national and global arenas. After a historic first quarter-century, the institute is poised, with its sights firmly on the future, to address the critical policy challenges facing the nation and the world.

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(1) From left, former President George H.W. Bush, former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, former President Gerald Ford, Chairman of the Board of Governors Charles Duncan, and Rice University President Malcolm Gillis at the Baker Hall groundbreaking ceremony – 10.20.1994 (2) Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union – 10.15.1997 (3) Gen. Colin L. Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – 11.13.1995 (4) Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state – 2.7.1997 (5) From left, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker, III, and Warren Christopher – 10.15.1997 (6) Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel Laureate – 10.26.1999 (7) E. William Barnett, chairman of the Rice University Board of Trustees, and James A. Baker, III, at the Baker Hall dedication – 10.15.1995 5

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(1) President Vladimir Putin of Russia with former President George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III – 11.14.2001 (2) Former President Jimmy Carter and Baker Institute Director Edward P. Djerejian – 6.30.2005 (3) Former President Bill Clinton speaks to a capacity crowd of Rice students – 2.8.2007 (4) Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state – 11.13.2008 (5) John McCain, senator and 2008 Republican nominee for president – 4.6.2004 (6) Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts and Rice President David Leebron – 10.17.2012 (7) James A. Baker, III, stands by a segment of the Berlin Wall outside Baker Hall with former foreign policy leaders from France, Germany and the United Kingdom, commemorating the anniversary of German reunification – 10.31.2009.

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(8) Shimon Peres, former prime minister and president of Israel – 1.16.2006 (9) Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives – 3.18.14 (10) Former President George W. Bush at the Baker Institute’s 20th anniversary gala – 11.8.2013 (11) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia and Nobel Laureate – 4.20.2012 (12) Vice President Joe Biden speaks on the Cancer Moonshot Initiative at Rice’sTudor Fieldhouse – 9.16.2016 (13) Secretary of State John Kerry delivers an address on religion and foreign policy – 4.26.2016 (14) Former Governor Mitt Romney takes photos with students following a conversation on leadership and public service – 10.1.2018

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30 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Steven L. Miller, Chair Armen Orujyan, Ph.D.

J.D. Bucky Allshouse Harry M. Reasoner

His Excellency David Rhodes Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Ph.D. Beth Robertson The Honorable Hushang Ansary The Honorable John F.W. Rogers James A. Baker IV A.R. “Tony” Sanchez Jr. E. William Barnett Marc J. Shapiro Laura D. Bellows L.E. Simmons Angela Blanchard The Honorable Warren W. Tichenor Kirbyjon H. Caldwell Robert B. Tudor III Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. John Eddie Williams Jr. Stephen I. Chazen, Ph.D. Randa Duncan Williams The Honorable Peter R. Coneway Wallace S. Wilson James W. Crownover

The Honorable Linnet Deily EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

The Honorable Charles W. Duncan Jr. The Honorable Madeleine Korbel Albright Lynn Laverty Elsenhans The Honorable James A. Baker, III Claudio X. González The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian Jeffery D. Hildebrand David W. Leebron Gerald D. Hines Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) Franci Neely

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25TH ANNIVERSARY HONORARY HOSTS

THE HONORABLE HUSHANG ANSARY AND MRS. ANSARY Hushang Ansary is chairman of the Parman Capital Group, a Houston-based global investment enterprise with interests in manufacturing, distribution, financial services and leisure-related industries. On July 4, 2017, Ansary was named one of 37 foreign-born Americans honored by the Carnegie Corporation in its “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” tribute. An announcement in The New York Times listed the honorees, which included Nobel laureates and Pulitzer Prize recipients, and identified Ansary as a statesman, philanthro- pist and entrepreneur. Ansary has also been honored as one of Houston’s leading philanthropists, with strong commitments to a wide range of public policy issues, including literacy, education, health care, stem cell and cancer research, energy and global economic cooperation. Ansary has long advocated for the cause of international trade and economic cooper- ation, which he believes is the most effective means to bring about a greater understanding among nations. For his extensive work in this arena, Ansary was named “one of the future leaders of the world” by Time magazine in its Aug. 11, 1974, issue. The Ansary Peace Dove adorning the roof of the U.S. Institute of Peace symbolizes America’s commitment to global peace. Ansary is a trustee of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation; a Life Overseer at Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University; a member of the senior advisory board of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; a trustee emeritus of the Asia Society; and a trustee and member of the board of directors of the International Crisis Group. In his native Iran, Ansary served in senior diplomatic and Cabinet positions, including minister of finance and economic affairs, chairman and CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company and ambassador to the United States. Ansary is married to the former Shahla Nazemian, one of Houston’s leading supporters of education, social welfare, arts and culture.

