Owl Have You Know

Season 2, Episode 23
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.

Season 2, Episode 22
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 the Jones School, and the importance of being knowledgeable in global customs.

Season 2, Episode 21
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.

Season 2, Episode 20
Ruy joins host Christine to look back at their time in the MBA program together, the diversity of their class, the business element of public service and some of the toughest times Ruy experienced during his work with the Houston Fire Department.

Season 2, Episode 19
Robyn is the co-founder and managing director of rePlant Capital, a financial services firm scaling climate solutions and transitioning farmland by focusing on soil health and farmer profitability. She sits down with Christine to talk about her relationship with the real Erin Brockovich, the loneliness of this kind of pioneering work, marrying intuition and analytics, and the importance of women mentoring women.

Season 2, Episode 18
Raisha joins host David Droogleever to talk about life in the corporate space, how she shifted her career path, starting and building EveryDopeGirl, and why it's so important to cultivate support and mentorship between women in business.

Season 2, Episode 17
Casey and David talk about what drew her to serve in the military, her impressive career with the Army, the parallels between business school and the Army, and how she got into the world of TikTok.

Season 2, Episode 16
Dean Peter Rodriguez sits down with host Christine Dobbyn to reflect on the last few tumultuous years and discuss the future of the business school, who his mentors are, and a new appointment that will give him a front-row seat to what’s happening in the economy.

Season 2, Episode 15
In this special episode, get to know Christine Dobbyn’s story. She talks with guest host and Rice Business alum Scott Gale '19 about her passion for storytelling, how most of her work today is from the Rice Business network and her advice for prospective students.

Season 2, Episode 14
In this special episode, get to know David Droogleever's story and why hosting a podcast is an act of building self-trust. Rice Business alum and guest host Scott Gale '19 finds out why joining the Navy was everything David expected and more, and why he starts every day by asking an important question: “Which frog do I eat first?” Check out the episode to find out what that means.