Kristy Rice is Dr. Rice’s wife as well as co-owner and Hospital Administrator.  She obtained her college degree in business administration and then worked at Rockline Industries and Scott & White Hospital in their human resources departments.  She then moved on to several different positions at Texas A&M University while Dr. Rice was attending undergrad classes and then veterinary college.  Kristy was a Housing Assignments Coordinator for the On-Campus Housing Department, did medical transcription at the College of Veterinary Medicine, and worked at the College of Medicine doing accounting and inventory.

Kristy is passionate about the veterinary industry;  in fact, her family and closest friends sometimes have to remind her that there are other subjects to discuss other than business!  She enjoyed attending some veterinary classes with her husband when she could, and she attends continuing education classes as much as possible.  She worked full-time at the clinic while her and Dr. Rice’s three kids were little, then she began working from home once the kids were school-age as it was much easier to home school there than at the clinic with so many distractions.  What kid wants to do school when there’s a cute puppy to pet or an interesting surgery to observe?!

The Rice family lives on a small hobby farm on which they raise Nubian dairy goats.  They also have horses, chickens, multiple dogs and cats, as well as the occasional rescued chipmunk, bird or squirrel to bottle feed.  They love animals and farm life in general.  The whole family also enjoys the mountains, beaches, hiking, camping, traveling, and cooking.  Kristy likes to do these things with the family as well as read books and plant flowers.  Oh, and, yes – she also loves numbers and reads things like business accounting and personal budgeting books for relaxation!