Bethany Andell ’01

CEO, Savage Brands
BFA 1995, The University of Arizona
MBA 2001, Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business

Get to Know Bethany

Executive Biography

Bethany Andell earned her BFA from the University of Arizona and her MBA from Rice Business, where she later served seven years on the Rice Business Alumni Association Board, including as president. Andell is CEO of Savage Brands, a 50-year-old firm specializing in brand strategy, marketing and internal communications. She co-authored “Get Your Head Out of Your Bottom Line: And Build Your Brand on Purpose” to help executives focus on long-term impact. She serves on the advisory boards of First Horizon Bank’s Houston market and Sustainability and Energy Value Advisors. She has also served on the boards of Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse and the National Investor Relations Institute’s Houston chapter. She is an active member of Vistage and a founding member of Houston’s Conscious Capitalism chapter.

What part of serving on the ARA Board are you most excited about?

Exposure to and the opportunity to support Rice and its brand beyond the business school.

What is your favorite “Only at Rice” memory or story?

My favorite memory of Rice is time spent at the school with my team huddled in these really small study rooms till all hours of the night working on projects. We worked hard but also played hard – we became so close that we have remained great friends 25 years later.

If you could give one piece of advice to Rice students, what would it be?

Take advantage of what the campus has to offer — as students and then again as alumni. Art exhibitions, lectures, film, continuing education classes, games, etc. There is so much beyond the school or discipline you are focused on for four years!