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Owl Have You Know

Owl Have You Know

The Rice Business Podcast

Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding. During meaningful conversations, we dive deep into how each guest has built success through troubles and triumphs before, during and after they set foot in McNair Hall. 

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We release new episodes every other Wednesday. 

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Rice Business podcast - Communicator Award of Excellence from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts

Recipient of the 2025 Communicator Award of Excellence

We're proud to announce that our podcast received the 2025 Award of Excellence (Individual Episodes - Business) from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA). This honor is made possible by our dedicated hosts, Maya Pomroy '22 and Brian Jackson '21, and the generous guests who tell their stories. We're grateful to AIVA and those who were critical to the podcast's early success: Rice Business external relations team, the alumni board, and past hosts Christine Dobbyn '20, David Droogleever '12 and Scott Gale '19.

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Entrepreneurship Is in the Rice DNA feat. Al Danto ’00

Al Danto '00, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship, has been a trusted mentor and beloved member of the Rice Business community for more than two decades. In this live episode, Al shares his extraordinary career journey and his story of recovery after two life-threatening medical crises.

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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.

January 04
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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.

December 07
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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.

November 30
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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.

November 16
Flight Path

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.

November 02
Flight Path

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.

October 19
Flight Path

Season 3, Episode 1
Caroline is the co-founder and CEO of OrganiCare, a startup company that provides all-natural, over-the-counter healthcare products. She joins host Maya Pomroy '22 in this episode, and takes us through the genesis of her companies, the importance of a network when launching your business, pivoting to women centric products, and their shared appreciation for Rice Business professor & mentor Al Danto.

October 05
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Season 2, Episode 22
Pierre earned his Executive MBA from Rice Business and is the co-founder and CEO of Impireum Psychiatric Group, an adult, child and adolescent psychiatric practice. Fresh off of graduation, Pierre joins host Christine Dobbyn to discuss resiliency, his path before Rice including almost 30 years as a U.S. Air Force Reserve officer, coping with PTSD and making improvements to mental health treatment centers.

September 21
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Season 2, Episode 21
Brandy is the vice president of strategic growth for Pluribus Digital, a technology firm based in Washington, D.C., where she leads business development efforts in the federal government contracting space. She sits down with host Christine Dobbyn to chat about her years at Rice, learning to advocate for herself, starting the Black Business Student Assocation at Rice Business, and the importance of being knowledgeable in global customs.

September 07
Flight Path

Season 2, Episode 20
Robert is an executive advisor to the highest levels of governments and businesses seeking to develop policy and projects in the energy sector. He joins host Christine to look at the state of energy and oil today, his career path from philosophy to the energy sector, roaming the globe working in international business development, and how Rice prepared him for it all.

August 17

Meet the Hosts

Maya Pomroy, Rice Business alum
Founder, The Public Lead
Co-founder, Maven Interests
Cohost, Owl Have You Know
Executive MBA, Class of 2022
Brian Jackson
Senior Manager, Origination, Earthrise Energy
Cohost, Owl Have You Know
Online MBA, Class of 2021

Former Hosts

Former Executive Director, Halliburton Labs
Host, Owl Have You Know
Executive MBA Class of 2019