Baker Botts Board of Directors Forum 2025

In Person  |  March 26, 2025  |  3:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT  |  Houston, TX

Join us for Baker Botts' annual Board of Directors Forum in Houston on Wednesday, March 26!

This premiere annual event will provide directors with a forum to explore key governance issues, risk management strategies and the impact of evolving regulations and technologies on boardroom decisions. 

A detailed agenda, featuring additional speakers, will be circulated closer to the event date.

Program Agenda
3:00 p.m. — Registration Begins
3:25 p.m. — Program Begins
6:00 p.m. — Reception
7:00 p.m. — Program Adjourns

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Featured Speakers

• Angela Minas
  

  Member of Board of Directors, Woodside Energy
  Member of Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair, Vallourec
  Member of Board of Advisors, Rice Business - Jones Graduate School of Business

• Doug Martin
  

  General Counsel, Vice President of Compliance, and Corporate Secretary, Blue Bell Creameries 

• Chip Johnson
  

  Current Board Member, Expand Energy
  Founder and former CEO, Carrizo Oil & Gas
  Former Director of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Callon Petroleum and Southwestern Energy

• Elizabeth Leykum

  Founder, Serenade Capital, LLC

  Strategic Advisor, The Artemis Fund

  Board Member, Lands' End

  Board Chair, Valaris plc

• Julia Heidenreich Voliva

  Independent Director, CVR Energy, Inc. 

• Paul Perea 

  Head of M&A Investment Banking, TPH & Co.

Valet parking will be available.

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Thank You to Our Strategic Partner

Baker Botts is a full-service, leading global law firm, recognized for their understanding of the industries they serve. Baker Botts has a long, distinguished tradition of service to their clients since the 1840s. During the earliest days of Houston, Baker Botts represented the burgeoning industries of cotton merchants, brokers and railroads.