Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to China and a leading expert on U.S.-China relations, will kick off Trinity University’s 2025-26 Policy Maker Breakfast Series.
He will present “National Security Challenges for America and the World in 2025” at the Mays Family Center at the Witte Museum on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Arrive early to enjoy a networking coffee break starting at 7 a.m. The event doors will open at 7:20 a.m., and breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. The program will begin at 8 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session.
• Individual breakfast tickets: $65
• Series tickets (includes all four breakfasts): $240
For more information about this year’s Policy Maker Breakfast Series and to register online, visit gotu.us/pmb.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ambassador Nicholas Burns is recognized as a leading expert on U.S.-China relations, with a career culminating as U.S. ambassador to China. Having served six presidents and nine secretaries of state, he draws on decades of diplomatic experience—including key roles at NATO, Russia, Ukraine and in Greece—to deliver bipartisan insights on global politics, economics, and technology. Burns equips corporate audiences with clarity and strategic foresight shaped by the highest levels of U.S. foreign policy leadership.
