Responsible AI Speaker for Organizations Where Trust Matters

Most Requested Keynotes

The four sessions requested most often for association conferences, women's leadership events, boards, nonprofits, and professional groups:

• Responsible AI in a Human World
• AI Governance That People Will Actually Follow
• AI, Trust, and Data Risk: What Leaders Need to Govern Now
• From AI Policy to Practice

All can be delivered as a keynote, breakout, or workshop and tailored to your audience and available time.

Why Rachel

Rachel Di Martino brings more than 25 years of enterprise technology experience across Big 4 and Big Tech environments, with deep experience in product leadership, privacy, compliance, AI adoption, EU AI Act readiness, and Microsoft 365 governance. Her work helps leaders translate AI risk into decisions, staff guidance, vendor controls, and adoption routines that can withstand scrutiny. As the founder of a woman-owned consulting firm, Rachel brings an executive perspective to AI conversations that often become either too technical, too abstract, or too disconnected from the people expected to use these tools responsibly.

• Former Big 4 and Big Tech product leader
• Led enterprise-scale adoption for hundreds of thousands of users
• Veteran tech leader who understands privacy, governance, legal, and operations
• Translates AI trends into grounded, ethical guidance, without hype or jargon
• Regular speaker to audiences with differing levels of technical understanding
• Charlotte-based, serving the Carolinas and Southeast US, available nationally and virtually

AI Governance Keynotes & Workshops

Each session can be delivered as a keynote, breakout, or workshop. All are vendor-neutral and tailored to your audience.

Responsible AI in a Human World

A keynote on the human questions AI is forcing into business life: dignity, agency, authorship, privacy, truth, accountability, work, and trust. Best for leadership conferences, women's leadership events, boards, schools, nonprofits, associations, and professional groups.

AI Governance That People Will Actually Follow

A session on turning AI policy into day-to-day behavior: controls, data handling rules, vendor questions, escalation paths, and adoption routines. Best for executives, boards, associations, legal and compliance teams, HR, IT, and operations.

Responsible AI for Member Organizations

AI is moving into member organizations through marketing tools, productivity software, vendor platforms, fundraising tools, client communication, and back-office workflows. This session helps leaders understand what to govern before risk becomes visible. Best for associations, chambers, professional societies, nonprofit networks, and business groups.

AI, Trust, and Data Risk: What Leaders Need to Govern Now

A session on how privacy, data quality, vendor risk, employee behavior, cybersecurity, and public confidence connect when organizations use AI. Best for boards, executive teams, nonprofit leaders, school leaders, healthcare operations, finance, legal, and professional services.

From AI Policy to Practice

A session for organizations moving from AI policy drafting into staff training, workflow design, vendor review, approved-use categories, and escalation paths. Covers EU AI Act obligations for US organizations with European operations or exposure. Best for organizations drafting, updating, or rolling out AI policies, including those responding to EU AI Act requirements.

M365 Copilot Readiness: Governance Before Rollout

A session for organizations preparing for or already using Microsoft 365 Copilot. Covers permissions, content lifecycle, data exposure, user training, and adoption guardrails. Best for business, IT, legal, compliance, operations, and digital workplace teams.

AI Governance for Industry Leaders

A tailored session for organizations facing AI adoption in a specific operating environment, such as real estate, schools, nonprofits, healthcare operations, finance, legal services, or human resources. Best for industry associations, professional groups, conferences, and leadership retreats. Example session titles: AI, Fair Housing, and Client Data: What Brokers Need to Govern Now; AI Governance for Schools: Student Data, Staff Use, Vendor Risk, and Board Oversight; Responsible AI for Nonprofits: Donor Data, Client Privacy, Mission Trust, and Board Confidence; AI at Work: What HR Must Govern Before Employees, Managers, and Vendors Run Ahead; AI Governance for Finance Teams: Client Data, Audit Readiness, and Controls.

Signature Session: AI Governance That People Will Actually Follow

Responsible AI does not become real because an organization publishes a policy. It becomes real when people know what they may use, what they must not use, what data needs protection, when human judgment is required, and who is accountable when something goes wrong. This session shows leaders how to turn AI principles into practical operating routines: staff guidance, data handling rules, vendor questions, escalation paths, and adoption practices that reduce risk without freezing useful innovation.

