Dr. Shakeeia Marshall, AI Governance • Risk • Compliance • Strategy

Dr. Marshall operates at the intersection of all three, translating policy and regulatory requirements into operational controls that function within real technical environments. Her work is deeply cross-functional, partnering with engineering, product, legal, policy, and operations teams to ensure governance mechanisms are executable at scale.

Dr. Marshall’s approach differentiates itself through an execution-first focus on optimizing underlying workflows so compliance is adaptable, scalable, and sustainable as organizations grow. Rather than layering controls onto existing processes, she designs compliance mechanisms that align naturally with how teams operate. A core element of this approach is explicitly distinguishing between operational risk and regulatory risk, ensuring controls are purpose-built and appropriately targeted. This separation enables organizations to manage business risk without over-constraining execution, while maintaining clear, auditable controls that satisfy regulatory and oversight requirements.

Dr. Marshall views scale in fast-moving and ambiguous environments as an operational design challenge, not a documentation problem. Her approach emphasizes building adaptive governance infrastructure—workflows, controls, and reporting mechanisms that are resilient to change and can evolve as regulatory expectations, system capabilities, and organizational maturity shift. Rather than overfitting compliance programs to static interpretations of regulation, she prioritizes clarity of ownership, proportional controls, and early risk visibility, enabling organizations to move quickly while maintaining accountability. This approach supports responsible scaling by reducing rework, avoiding brittle compliance structures, and preserving decision-making velocity in the absence of complete regulatory certainty.