Jane Sadowsky has served as an independent director on corporate and non-profit boards for more than a decade and currently serves on three global boards: two NYSE-listed mining companies and one PE-backed gaming technology company, as well as two non-profit boards. She retired from a career in investment banking as a Senior Managing Director from Evercore Partners focused on the power & utility space and is currently a Senior Advisor at Moelis & Co.

Jennifer Conn is a partner and global chair of the securities litigation practice at law firm Paul Hastings.

From boardrooms to factory floors, U.S. companies are entering a new era where federal guardrails may disappear. The laws may be rolling back, but the risk: legal, financial, and reputational, are multiplying. Getting ahead of this challenge is one of the few things boards and leadership teams can control in a business world defined by uncertainty.