• Identify common AI risk points in everyday workflows
• Distinguish low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk AI use
• Understand what staff should never put into public AI tools
• Ask better vendor, privacy, and procurement questions
• Move from policy language to operating behavior
• Preserve human judgment, accountability, and trust as AI use expands

Best for executives, boards, associations, legal and compliance leaders, HR, IT, operations, nonprofits, schools, and professional groups.

For Associations and Conferences

Program chairs and association leaders are being asked to provide AI education that is current and credible without turning the session into a technical lecture or vendor demo. Rachel's sessions are designed for member audiences that need clear guidance on responsible AI use, data risk, privacy, staff behavior, and organizational trust.

• Content that works for technically mixed audiences, from board members to front-line staff
• No vendor affiliations or sponsored talking points
• Sessions connect to real staff decisions and governance needs, not abstract principles
• Can be tailored by industry, member profile, and time slot
• Available for virtual, hybrid, and in-person formats
• Suitable for annual meetings, leadership conferences, board and trustee retreats, professional development days, CE and CPE-style education, chamber and industry events, sponsor-underwritten member education, and women's leadership and women-in-tech programs

Available Formats

• Keynote — Conference, annual meeting, leadership event, or women's leadership program.
• Breakout Session — Focused member education or conference programming.
• Executive or Board Briefing — A strategic briefing for leaders who need to understand responsible AI, governance, privacy, oversight, and accountability.
• Workshop — A 90-minute to half-day working session where participants begin mapping AI use cases, risks, governance gaps, staff guidance, and next steps.
• Sponsor-Underwritten Member Education — Vendor-neutral education funded by a sponsor, designed to provide real value while preserving trust and independence.

Selected Speaking & Education

Upcoming

ILTACON 2026, International Legal Technology Association — Speaker, Technology Support Roundtable: NextGen Support and the Evolving Helpdesk. AI, knowledge management, analyst enablement, self-service, and support delivery in legal technology environments.

Selected Recent

Charlotte AI Summit — Presented by the Carolinas Asian-American Chamber of Commerce and Mint Hill Marketing. Panelist, Who Owns the Future? Intellectual property, copyright, ownership, privacy, and governance in the age of AI. Panelist, Make AI Your CMO. AI-enabled marketing, executive adoption, brand risk, and responsible business use.

Executive Women of Lake Norman — Speaker. AI education for women business leaders, with a focus on responsible use, business value, and adoption.

Private Nonprofit AI Governance Training Series — Facilitator and instructor. AI governance education for nonprofit leaders and staff, including responsible use, privacy, policy adoption, and organizational guardrails.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Rachel speak at association conferences and annual meetings?

Yes. Sessions are vendor-neutral, can be tailored by audience and industry, and are designed to hold up to rooms with mixed technical backgrounds. Topics cover responsible AI use, governance, data risk, privacy, and human judgment. Rachel can work with program chairs to fit the session to format, time slot, and audience.

Is Rachel available for women's leadership or women-in-tech events?

Yes. Rachel founded and runs a consulting firm in a field where technical credibility matters, and she speaks for women's leadership groups and professional communities. The sessions focus on responsible AI, governance, and leadership. Gender is the context, not the topic.

What makes Rachel's AI sessions different?

Rachel does not present AI as hype or as a purely technical issue. Her sessions connect responsible AI to human judgment, privacy, data risk, staff behavior, vendor tools, governance, and organizational trust.

Can sessions be tailored by industry?

Yes. Sessions can be tailored for real estate, schools, nonprofits, finance, healthcare operations, legal services, human resources, professional services, and other high-trust environments.

Does HLC provide legal advice?

No. HLC provides strategy, education, governance, and implementation guidance. Sessions can support cross-functional alignment with legal, compliance, IT, privacy, HR, and security teams, but HLC does not provide legal advice.

Can Rachel lead workshops for boards or leadership teams?

Yes. Board and executive briefings focus on oversight, accountability, policy, vendor risk, and what responsible AI governance requires at the leadership level. They are designed for decision-makers who need to understand what to govern, without requiring a technical background.

Do you speak on EU AI Act compliance or cross-border AI governance?

Yes. Rachel advises US organizations on EU AI Act obligations, cross-border AI risk, and what compliance requires for firms with European operations or customer exposure. Sessions on EU AI Act readiness are available for legal, compliance, risk, and executive audiences. HLC also publishes a guide to EU AI Act obligations for US firms.

Bring Responsible AI Guidance to Your Audience

For conferences, associations, leadership teams, schools, nonprofits, women's leadership groups, and professional communities, Rachel delivers clear guidance on responsible AI, human judgment, governance, privacy, and trust.

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