32 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Named Endowments Taylor and Robert H. Ray Endowment Dr. and Mrs. F. T. Barr and Gifts Mr. Wallace S. Wilson Bechtel The Will Clayton Fund Mrs. Laura D. Bellows The Baker Institute named endowment Kevin and Winnie Bonebrake contributors provide permanent Brocher Foundation sustainable funds directed toward a Captain James Addison Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Brochstein specific purpose in support of public Baker Society Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Brown policy fellows, scholars, interns and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bryant The Captain James Addison Baker programmatic initiatives. Ms. Anne R. Bunting Society was created by Rice University Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cabaniss to recognize the foresight and gener- Aron S. and Anaruth P. Gordon Endowment Carnegie Corporation of New York osity of alumni and friends who have The Honorable James A. Baker, III Chevron named the Baker Institute or Rice and Mrs. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. University as a beneficiary of a will, Baker Botts L.L.P. Mr. and Mrs. John Emmett Chandler revocable trust, retirement plan, life Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Brochstein Anne S. Chao, Ph.D. and Mr. Albert Y. Chao insurance policy or life-income gift, Burdine Johnson Foundation Charles Koch Foundation such as in a charitable gift annuity or Cullen Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chazen charitable remainder trust. Cullen Trust for Higher Education Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cheng Diana Tamari Sabbagh Foundation Dr. Gary W. Chiles and Ms. Amy L. Sutton Mrs. Judy Ley Allen The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian The Clayton Fund Mr. John Bannon Jr. and Mrs. Djerejian Mr. Marshall P. Cloyd Mr. James P. Jackson The Honorable Charles W. Duncan Jr. Mr. Daniel S. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. McLaurin and Mrs. Duncan The Honorable Peter R. Coneway and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Randall III The Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation Mrs. Coneway Harry and Hazel Chavanne Endowment The Coneway Family Foundation Houston Endowment, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Paul Howell Programmatic and 25th Anniversary Gifts Mr. and Mrs. James W. Crownover The James P. and Sarah F. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Jamal Daniel Endowment Direct program support allows Ms. Le Thuy T. Dao-Gibner and Mr. Joseph D. Jamail fellows, scholars and researchers to Mr. P. Stinson Gibner Kelly Day Endowment investigate current and new research The Honorable Linnet F. Deily Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Kelly areas and creates opportunities to Mr. Stephen A. Massad Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement engage undergraduate and graduate Diana Davis Spencer Foundation of Science students in the research and policy The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian L.E. and Virginia Simmons Family recommendation processes. and Mrs. Djerejian Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William J. Doré Dr. Neelofur Ahmad and Mr. Sami Ahmad Mr. and Mrs. Burton J. McMurtry The Honorable Charles W. Duncan Jr. His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McNair and Mrs. Duncan Al-Thani, Ph.D. MD Anderson Foundation Ms. Nancy S. Dunlap Mrs. Othelia Alford The Meadows Foundation Patrick and Fariba Durkin Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Allen III Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Miller Mr. Larry Elliott Mrs. Nancy Crow Allen The Honorable Robert A. Mosbacher Ellison Management, LLC Dr. Dina Alsowayel and Mr. Tony Chase and Mrs. Mosbacher Mr. and Mrs. John W. Elsenhans Anonymous The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Embassy of the State of Qatar The Honorable Hushang Ansary and Robert and Sarah McLaurin Endowment Episcopal Health Foundation Mrs. Ansary Sid Richardson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Everett Dr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Appelbaum The Starr Foundation Fahmy Hudome International The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc. The State of Qatar Endowment for Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Faris The Honorable James A. Baker, III International Stem Cell Policy Doug and Melissa Fordyce and Mrs. Baker Susan Vaughan Foundation Gailo Trust Mr. and Mrs. John Barber Tassie and Constantine Nicandros Mr. Israel J. Galvan Mr. and Mrs. E. William Barnett Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Larry George

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George and Mary Josephine Hamman Mr. Wade A. Rakes II and Director’s Circle Foundation Mr. Nicholas Miller Baker Botts L.L.P. Mrs. Clare A. Glassell Mr. and Mrs. Risher Randall FTI Consulting Glassell Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Reasoner Saudi Aramco Mr. and Mrs. Frederic L. Glover Mark and Patti Renton Schlumberger Mr. and Mrs. Martyn Goossen The Honorable John F.W. Rogers Greater Houston Community Foundation and Mrs. Deborah Lehr Advisory Board The Greenwall Foundation Mr. David Rubenstein American Air Liquide Holdings Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman Mr. Paul Sarrapy Apache Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Salomon Schein BHP Billiton Hearst Corporation Dr. and Mrs. W. Richard Schmeal BP The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Shell Oil Company Chevron Corporation Herman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Riaz Siddiqi ConocoPhillips Dr. Vivian Ho and Dr. Richard Boylan Dr. Caren Siehl Deloitte Mr. and Mrs. Ned S. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Smith Direct Energy Mrs. Anne Watts Baker Horton Smith Richardson Foundation Equinor Houston Endowment Mr. M.S. Stude Ernst & Young Ms. Patricia P. Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Charles Szalkowski Exxon Mobil Corporation Brian and Catherine James Techtrans International Inc. KBR Mr. and Mrs. Ken W. Janda The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Marathon Oil Corporation Hasty and Sis Johnson Prize Trust Noble Energy Mr. Eman Kandeyl The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Phillips 66 Dr. Igor Kliakhandler and Joseph H. Thompson Fund Shell Oil Company Mrs. Ekaterina Podossinnikova Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Thorington TOTAL E&P New Ventures Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Knull III Mrs. Lynda Underwood TOTAL E&P USA Inc. Dr. and Mrs. K. Terry Koonce UNICEF USA Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Mr. and Mrs. J. Livingston Kosberg W. M. Keck Foundation Wallace S. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Masoud Ladjevardian W.P. Carey Foundation Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Lasater Ms. Janaye White Associate Members Mr. and Mrs. R. Truett Latimer Mr. Charles A. Williams and Cheniere Energy Inc. Lazard Freres & Company Mrs. Randa Duncan Williams Methanex Corporation Ms. Gloria Lee Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Wilson Mr. Ted C. Litton Mrs. Alexandra Wogan Supporting Members Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Long Mrs. Cyvia Wolff Deloitte MarketPoint LLC Mr. and Mrs. Francisco A. Lorenzo The Honorable Robert B. Zoellick Energy Intelligence The Louis K. Brandt Foundation and Mrs. Zoellick Mr. Richard Madubunyi HEALTH POLICY FORUM Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis The Health Policy Forum facilitates the Mr. and Mrs. Arshad Matin Corporate Giving exchange of ideas among medical and Rhonda McDonald ENERGY FORUM policy professionals in Texas and U.S. Ms. Julie Fette and Mr. Luc Messier The Center for Energy Studies (CES) is audiences. These discussions pro- Mexican Business Council supported by corporate and individual vide the foundation for health policy Ms. Claire R. Meyer members who participate through the research and recommendations, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Meyer Energy Forum via workshops, research foster an improved understanding of National Science Foundation and outreach. The Energy Forum national health concerns. Mrs. Franci Neely provides an opportunity for members Mr. and Mrs. David Neuberger to be involved in CES energy research Corporate Members O’Connor & Hewitt Foundation and energy policy events and to meet Baylor College of Medicine Mr. Christian D. Orr personally with distinguished statesmen CHI St. Luke’s Health Ms. Carroll Parrott Blue and industry leaders who shape the Mr. H. Russell Pitman energy world today. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rabinow

