As AI becomes deeply embedded in business operations, the stakes for getting it right have never been higher. This webinar cuts through the noise to examine the most relevant AI types and their real-world use cases across key industries, the moments where ethical missteps are most likely to occur, and what meaningful AI Governance looks like in practice. Whether you're building AI strategy or just getting started, this session will give you a sharper lens for the road ahead.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and categorize AI by function
- Evaluate various AI uses and the potential for ethical overreach
- Define the basic steps in AI Governance
About the Speakers
Laura Jacobus
Laura Jacobus is Executive Vice President, Strategic Advisory Services, at Mitratech. She has spent much of her career building, sustaining, and enriching both legal and business functions in high tech companies, including Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Her work has garnered recognition, including the World's Most Ethical Companies award. In addition, she has consulted in the area of ethics, compliance, and risk to various organizations. Laura co-authored Essential Lawyering Skills: A Companion Guide for Neil W. Hamilton's ROADMAP (American Bar Association 2021), which is focused on professional development and professional identity formation for law students, as well as cultural competence and matching personal values to those of employers. She also co-authored Ethics and Business: An Integrated Approach for Business and Personal Success (Wiley 2022). Laura also teaches in various undergraduate, graduate, and legal programs on a broad range of topics with the goal of helping students take ownership of designing their careers. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Santa Clara University, a Juris Doctor from SCU Law, and is licensed to practice law in California.
Amanda Sessions | Enterprise Curator of Compliance, OpenSesame
With over 11 years in the compliance training industry, Amanda brings deep expertise in helping organizations mitigate risk and foster a culture of ethics. As an Enterprise Curator of Compliance at OpenSesame, she delivers tailored content recommendations aligned with each customer’s specific goals and challenges. Amanda also collaborates closely with top compliance publishers to ensure customers have access to the most current, high-quality training available. In a rapidly changing regulatory landscape, she leverages a robust network of compliance professionals, legal experts, and subject matter authorities to meet evolving compliance needs across diverse industries. What inspires her most about compliance training is its power to shape an organization’s first impression and elevate its learning and development strategy.
Event Host
Liza Wisner, Enterprise Curator at OpenSesame
Liza Mucheru Wisner is an award-winning leader in talent development, AI, and workplace innovation. As Portfolio Lead of Talent & Workplace Culture at OpenSesame, she designs learning experiences that blend human insight with intelligent automation. A SHRM-award-winning strategist, author, and global influencer, Liza’s work helps organizations elevate learning, build stronger cultures, and prepare for the future of work.
Company Bio
Mitratech is a global leader in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software, trusted by more than 8,300 organizations across 75 countries. Our GRC platform unifies people, processes, and data to deliver risk intelligence organizations can trust—enabling faster, better-informed decisions at every level.
Combining deep GRC expertise with responsible, AI-driven automation, Mitratech helps organizations proactively manage enterprise, cyber, IT, third-party, ESG, continuity planning, ethics, and regulatory risk at scale. Configured to each organization’s needs and built to evolve with complexity, Mitratech GRC reduces fragmentation, streamlines compliance, and transforms risk management into a resilient, insight-driven capability that supports confident, future-ready performance.
