AI creates value when governance enables it.
We help boards and senior leaders build the governance capacity organizations need to succeed with AI.
Why AI Governance Matters Now
Every board and leadership team is asking the same question: what will it take for us to realize value from AI?
Without the right organizational conditions, even sound technology fails. The organizations realizing value from AI are those investing in the governance capacity that enables technology investments to deliver results.
Governance is becoming a source of strategic advantage, not a box to check.
How We Help
BoardView AI is a boutique advisory firm focused on AI governance for boards and senior leaders.
By governance capacity, we mean the ability of boards and senior leaders to align strategy, accountability, and risk with ambition, and to create the organizational conditions needed for AI to deliver value.
Our approach is governance-first. We help boards carry out the oversight responsibilities they already have, adapted for an AI-enabled environment. And we equip the senior leaders who work with them—CEOs, CROs, General Counsel, CCOs—to build the governance capacity needed to move from experimentation to results.
Board and Executive Education
Tailored education that builds the fluency boards and senior leaders need to engage with AI effectively. For boards, we focus on what directors must understand to oversee AI strategy, evaluate leadership capability, set risk appetite, and ensure accountability structures exist. For senior leaders, we focus on building the organizational conditions that enable AI success: strategic clarity, effective accountability, and governance capability that supports effective oversight.
Advisory Services
Practical support for building AI governance capability, assessing organizational readiness, and strengthening existing governance and risk frameworks for the AI era. We work across your organization’s governance structure, including all three lines of defense.
Speaking & Thought Leadership
We offer keynotes, board roundtables, fireside chats, and custom briefings on AI governance. We help boards and executive teams recognize the organizational conditions that enable AI success and how to build them. We also support clients with thought leadership, including policy submissions and engagement with regulators on emerging AI governance frameworks.
Monica Kowal
Leadership Built on Experience
Monica Kowal founded BoardView AI to help boards and senior leaders realize value from AI. Many organizations are exploring what AI can do and are working through where to start and how to scale. They are uncertain how board oversight must adapt, how enterprise risk management must evolve, and what governance capabilities are needed to succeed in an AI-enabled world. Monica brings a career spanning the full governance ecosystem to help them find the path forward.
Located in Toronto, Monica is an Executive in Residence at the Global Risk Institute, where she contributes to research and education on AI governance and emerging risk. She is currently writing Governing the Algorithm: How Boards Enable AI Success, a practical guide for boards and senior leaders navigating AI governance.
Target Publication: Fall 2026
Governing the Algorithm
How Boards Enable AI Success
A practical guide for boards and senior leaders navigating AI in an era of rapid technological change and evolving regulatory expectations.
Governing the Algorithm shows how to build the governance foundations that enable organizations to succeed with AI. Drawing on case studies, research, and enterprise governance experience, this book illustrates the role governance plays in whether AI initiatives deliver on their promise. It shows what organizational conditions matter. It shows how board oversight must adapt and how enterprise risk management must evolve. It shows what falls within board directors’ responsibility to build and what questions to ask to fulfill their fiduciary duties.
Ready to Succeed with AI?
We meet you where you are. Whether you’re seeking board or executive education, assessing readiness, strengthening enterprise risk management, or enhancing governance, BoardView AI can help.