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NACD Texas TriCities
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Email:
programs@texastricities.nacdonline.org

Phone:
346-250-2802

Jenn Cox 
Executive Director

Mya Risner
Director of Marketing, Partnerships & Engagement

Chennya Lister 
Chapter Administrator

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About The Event

We joined for an engaging, facilitated discussion on activist investor challenges, in collaboration with Baker Botts and EY. This session offered valuable insights into the rise of activist campaigns in 2024 and essential strategies for directors managing these dynamics. The conversation was led by Robyn Bew and Marcela Donadio from EY, along with Travis Wofford from Baker Botts.

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Discussion Facilitators

 

Robyn Bew

Robyn Bew

EY Americas Center for Board Matters

Robyn draws on fifteen years of experience in the corporate governance space to provide strategic direction for the CBM, and in her work with board members and executive teams of EY’s clients on a wide range of governance and strategy issues...

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Marcela Donadio

Director - Marathon Oil; NOV, Inc.; Norfolk Southern Corporation; Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

Ms. Donadio retired as a partner of Ernst & Young LLP (a multinational professional services firm) in 2014. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Donadio was Americas Oil & Gas Sector Leader for Ernst & Young LLP from 2007, with responsibility for one of Ernst & Young’s significant industry groups helping set firm strategy for oil and gas industry clients in the United States and throughout the Americas...

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Portrait of Travis Wofford

Travis Wofford

Partner, Baker Botts; Director, Lone Star Legal Aid, NACD Texas TriCities Chapter

Wofford is chair of Baker Botts LLP's Corporate Department in Houston, and vice chair of the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. He practices corporate and securities law, advising numerous public and private businesses, their boards, and special committees on...

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NACD Texas TriCities
Contact Us

Email:
programs@texastricities.nacdonline.org

Phone:
346-250-2802

Jenn Cox 
Executive Director

Mya Risner
Director of Marketing, Partnerships & Engagement

Chennya Lister 
Chapter Administrator

Find a Chapter

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