James Hurley
Associate Vice President
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Hurley is an Associate Vice President leading alumni relations at Rice University with 13 years of advancement and philanthropic research experience spanning prestigious institutions including NYU and EAB. He designs and manages global alumni engagement strategies, having overseen programs across NYU’s New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai campuses before advancing into senior leadership at Rice. A former Fulbright Scholar and the inaugural recipient of the US-UK Fulbright joint award with Northern Ireland and Queen’s University Belfast, he blends research-driven fundraising insight with hands-on program management. His academic background—MBA from NYU Stern plus studies at Oxford, Queen’s University Belfast, and Iona College—pairs business, legislative studies and philosophy, enabling a strategic, multidisciplinary approach to alumni and donor relations. Based in Houston, he is known for translating comparative international experience into measurable alumni engagement growth.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Philosophy, Philosophy at University of OxfordMBA, Leadership and Change Management l Marketing, MBA, Leadership and Change Management l Marketing at New York UniversityLegislative Studies, Legislative Studies at Queen's University BelfastPolitical Science and History, Political Science and History at Iona College
English, Spanish, Swahili, Japanese
Github Skills (92)
social-media9
next-level9
dynamodb8
gridengine8
near8
slurm8
blockchain8
common-workflow-language8
wdl8
smart-contracts7
nearprotocol7
twitter7
pipeline7
amazon-dynamodb7
python7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
reidjake22/firefly.js
Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:66 commits in 3 months
Jake00/LZ78
Mar 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:14 commits in 1 month
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