34 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Patron Members Statesman Circle Diplomat Community Health Choice Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chazen Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Allen III The Episcopal Health Foundation Mrs. Clare A. Glassell Mr. Clark Trantham and Ms. Melinda Clark MD Anderson Cancer Center Mr. Gary M. Gray The Honorable Robert L. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Burton J. McMurtry and Mrs. Clarke Benefactor Members Mr. and Mrs. John Eddie Williams Mr. and Mrs. James W. Crownover Bank of America Merrill Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey M. Farb Texas Children’s Hospital Ambassador Mr. and Mrs. William Finger The Honorable Madeleine Korbel Albright Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Glasscock Individual Members Mrs. Barbara Allbritton Mr. Andrew Hooks Ms. Cullen K. Geiselman Mrs. Judy Ley Allen Mr. and Mrs. David Itz Mr. Wade Rakes II and Mr. Nicholas Miller Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Bucky Allshouse Mrs. Olive M. Jenney Texas Heart Institute The Honorable Hushang Ansary Mr. and Mrs. J. Livingston Kosberg UTMB, Office of the President and Mrs. Ansary Mr. Eduardo López The Honorable James A. Baker, III Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Long MEXICO FORUM and Mrs. Baker Dr. Adrian Lovato The Mexico Forum, the membership Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker IV Dr. James A. Ferrendelli base of the Mexico Center, is supported Mr. and Mrs. E. William Barnett and Mrs. Barbara D. Mackey by corporate and individual members Dr. and Mrs. F. T. Barr Mrs. Lucian Morrison who participate in workshops and re- Mrs. Thomas W. Blake Mr. and Mrs. Sy Salerian search events. The Mexico Center pro- Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cabaniss Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Shapiro vides research-based recommendations Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. Ms. Kathryn Smyth to decision-makers on both sides of the Mr. Robert Day Mrs. Cyvia Wolff border and is dedicated to developing The Honorable Linnet Deily Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zilkha practical approaches to key policy issues The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian that affect the U.S.-Mexico relationship. and Mrs. Djerejian Partner Mr. and Mrs. William J. Doré Mr. Gary Adams Director’s Circle The Honorable Charles W. Duncan Jr. Mr. Bradley Keith Alford Hines and Mrs. Duncan Mr. Khalid Alnaji Mexican Business Council Mr. and Mrs. John W. Elsenhans Mr. Benton T. Arnett Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Will L. Garwood Jr. Mrs. Jeanie Arnold Mr. Claudio X. González Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Baker Supporters Mr. Christophe E. Venghiattis Mr. Mamadou Beye BP and Ms. Burdine C. Johnson Ms. Deborah Byers President David W. Leebron Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cialone II Friends and Ms. Y. Ping Sun Dr. Virginia A. Clark Cyanco Ms. Beth Madison Dr. Llayron L. Clarkson Sr. haynesboone Dr. and Mrs. Allen J. Matusow and Mr. Llayron L. Clarkson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McNair Dr. Cal Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Steven Miller Dr. Rex Cottle Individual Giving Ms. Franci Neely Ms. Iris M. Cross Ms. Beth Robertson Ms. Helen Currie BAKER INSTITUTE The Honorable John F.W. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Danny David ROUNDTABLE and Mrs. Deborah Lehr Mr. Gilles de Noblet The Roundtable is our premier mem- Dr. and Mrs. Nansen Saleri Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick C. Deaton bership forum, dedicated to advancing Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Sarofim Mr. Ankit Desai the mission of the institute. Through Mr. David Sickey Mr. and Mrs. Dan Domeracki annual giving, members of this group Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Simmons Ms. Nancy S. Dunlap foster community engagement in some The Honorable Warren W. Tichenor Mr. Kevin Eldridge of the most pressing public policy and Mrs. Tichenor Mr. John W. England challenges, while interacting with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Wilson Mrs. Nanette Finger world leaders, national decision- Ms. Fay Fitzsimons makers and leading researchers. 2018 Annual Report | 35 Donors

