The First 100 Days & Beyond: What Board Members Need to Know

In Person  |  May 14, 2025  |  5:30 PM - 8:00 PM CDT  |  Houston, TX

Our Houston Peer Exchange, held in collaboration with EY, focused on the first 100 days of the Trump Administration and the potential implications for boardroom strategy in 2025.

Board members, subject-matter experts, and business leaders gathered for a closed-door discussion on key tax, trade, regulatory, and policy developments, and how boards and management teams are planning for a range of policy scenarios in an increasingly dynamic environment.

Peer Exchange Resources

NACD:

• Congress’s First 125 Days: What New Legislation Means for Boards
• What’s on the Board Agenda? Uncertainty

EY:

• Three ways to transform board oversight of geostrategic risk
• Seven key issues from President Trump’s first 100 days and what’s next
• US Administration insights hub
• Visit the EY Center for Board Matters website to explore more current and emerging boardroom topics.

Discussion Facilitators

Americas Leader, EY Center for Board Matters

Robyn Bew

Robyn draws on over fourteen 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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Principal, Washington Council, EY

Bob Schellhas

Bob Schellhas is a principal in EY’s Washington Council Ernst & Young practice. He provides monitoring, strategy, and advocacy services to corporate and trade association clients on a wide range of issues before Congress and the executive branch...

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Partner, Gibson Dunn

Adam Smith

Adam M. Smith is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Gibson Dunn and serves as co-chair of the firm’s international trade advisory and enforcement as well as the sanctions and export enforcement practice groups...

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Thank You to Our Chapter Partner & Peer Exchange Co-Host

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