04/13/2016
The next installment of Life after Rice Lunch is this Friday! The Alumnus will be Gary Chiles Class of '89.
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Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible.
Gary Chiles ’86
Founder and President, Federal Environmental Consulting LLC
BA 1986, Rice University
MA 1987, Columbia University
M.Phil. 1990, Columbia University
Ph.D. 1991, Columbia University
Gary Chiles received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biochemistry from Rice in 1986 and was a member of Wiess College. He studied bio-organic chemistry at Columbia University and received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1991.
After graduate school, Gary began his career as an environmental consultant providing support to the federal government, which he did for more than 20 years. He worked for two large science and engineering consulting firms, SAIC and MWH, and in 2004, he founded his own company, Federal Environmental Consulting LLC.
He now spends his time serving as a volunteer and board member for several nonprofit organizations in Houston and is the board chair of the Nonprofit Housing Corporation of Greater Houston, an organization that provides permanent housing for low income people. Gary is president of the board of Stark Naked Theatre Company, and he previously served as president of the board of Stages Repertory Theatre. Gary is a past chair of the Rice Annual Fund Steering Committee and has served on a number of volunteer committees for Rice University.