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Flournoy Dr. Pamela A. Kennedy Mr. Chip Cureton Mr. and Mrs. Ford J. Frost and Mr. J. Michael Stinson Mrs. Mary S. Dix Mr. Sam Gafford Mr. Mark Stubbe Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Frederic L. Glover Mr. G. Irvin Terrell Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A. Dow Mr. Michael J. Graff Mr. Nate Teti Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Thomas III Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Les E. Greenberg Mr. Lee M. Tillman Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dunne Mr. Stephen M. Greenlee Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Tudor III Mr. and Mrs. W. McComb Dunwoody Mr. Brian Grove Ms. Katherine Warren Mr. and Mrs. Lew Eatherton Mr. and Mrs. James T. Hackett Mr. Todd Watkins Mr. David S. Elder and Ms. Melinda Snell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maynard Holt III Mr. Jay Young Ms. Mary Sue Fairchild Mr. Jose Ignacio Sanz Dr. Darrow Zeidenstein Mr. DuBois Joseph Ferguson Ms. Najla Jamoussi and Ms. Nejd Jill Yaziji Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Fernandez Mrs. Bridget L. Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Frazier Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Kaufman Colleague Mr. Robert Frederick Dr. John Rains Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Adler Mr. Alex Freire Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Kensinger Dr. Ammar Alkhawaldeh Dr. Kenneth Gabbay and Dr. Myrna Gabbay Mr. Fletcher Kestle Dr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Appelbaum Mr. Bill Barkhouse and Ms. Anne Geyer Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Kidd Mr. William M. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilliam Ms. Natalie Kiser Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Baillio Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Brendan Godfrey Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Klein Mr. John C. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goldberg Ms. Alma S. Kombargi Mr. Malcolm G. Baker Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Martyn Goossen Ms. Karen Labat Dr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Baker Ms. Helene Gould Mr. Ryan Lance Mr. Gustavo Barbosa Dr. Vicky Gresik Dr. Rochelle Levit and Mr. Max S. Levit Mrs. Thomas D. Barrow Mr. John Hale Mr. Charles Londa Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Todd F. Barth Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hamman Mr. Sterling A. Minor and Ms. Ellen L. Luby Ms. Elisabeth Bates Mr. David Heikkinen Ms. Angela Lutz Mr. and Mrs. Augie Bering Mr. Paul R. Heyburn Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Dr. Kevin Thomas Biddle Ms. Maureen Higdon Ms. Karen Benbow McRae and Dr. Kathy Balshaw-Biddle Mr. George Hildebrandt Mr. Michael Mellen Mr. Peter Bielinski Dr. Vivian Ho and Dr. Richard Boylan Mr. Rob Minter and Ms. Kathryn Boehme Bielinski Mr. and Mrs. Ken W. Janda Mr. Ali Moshiri Mrs. Sophie Blackmun Mrs. Daniel R. Japhet Mr. And Mrs. Masahisa Naitoh Mrs. Rima Blanc Mr. and Mrs. James K. Jennings Jr. Mr. Clay Neff Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Jr. Mrs. Pamela Johnson Mr. Reymundo Ocañas Ms. Kathryn Boehme Bielinski Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Jones Ms. Marti Powers Mr. Talmage Boston Mrs. Ardon B. Judd Mr. and Mrs. Edward Randall III Mr. Michael Bourque Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Risher Randall Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kauffman Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Randall Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bowes Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kean Ms. Pamela Roche Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Mavis P. Kelsey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Rosen Mr. Murray Brasseux Mr. and Mrs. Harris L. Kempner Jr. The Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal Mrs. Pat Breen Mr. and Mrs. James G. King and Mr. Gary L. Rosenthal Mr. John Brickey Ms. Barbara Monroe Kirsch Mrs. Louisa Stude Sarofim Mrs. Kay Brazelton Bruce Dr. Edward Kroger Ms. Maripat Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bryant Dr. Vitold Kruka and Ms. Nancy Younger Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Shannon Mrs. Carol Butler Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Lahourcade Mr. Andrew Slaughter Ms. Judy Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lamb Mr. and Mrs. R. John Stanton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. O. Don Chapoton Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Lamm Mr. Jim Steffes Dr. Sam Chaudhuri Mr. and Mrs. R. Truett Latimer Mr. and Mrs. Karl S. Stern and Dr. Nupur Chaudhuri Mr. John Leiataua and Mrs. Laurie Scott

