Owl Have You Know

Season 3, Episode 11
Takeya shares her incredible journey from the chemical engineering lecture halls of a top-ranked program to the control rooms of world-scale chemical manufacturing facilities, from NRG Stadium cheering for the Houston Texans to an investment banking career focused on clean energy.

Learn just how radically social media has changed the landscape of reputation management.

Season 3, Episode 9
Danielle is the director of corporate social responsibility and ESG (environmental, social and governance) for Silicon Valley Bank. She chats with host Scott Gale ‘19 about her start in the world of finance and banking, getting acclimated to Houston and its weather as an out-of-towner, the future of ESG, and her travels with her family.

Season 3, Episode 8
This Houston native sits down with host Maya Pomroy ’22 to talk about how his son pushed him to get his MBA, maintaining connections with his cohort even though he did the online MBA program, and being a lifelong learner.

Season 3, Episode 7
Chuck sits down with host Scott Gale '19 at the Digital Wildcatters Podcasting Studio right here in Houston to talk about his long-standing ties to Rice, pursuing a career in investment banking, his connections to Nashville and the music industry, and his hopes for rebranding the energy industry.

Season 3, Episode 6
Mike Dey '20 talks with host Maya Pomroy '22 about building a cohort community in the online MBA program, how Rice Business inspired him to pivot from avionics engineering to business ownership and the importance of networking and connections.

Season 3, Episode 5
Natalie, senior director of mergers and acquisitions strategy and operations at EY-Parthenon, sits down with host Scott Gale ‘19 to discuss her early years working offshore with bp, her dreams of reaching the C-suite in the oil industry, working and living in China, and starting her own clothing business, Sisterly Village.

Season 3, Episode 4
Jackie dives deep with host Maya Pomroy ‘21 talking about her career path, carrying on the memory of her three children Colette, Edison and Olivia, and transforming the lowest points of her story into hope and action through the CEO Foundation, which supports initiatives that closely align with her core values of education, arts, health, wellness, and environmental and social impact for the children of Sugar Land, TX and beyond.

Season 3, Episode 3
Jeffrey chats with host Scott Gale ‘19 about joining the Army, what he gained there that he couldn’t find from the traditional undergrad experience, being stationed in Russia and his passion for international work and travel.

Season 3, Episode 2
Lauren Miller '14 talks with host Maya Pomroy '22 about growing up in a family of entrepreneurs and Texas ranchers, being one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30s in the energy category, how a Rice connection helped her land her current role, and some of the challenges she faced after starting a company.