My schoolteachers have had a profound effect on my life, so my involvement with Teachers Network is the perfect way for me to promote the type of teacher leadership that I was lucky enough to have as a student. I care about educational reform. Both my sister and sister-in-law are teachers, and they have described the challenges of the profession to me. As I listen to their experiences, I realize that the issues they describe are the core issues of our society, and I know that we need to give teachers all the private market support that we can, so that organizations such as Teachers Network can do the work that they were designed to do.

Mr. Rice, who currently serves as the CEO of Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC, is an energy industry professional with over 25 years experience in the sector. He has operated, financed and invested in energy assets during his career. He has experience leading numerous m&a, corporate finance, and merchant banking transactions relating to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and public & private fund-raising. Prior to developing Riverstone / Carlyle’s power sector private equity effort from 2002 - 2004, Mr. Rice was a Managing Director and Group Head leading Wachovia Securities’ Utility & Power Technology Group from 2000-2002. Prior to Wachovia, Mr. Rice was a Managing Director in the Natural Resources & Power Group at J.P. Morgan & Co. He began his career on Wall Street at Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1988-1994. Mr. Rice served as a nuclear-trained U.S. Naval Officer, serving onboard the ballistic missile submarine USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641). He has a BS in Mathematics (Operations Analysis) from the United States Naval Academy and a MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.