36 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Mrs. Joan Schnitzer Levy Mr. and Mrs. James B. Tennant Ms. Allyson T. Bremer Mr. Kip Lewis Mrs. Maya Thywissen Mr. Jamal Cadwell Mr. Michael L. Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Guillermo F. Trevino Ms. Erin Campbell and Ms. Polly P. Lewis Dr. Geri-Lynn Turner Mr. Jamie Cartwright Mr. Alan N. Livingston and Mr. William Turner Mr. Max Castroparedes Mr. Richard Madubunyi Mr. Jim Tyler Mr. Tanmay Chaturvedi Mr. and Mrs. Moez Mangalji Dr. Stephen Tyring Dr. Matthew Cheney Dr. Barbara Manousso and Dr. Patricia Lee Tyring Mr. Matthew Corbett Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Mr. Kim Tyson Mr. William Cotta Mr. and Mrs. Earle P. Martin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ulmer Mr. and Mrs. Sean C. Cowan Mr. and Mrs. George Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Jose L. Valera Mr. Vipul Devluk Mr. Stephen A. Massad Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Vaughan Jr. Ms. Mariana Diez Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Mayor Ms. Yvonne R. Victery Mrs. Melanie Dobney Mr. James W. McCartney Mrs. Molly Ward Mr. William Elliott Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. McCullough Mr. Timothy H. Wasp Ms. Katie Dunwoody Mr. Robert McMillian Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weaver Ms. Michelle Dupre Mr. and Mrs. James D. McMurrey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Jr. Ms. Amanda Dworak Ms. Katherine McNiel Dr. and Mrs. Jasper Welch Jr. Mr. Evan Ehsani Dr. and Mrs. John Mendelsohn Mrs. Sara E. White Mr. William Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Arnold M. Miller Jr. Mr. James F. Wiggins Mr. Paul Ernster Mr. and Mrs. Roland Moreau Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Wilcox Mr. Daniel Espinoza Dr. and Mrs. Charles Neblett Ms. Nancy B. Willerson Mr. Rami Farasin Mr. and Mrs. David Neuberger Mrs. Walter Wilson Mr. Daniel Fields Mr. and Mrs. Jacks C. Nickens Dr. Charles Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Radu Filip Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ofner Mr. and Mrs. David Wolff Mr. Clayton Finney Mr. John Orton Mr. Ronald G. Woods Dr. Bradley Flowers Mr. Dee S. Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Jaime E. Yordan Mr. George Frank Mr. Al Pacholder Mr. T. Michael Young Mr. Michael Freedman Mrs. Penny Packer Mr. Myron Zeitz Mrs. Sonja Fulbright Ms. Carroll Parrott Blue Mr. Daran Gaus Mr. and Mrs. Philip Patman ROUNDTABLE Ms. Stephanie Gilliam The Honorable Letitia Paul YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Mr. Matthew Ginzberg and Mr. Horst Paul The Roundtable Emerging Leaders and Mr. Stephen Goldfarb Dr. John Polking and Ms. Agnes Coppin Associate Roundtable are membership Ms. Lisa Gonzalez Ms. Veronique Prentice groups that provide individuals age Mr. Ryan Gorczycki Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rabinow 45 and under with the opportunity to Ms. Andrea Grimbergen Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Reasoner network with policy leaders and Ms. Sophia Guevara Dr. Carmen Reznik other young professionals. Ms. Brandy Guidry Mr. Roy Robinson Mr. Karn Gupta Mr. William D. Rogers Mr. Mikhail Alekseenko Mrs. Regina Gutierrez-Garcia Ms. Stephanie Rudd Mr. Mohamed Amer Ms. Kate Hallaway Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schreiber Mr. Guglielmo Andreoli Mr. Mina Hanna Mrs. Valerie Sheppard and Ms. Giovanna Marciano Mr. Michael Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Morgan Smith Dr. Rudeina Baasiri and Mr. Omar Baasiri Mr. Tyler Harris Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bahorich Mr. Daniel Hartzell Mr. Ronald Sommers Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Battista Mr. Ammar Hazzazi Mr. and Mrs. George Stark Mr. Paul Belin Mr. Mark Herrmann Dr. and Mrs. C. Richard Stasney Ms. Camille Bergsrud Mr. Ryan Hickman Dr. Richard Stoll and Dr. Catherine Troisi Ms. Lillie Besozzi Mr. Devin Hotzel Mr. M.S. Stude Ms. Sandra Blackmun Mr. and Mrs. Nick Huber Mr. and Mrs. J. Taft Symonds Mr. Wirt Blaffer Mr. Brian Ivany

2018 Annual Report | 37 Donors

Mr. Anudeep Jain Ms. Sophia Sciabica Ms. Maya Ben-Bassat Dr. Hani Jneid Mr. Shahzaib Shaheen Ms. Kelly Benthien Ms. Jessica Johnston Ms. Colleen Sheedy Mr. Evan Berlin Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Jones Ms. Christina Shields Ms. Samantha Bobo Mr. Sean W. Jump Ms. Jill Thompson Shull Mr. James Bott Mr. Eman Kandeyl Mr. Drew Sims Ms. Maria Bougai Mr. Adam Kassam Mr. Rik Sneep Mr. Nick Bullington Mrs. Monica Kim Hanna Mr. Ben Stevenson and Ms. Taylor Cooper Mr. Blake Bumpous Mr. and Mrs. Josh Kimmel Mr. Myron Stout Mr. Noel Bustillos-Zaragoza Ms. Kelly Kirk Mr. Aaron Strassner Mr. Fazil Cakir Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Kirksey Mr. Emmett D. Swartz Ms. Dianne Calderon Mr. Jason Kist and Ms. Mallory A. Johnson Mr. Darrel Canfield Mr. Erik Kritz Mr. Manny Tatavak Ms. Diana Carranza Mr. Mark Kunzman Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Todd Mr. Joe Cervantes Mr. Nicholas D. Kurtenbach Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Trevino Mr. Bryant Chambliss Mr. David Lacombe Ms. Rachel Turkington Ms. Qiaodan Chen Mr. Anthony Leatherman Mr. Manish Vakil Ms. Kristin Clapp Mr. Kellan Lewis Dr. Leticia Maria Vega Mr. Edward Clark Mr. Andrew Lin Mr. James Vesterman Ms. Megan Cline Ms. Stephanie Linder Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Voegeli Mr. Scott Coffman Mr. James Lloyd Mr. Bobby Walker Jr. Ms. Fabiana Cohen Mr. Steve Louis Mr. Emmett Walsh Mr. Edward Coles Mrs. Milessa Lowrie Reverend David Wantland Mr. Steve Corso Mr. William Lyles Mrs. Charlos C. Ward Dr. Enrique Covarrubias Mr. Matthew Marand Mr. Ethan Weber Ms. Sarah Daniel Mr. Bryan Marlborough Dr. Joshua Weed Mr. Aman Dhuka Dr. Kirstin Matthews Dr. Jason Westin Mr. Besart Dibra and Mr. Robert D. Matthews Mr. Travis Wofford Mr. Jack Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McConomy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woodrum Mr. Ojeifo Ebhomielen Mr. Darby McEvoy Ms. Kaylee M. Yocum Dr. Maya El Hariri Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Mersinger Mr. Steven Erzinger Mr. and Mrs. Bradley W. Mitchell Associate Mr. Casey Eskridge Mr. Sheldon Nagesh Mrs. Gayle Abrahams Mr. Andre Fagundes Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nelson Mr. Steven Adams Ms. Sameng Fei Mr. Danny Newman Ms. Uzo Akubue Ms. Xinxin Feng Mr. David Parr Mr. Ahmed Al Marar Mr. Jason Files Mr. T. Paresh Patel Mr. Anwar Albeaiji Mr. Scott Filip Mr. Kreg Pearless Mr. Mohammed Aldossary Mr. Roy Fox Mr. Jesse Pletts Mr. Mohammed Alhouty Mr. Jeff Freedman Mr. Krishna Punwasi Mr. Ahmad Aljufairi Mr. Scott Freeman Mrs. Rachel Racz Ms. Shatha Alnaji Ms. Basmah Ghauri Mr. Wade A. Rakes II Mr. Gaspare Aloi Mr. and Mrs. Greg Giacona and Mr. Nicholas Miller Mr. Yousef Alshammari Ms. Noelle Gilman Mr. D. Theodore Rave Mr. Ahmed AlTammar Mr. Matthew Goff Ms. Sarah Ringold Mr. Luis F. Arandia Mr. Ashby Graves Mr. Jose Rodriguez Ms. Ashley Arciero Mrs. Tara Grigg Garlinghouse Mr. Giovanni Rosselli Mr. Neil Arrieta Mr. James M. Grubb Mr. Daniel Runzheimer Ms. Bolutife Bamgboye Mr. Michael Guenther Mr. Neeraj Salhotra Mr. Andrew Barrett Mr. Daniel Guerra Mr. Harout Samra Mr. Rixck Barsigiah Ms. Maria Guerrero Gonzalez Mrs. Theresa Sandoval Hanson Mr. Farouk Bello Ms. Ye Hyung Ham

