Peter McStravick manages the development and implementation of entrepreneurial and business development opportunities (new and existing) for the corporation.

Previously, he was Houston First's point person in implementing corporation strategy at the Hilton Americas-Houston.

He was responsible for all aspects of the Houston Convention Center Hotel Corporation's operations, from 2001 to 2011, and was deputy director of the Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department, deputy city controller for public finance, and an assistant director in the city's Finance and Administration Department.

He received a degree in finance from the University of Houston.

Ryan LeVasseur joined Rice Management Company in 2019 as the Managing Director of Direct Real Estate. In this role, Mr. LeVasseur is responsible for investments in strategic development opportunities in Houston. Prior to joining RMC, Mr. LeVasseur spent five years in Hines’ New York development office where he was a Managing Director. Prior to joining Hines, Mr. LeVasseur was a Director at HR&A Advisors. While at HR&A, he was responsible for urban development assignments in an array of locations including the New York City metropolitan area, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Detroit. Mr. LeVasseur received an MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University where he was a Kinne Fellow and a Bachelor of Architecture and a BA in Architecture from Rice University. Ryan serves as a member of the Columbia GSAPP Alumni Board and was an adjunct professor at Columbia University teaching a course on real estate market analytics.

Paul Siwek is an entrepreneur, business owner and investor. He is currently a founding member, owner and CEO of S-Bar Construction Company, a commercial and industrial construction company headquartered in Houston, TX.

Previously he was a Managing Director in Accenture’s Industry X Practice, focusing on Captial Investment optimization and Operational Excellence, with two decades of engineering, construction, manufacturing, digital transformation, and consulting experience. He served as the Energy Industry lead in Industry X for the Resources Client Group.

Before joining Accenture, spent more than a decade in project execution and business development within the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry, including a three-year stint living in the Middle East focused on developing business opportunities for refining, chemical and petrochemical projects in the region, with the likes of Saudi Aramco, SABIC, PetroRabigh, Sadara, YASREF, BAPCO, Oman Oil Company, Qatar Petroleum, KOC and KNPC.

As a Senior Business Development Manager, he was responsible for leading and developing the sales pursuits for major Capital Projects with values upwards of $10B, including several project-specific Joint Ventures with Korean, Japanese and Chinese EPC firms.

In addition, he was an integral part of the team which completed the business case, due diligence, acquisition and subsequent integration of a 500-person engineering office (KBR-AMCDE) in Saudi Arabia, ultimately becoming the sales lead for the office.

He has a broad background in the Oil & Gas industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, pipelines, LNG and chemicals.