Nicholas Burns

U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)

“National Security Challenges for America and the World in 2025”

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 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.

Digital Tickets:

• Individual Ticket: $65/person
• Series Ticket (1 ticket for all four breakfasts): $240/person
• Single Event Table (one table of eight for an individual breakfast): $520
• Series Event Table (includes one table of eight for all four breakfasts): $1,920

Discounts for Trinity University faculty, staff and students will be given at the time of registration.

If you would like to receive information for the 2025-2026 Policy Maker Breakfast Series - please send your contact information (name, address, email address) to lgarza@trinity.edu or call 210-999-7601.  The announcement will be sent out in August of 2026.