38 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Ms. LaTreshia Hamilton Mr. Josh Newby Ms. Sandra Wang Mr. Zachary Harris Mr. Isao Nishihara Mr. Zhe Wang Mr. Alexander Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Shawn O’Neill Mr. Nash Whitney Ms. Rachel Hasan Ms. Joyce Olewe Mr. Jon Wiegand Mrs. Natsumi Hays Mr. Ekam Onyeagu Mr. Travis Wilson Mr. Chandler Hillin Ms. Alexandra Orzeck Ms. Grier Wilt Mr. Beau Holder Mr. Feyisola Otusajo Mr. Anthony Winters Mr. Bradley Houston Mr. Paul Pass Mr. Hao Wu Mr. Scott Irby Mr. Qingyang Peng Ms. Sidan Xue Mr. William Janowski Mr. Kristopher Pfeiffer Mr. Fadi Yacob Ms. Faustine Jean-Louis Mr. Jonathan Pham Ms. Ke Yang Mr. Ji’an Jin Mr. Daniel Pinedo Mr. Zehui Yang Mr. Seongyoul Jo Mr. Zohaib Qadri Mr. Sameer Zafar Mr. Dylan Jones Mr. Eduardo Ramirez Salinas Mr. Vince Zito Mr. Jacob Juneau Mr. Alvaro Jorge Ramos Neto Mr. Enzo Karunia Ms. Alexia Ruen Gifts to the institute are tax deductible under Mr. Samir Khatani Ms. Prathima Reddy applicable rules. The Baker Institute is part of Rice University’s tax-exempt status as a Mr. Christian Kile Mr. Michael Reffit section 501(c)(3) “public charity.” Ms. Claire Kinkaid Mr. Ian Rice Ms. Emily Kinkaid Ms. Margaret Rogers Although we are only able to list those gifts Mr. William H. Knull III Ms. Vicki Romo that totaled $50 or more from July 1, 2017, Ms. Katarina Kremling Ms. Katy Rose through June 30, 2018, please accept our Dr. Abhilash Krishna Mr. Ahmed Rosowsky thanks for each gift, which helps to support Ms. Saniha Lakhpaty Mr. Asset Sabyrbekov the Baker Institute’s programs and research. We strive for accuracy in acknowledging Mr. Ivan Langford Mr. Khalid Saleh those who have given to the Baker Institute, Mr. Samson Lapray Mr. Travis Salinas and we regret any omission or error, which Ms. Kate Larson Mr. Peter Sanborn we ask you to bring to our attention. Ms. Carrie Leader Mr. Viraj Sawant Mr. Kwangpyo Lee Ms. Christine E. Shaheen Ms. Kristin Lehnhoff Mr. Umer Shahryar Ms. Xuefei Li Ms. Yufei Shan Mr. David M. Liou Mr. Nathan Shull Ms. Jacobi Lockett Mr. Stephen Sibley Ms. Estefanny Mishell Lopez Ms. Alexandra Snodgrass Ms. Rosalee Maffitt Ms. Laura Jean Stargardt Mr. Kyle Margolis Ms. Dennetta Starks Mr. Kevin Markowski Mr. Rafael Struve Mr. Sean Marshall Mr. Khaled Sulaiti Mr. Tariq Masaud Ms. Hasti Taghi Mr. William Maxwell Ms. Melody T. Tan Mr. Morgan-Sean McCright Ms. Clara Tandazo Castro Ms. Maggie McDaniel Ms. Anna Temple Mr. Jon McDonald Mr. David Thacker Mr. William McLucas Mr. Adrian Trömel Mr. Victor Medina Ms. Vivian Truong Mr. Raul Meza Menendez Ms. Neeharika Tumati Mr. William Morris Mr. Aaron Varghese Mr. Michael Mundey Mr. Mark Vennekotter Ms. Laila Nabi Mr. Michael Villemarette Mr. Eric H. Namtvedt Mr. Luka Vukomanovic Mr. Christian Nardini Ms. Ruimin Wang

