BBA Keynote

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Deepica Mutyala 

Founder & CEO of Live Tinted

Deepica Mutyala is the Founder & CEO of Live Tinted, the buzz-worthy clean beauty brand with
universal shades and purposeful formulas. As a South-Asian American entrepreneur, she is
dedicated to ensuring that everyone feels seen in the beauty industry through innovative
products, community engagement, and meaningful conversations.

Mutyala gained widespread recognition in 2015 when her YouTube video demonstrating a
beauty hack for dark under-eye circles went viral, amassing over 10 million views. Since then,
she has partnered with major brands like Estee Lauder, LVMH, and Unilever to advocate for inclusivity and representation, earning accolades from prestigious publications, including a feature in TIME Magazine as a Next Generation Leader in 2022. She’s also been at the forefront of various culture-shifting projects like creating the first-ever South Asian CEO Barbie doll with Mattel.

In January 2018, she founded Live Tinted as an inclusive beauty brand creating products with universal shades and purposeful formulas. The brand debuted its first product, HUESTICK, in May 2019—a versatile eye, lip, and cheek multistick designed to address dark circles and hyperpigmentation. It quickly became a cult favorite, selling out and amassing a 10,000+ person
waitlist, establishing Live Tinted as a brand committed to clean beauty, intentional shade ranges, and skincare-infused formulas.

Under Deepica’s leadership, Live Tinted has expanded into a full beauty and skincare brand offering products for the entire face, including lip, cheek, mascara, SPF, and more. All products are designed to complement every skin tone and complexion. The brand continues to break barriers in the industry and recently debuted its first commercial, It Feels Good To Be Seen, in
partnership with ULTA Beauty where it is the fastest-growing prestige cosmetics brand. Live Tinted has achieved major milestones, including partnerships with Barbie and Netflix and recognition from WWD, NewBeauty, and Allure, redefining beauty standards for the next generation.

 

MBA Keynote

Holly Goodrich

Holly Goodrich, MBA ’04

Global Head of Consultant and OCIO Relations
Partner at Apollo Global Management

Holly Goodrich is the global head of Consultant Relations and a partner in the Client and Product Solutions group at Apollo Global Management. Prior to joining Apollo in 2008, she held various roles at Pequot Capital Management, Guggenheim Partners, Bear Stearns, and Robertson Opportunity Capital.

She serves as a board member of Capital Creek Partners, vice chair of the McCombs School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council, executive committee member and founding member of the New York for McCombs Council, and a board member of The University of Texas Development Board. Goodrich also served on the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup Advisory Council.

She holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from the McCombs School of Business and a B.A. with honors in international business from Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

MS Programs Keynote

Drew Cozby

Drew Cozby

Chief Financial Officer, WildFire Energy

Drew Cozby is the chief financial officer of WildFire Energy, a Texas-based upstream oil and gas company focused on the East Texas Eagle Ford and backed by Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson. Launched in 2019, WildFire operates more than 2,000 wells with approximately 50,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day of production and has over 150 employees.

Prior to WildFire, Drew served as chief financial officer of WildHorse Resource Development (NYSE: WRD), Memorial Resource Development (NASDAQ: MRD), Memorial Production Partners (NASDAQ: MEMP), and Greystone Oil & Gas and Greystone Drilling. Prior to those positions, Drew was director of finance for Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD), Enterprise GP Holdings (NYSE: EPE), GulfTerra Energy Partners (NYSE: GTM), El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP), and El Paso Energy Partners (NYSE: EPN). Drew also previously held positions with J.P. Morgan in the Global Oil & Gas group.

With experience from eight publicly traded companies, Drew, as CFO, has launched three initial public offerings, four inaugural high-yield debt offerings, six start-up companies, more than $20 billion in company sales/mergers and more than $100 billion in total capital markets financing transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, public equity and bonds, bank debt, preferred, project finance, and financial hedging.

Drew holds a BBA in finance from the McCombs School of Business and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston. He is also a graduate of Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D.), the University of Houston Law Center (LL.M., energy and natural resources law) and Harvard Business School (advanced management program).

Further, Drew currently serves on the advisory councils for the dean and for the Master of Science in Finance program at the McCombs School of Business. He was previously president and board member of the Houston Producers Forum. Wildfire Energy was named one of the fastest-growing Longhorn businesses, earning a spot in the 2025 Longhorn 100 Top 20.