2025 Dinner & National Competitiveness Forum


December 15-16, 2025

Washington, DC


Join executive leaders from business, academia, the national laboratories, labor, and government at Council’s 2025 National Competitiveness Forum (NCF). The Council will host both the Gala Dinner on December 15 and the NCF on December 16 at the Salamander Hotel in Washington, D.C. 


Salamander Washington DC
Gallery Ballroom
1330 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024

Annual Gala Dinner

Date: December 15, 2025
Time: 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Attire: Business

National Competitiveness Forum

Date: December 16, 2025
Time: 8:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Attire: Business

Council on Competitiveness Board

Chair
Mr. Brian T. Moynihan
Chair of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Bank of America
Business Vice-chair
Dan Helfrich
Chair and CEO
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Academic Vice-chair
Joan Gabel
Chancellor
University of Pittsburgh
Labor Vice-chair
Kenneth Cooper
International President
IBEW
Chairman Emeritus
Charles Holliday, Jr.
Council on Competitiveness
President & CEO
Deborah L.
Wince-Smith
Council on Competitiveness
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