2018 Annual Report | 39 Financial Summary

The fiscal year of Rice University’s Baker ENDOWMENT HISTORY Institute corresponds to that of the uni- (in millions of U.S. dollars) versity, running from July 1 to June 30. FISCAL MARKET EARNINGS NEW CONTRIBUTIONS For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, YEAR VALUE DISTRIBUTED TO ENDOWMENTS the Baker Institute received $15.44 mil- 2010 $ 60.85 $ 3.19 $ 1.05 lion in revenue and spent $11.96 million 2011 $ 65.19 $ 3.26 $ 1.44 in expenses. 2012 $ 78.16 $ 3.37 $ 3.86 Distributed earnings from the Baker 2013 $ 81.31 $ 3.33 $ 1.08 Institute’s endowment and current use 2014 $ 88.69 $ 3.61 $ — gifts from supporters constituted the 2015 $ 101.09 $ 3.77 $ 2.35 two largest sources of revenue during 2016 $ 104.24 $ 4.43 $ 0.01 the year. Revenue from research grants 2017 $ 99.12 $ 4.53 $ 3.10 increased to $3.0 million — 19 percent 2018 $ 112.55 $ 4.67 $ 0.40 of total revenue. University support *Market value as of June 30 of the previous fiscal year remained unchanged, representing less than 1 percent of overall funding. INCOME STATEMENT Over 75 percent of all institute (in millions of U.S. dollars) expenditures directly fund the institute’s FISCAL YEAR 2018 policy research programs through fellow Total Funding Sources $ 15.44 and scholar salaries, research costs, Baker Institute endowment distribution $ 4.67 event expenses and special projects. Current use gifts from supporters $ 7.67 The remaining expenses cover operating Research grants $ 3.00 costs, including management and Rice University funds $ 0.10 administrative staff salaries; commu- nications, marketing and fundraising Total Budget Expenses $ 11.96 expenses; as well as building mainte- Research programs and grants $ 9.24 nance costs, equipment purchases and Administration, communications and development $ 2.72 general supplies. In fiscal year 2019, the institute will Net Income $ 3.48 continue to pursue sustainable endow- ment funding for programs supported REVENUE - FISCAL YEAR 2018 EXPENSES - FISCAL YEAR 2018 by current use funds. New endowments provide financial security for institute centers and programs to develop new initiatives and expand research capacity in key policy areas.

n Baker Institute endowment n Research programs and grants 77% distribution 30% n Administration, communications n Current use gifts from supporters 50% and development 23% n Research grants 19% n Rice University funds 1%

40 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Experts

Fellows Adrian Duhalt, Ph.D. Farhan Majid, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in L.E. and Virginia Simmons Fellow George W.S. Abbey Mexico Energy Studies in Health and Technology Policy Senior Fellow in Space Policy Kenneth M. Evans, Ph.D. William Martin, Ph.D. Samih Al-Abid, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow Diana Tamari Sabbagh Fellow Science and Technology Policy in Religion and Public Policy; in Middle Eastern Studies Director, Drug Policy Program Vivian Ho, Ph.D. Rakesh Banerjee, Ph.D. James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Ph.D. Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Economics; Fellow in Science and Technology Policy Center for Health and Biosciences Director, Center for Health and Biosciences Allen Matusow, Ph.D. Joe Barnes Thomas L. Hogan, Ph.D. Academic Affairs Director Bonner Means Baker Fellow Fellow in Public Finance Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D. Jorge Barro, Ph.D. Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Public Finance Fellow in Disease and Poverty Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics; Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies Joyce Beebe, Ph.D. Mark P. Jones, Ph.D. Fellow in Public Finance Fellow in Political Science; Rachel A. Meidl, LP.D., CHMM Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Fellow in Energy and Environment Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Ph.D. Latin American Studies Fellow for the Middle East Michelle Michot Foss, Ph.D. Jim Krane, Ph.D. Fellow in Energy and Minerals Gabriel Collins, J.D. Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies Baker Botts Fellow in Energy & Francisco J. Monaldi, Ph.D. Environmental Regulatory Affairs Paul Lagunes, Ph.D. Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy Board of Advisors Visiting Fellow Erika de la Garza Rodrigo Montes de Oca, J.D., LL.M. Program Director, Latin America Initiative Neal F. Lane, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Mexico Center Senior Fellow in Science and John W. Diamond, Ph.D. Technology Policy; Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D. Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Professor 0f Physics and Astronomy Emeritus Fellow in Child Health Policy Fellow in Public Finance; Director, Center for Public Finance Steven W. Lewis, Ph.D. Katharine Neill Harris, Ph.D. C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow; Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian Jesse Jones Leadership Center Summer Director; Janice and Robert McNair Chair Intern Program Coordinator Tony Payan, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Edward A. and Hermena Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow Hancock Kelly University Chair for Michael D. Maher, Ph.D. for Mexico Studies; Senior Scholars Senior Program Advisor, Director, Mexico Center Center for Energy Studies

2018 Annual Report | 41 Experts

Jennifer Rabb, J.D., LL.M. Rice Faculty Scholars Luis Duno-Gottberg, Ph.D. Director and Fellow, McNair Center for Associate Professor of Caribbean and Film Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth Pedro Alvarez, Ph.D. Studies; Chair, Department of Spanish, George R. Brown Professor of Engineering; Portuguese and Latin American Studies Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Civil and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Engineering Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D. International Trade, Mexico Center Herbert S. Autrey Chair; Professor of Jim Blackburn, J.D. Sociology; Director, Religion and Ronald L. Sass, Ph.D. Professor in the Practice of Environmental Public Life Program Fellow in Global Climate Change Law; Co-director, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Scott Egan, Ph.D. Annelle Sheline, Ph.D. (SSPEED) Center Assistant Professor of BioSciences Zwan Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Middle East Dagobert Brito, Ph.D. Farès el-Dahdah, Ph.D. Peterkin Professor of Political Economy Professor of Humanities; Director, Gilead Sher Humanities Research Center Isaac and Mildred Brochstein Fellow in Sergio Chávez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology Middle East Peace and Security Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Ph.D. in Honor of Yitzhak Rabin Professor of Economics and Statistics; Nathan J. Citino, Ph.D. Chair in Islamic Economics, Finance Associate Professor of History Marah Short and Management Associate Director, Center for Health and Biosciences Daniel Cohan, Ph.D. Julie Fette, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Civil and Associate Professor of French Studies Nicolas Shumway, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering Senior Program Advisor, Mexico Center; Jeremy Fox, Ph.D. Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar; David Cook, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics Associate Professor of Religion Frances Moody Newman Chair in Humanities Peter Hartley, Ph.D. Robert M. Stein, Ph.D. Robert Curl, Ph.D. George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Fellow in Urban Politics Sustainable Development and Environmental Sciences Emeritus; Professor of Chemistry Economics; Professor of Economics Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Ph.D. Emeritus; 1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Fellow for the Middle East Yael V. Hochberg André Droxler, Ph.D. Ralph S. O’Connor Professor of Professor of Earth Science; John B. Williams Entrepreneurship; Head, Rice University Director, Center for the Study Presidential Elections Program Fellow Entrepreneurship Initiative of Environment and Society A.Kadir Yildirim, Ph.D. Fellow for the Middle East

42 | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Rachel Kimbro, Ph.D. Ted Temzelides, Ph.D. Research Staff Professor of Sociology; Professor of Economics Founding Director, Urban Health Program, Zeinab Bakhiet Kinder Institute for Urban Research Daniel S. Wagner, Ph.D. Center for Health and Biosciences Associate Professor of Biochemistry Moramay López-Alonso, Ph.D. and Cell Biology Tara Blagg Associate Professor of History Center for Health and Biosciences Dan Wallach, Ph.D. Melissa Marschall, Ph.D. Professor of Computer Science Pamela L. Cruz Professor of Political Science Mexico Center Calvin H. Ward, Ph.D. Caroline A. Masiello, Ph.D. Foyt Family Chair of Engineering; Igor Hernández Professor of Earth, Environmental Professor Emeritus of Civil and Center for Energy Studies and Planetary Science; Chemistry; Environmental Engineering and and Biosciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Nathalie Hinchey Center for Energy Studies Peter Mieszkowski, Ph.D. Sarah Whiting, Ph.D. Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor Dean of Architecture; William Ward Watkins Shih Yu “Elsie” Hung Center for Energy Studies Emeritus of Economics Professor of Architecture

Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Ph.D. Ron Witte Toby Li Center for Energy Studies Professor of Political Science Associate Professor of Architecture

Richard J. Smith, Ph.D. George Zodrow, Ph.D. Kelly Neill Center for Energy Studies George and Nancy Rupp Professor Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Chair of of Humanities Economics; International Research Fellow, Centre for Business Taxation, Enrique Quezada Mexico Center Ronald Soligo, Ph.D. Oxford University Professor Emeritus of Economics Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul, Ph.D. Richard Stoll, Ph.D. Center for Health and Biosciences Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science Sharon Tsao Diana Strassmann, Ph.D. Science and Technology Policy Program Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Humanities; Peter Volkmar Center for Energy Studies Director, Program on Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities

2018 Annual Report | 43 Administrative Staff

Maria Armenta Brenda K. Laymance Christine Pfeffer Administrative Coordinator Administrator, Financial Coordinator Center for Health and Biosciences Chetna Cates Macy Pruitt Assistant Director of Development – Laura Livingston Assistant Director of Events Membership Research Manager, McNair Center for Entrepreneurship Laurie K. Scott Colton Cox and Economic Growth Director of Development Policy Assistant to the Director Nancy Luca Ben Stevenson Regina Dennis Project Manager, Director of Operations Staff Editor Center for Health and Biosciences and Planning

Starr Dickerson J.E. Lyons Laura Trapani Assistant Director of Development – Logistics Manager Events Coordinator Stewardship Giovanna Marciano Melissa Vossler Jeff Falk Director of Finance Program Administrator, Associate Director of Center for Energy Studies National Media Relations Andrew Murillo Audiovisual Specialist Lisa Winfrey Lisa Guáqueta Grants Specialist Program Manager, Mexico Center Kim Murphy Executive Assistant to the Director Patty Yaple Lianne Hart Graphic Designer Editorial Director Rafael Nuñez Web Manager Kevin Young Kristin Hoffmeister Assistant Director of Staff Editor Shawn O’Neill Audiovisual Operations Senior Graphic Designer Christene Kimmel Director of Development Daniel Padilla Audiovisual Technician

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